I Worry About Draining My Battery. How Can I Minimize This?

It happens to the best of us. We arrive at the course with our game face on only to feel it wash away when seeing less than ideal battery life. 

Enabling Low Battery Mode will decrease the battery used by the app by turning off background location tracking to make sure that the battery of your phone will be able to last through your entire round.

Enable low battery mode

1. Launch the 18Birdies app.
2. Tap play and continue setting up your round to enter the GPS screen.

   

3. Tap the settings icon (gear) on the bottom left side of the GPS.
4. Tap 'Low Battery Mode'.

   

5. Tap 'Enable'.
   

   

Additionally, there are a few things we can recommend to help you out. 

• Fully charge your phone and smartwatch (if applicable) before you start your round with 18Birdies
• Make you close all other apps before you start your round with 18Birdies. 
• Once you use the app, make sure to flip back to the scorecard so the GPS isn’t the active screen.
• You can also press the lock screen button to save power when you are not using the app.
• You can adjust the brightness of your screen

For iPhone users, use the Background App Refresh function

1. Settings
2. General
3. Background App Refresh
4. Switch to off or turn off 18Birdies manually (see screenshot)

Sounds awesome, right? Click here to open the app on your device and start your round!

Looking to take your game to the next level?  Download the 18Birdies app today!