Maximizing Battery Life
You can do several things to extend the life of the battery.
- Turn off music.
- Reduce the display brightness, and disable the Always On Display screen setting (Changing the Screen Settings).
- Set up the battery saver preferences in the power manager (Power Manager Settings).
- Turn off Bluetooth® technology when you are not using connected features (Phone Connectivity Features).
- Reduce the display timeout (Changing the Screen Settings).
- Stop broadcasting heart rate data to paired Garmin® devices (Broadcasting Heart Rate Data).
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Turn off wrist-based heart rate monitoring (Turning Off the Wrist-based Heart Rate Monitor).
NOTE: Wrist-based heart rate monitoring is used to calculate vigorous intensity minutes and calories burned.
- Limit the phone notifications the watch displays (Managing Notifications).
- Turn off the pulse oximeter feature (Turning Off the Wrist-based Heart Rate Monitor).
- When pausing your activity for a longer period of time, use the Resume Later option (Stopping an Activity (fenix 5)).
- Select the Smart recording interval (System Settings).
- Use UltraTrac GPS mode for your activity (Satellite Settings).
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Use a watch face that is not updated every second.
For example, use a watch face without a second hand (Customizing the Watch Face (outdoor watch)).