Maximizing Battery Life

Turn on the battery saver feature (Turning On Battery Saver Mode).
Turn off and unplug devices using reverse charging (Using Reverse Charging).
Decrease the backlight brightness or enable the Auto Brightness setting (Display Settings).
Shorten the backlight timeout (Display Settings).
Turn on the Auto Sleep feature in your activity profile (Using Auto Sleep).
Turn off the Phone wireless feature (Phone Settings).
Use a GNSS satellite mode that prioritizes battery life during your activity, such as the GPS setting (Changing the Satellite Setting).
Turn off voice command wake word recognition (Turning On Battery Saver Mode).

NOTE: You can still enable the voice command feature by holding the button (Using Voice Commands).
Turn off Wi‑Fi^® technology when you are not using connected features ( Wi‑Fi Connectivity Features).
Remove wireless sensors that you no longer use (Wireless Sensors).
Stop broadcasting heart rate data from your paired devices (Broadcasting Heart Rate Data).

Turning On Battery Saver Mode

Battery saver mode allows you to adjust the settings to extend the battery life for longer rides.

Select > Settings > Power Manager > Battery Saver.
Select an option:
- Select Reduce Backlight to reduce the backlight brightness.
- Select Backlight Timeout to set how long the screen backlight stays on after a period of inactivity.
- Select Hide Map to hide the map screen.
  
  NOTE: When this option is enabled, navigation turn prompts still appear.
- Select Display Timeout to have the device enter sleep mode during an activity.
  
  NOTE: When this option is enabled, data is still recorded.
- Select Stop Listening for "OK Garmin" to disable the "OK Garmin" wake word (Using Voice Commands).
- Select No Voice Prompts to disable voice prompts.
- Select Satellite Systems to change the satellite setting.
Select Reverse Charging to enable or disable the bike computer from charging another device when connected (Using Reverse Charging).

The estimated battery life remaining appears at the top of the screen.

After your ride, you should charge your device and disable battery saver mode to use all the device features.