

Figure B The Power & Sleep page provides you with two controls for conserving battery power.Īs you can see, the Power & Sleep page offers two sections and four controls–two of which pertain to conserving battery power when your device is running on battery but not being used. Figure A You can access Power & Sleep Settings from the battery notification screen. When you follow that link, you’ll see the Power & Sleep page shown in Figure B.

When you access Battery Saver from the battery icon on the Taskbar, the battery notification screen will provide a link to the Power & Sleep Settings, as shown in Figure A. Getting started with Power & Sleep Settings This means that you can use all of them in concert to help conserve and extend battery power on your Windows 10 devices. In fact, both the Power Options and Power Plans features exist in Windows 10 right alongside the Battery Saver feature. After those articles were published, I received email from several readers who asked whether the Battery Saver feature superseded the need to use the Power Options/Power Plans found in previous version of Windows. In my previous two articles, I showed you how to use Windows 10’s new Battery Saver feature to configure, monitor, and conserve your mobile device’s battery power. See how Power Options can take you even further. The new Battery Saver feature goes a long way toward helping you extend battery life on your Windows 10 mobile device. Balance efficiency and performance with Windows 10 Power Options
