How to save internet traffic on your smartphone

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Ten years ago, we didn't even have to dream about it, but the World Wide Web is now with us everywhere: at home and on the street, in a car and on a train. This became possible thanks to the development of the mobile Internet. The number of smartphone owners is growing rapidly. And the volume of consumed Internet traffic is also rapidly increasing.

Not all subscribers of cellular operators make a choice in favor of unlimited tariffs. By the way, in fact, they are not so unlimited: after using a certain amount of traffic, the connection speed noticeably drops. But for a leisurely travel on sites and communication in messengers, it is still quite enough.

To prevent your favorite smartphone from “eating a hole” in your budget, follow our simple guidelines.

To prevent your favorite smartphone from “eating a hole” in your budget, follow our simple guidelines. With the money saved, it will be nice to buy a new pair of shoes or a long-liked dress.

So, the basic rules of economy:

1. Most of the traffic on a smartphone is spent on applications. After gaining access to the Internet, programs try to install updates, and games can also download content in the form of various bonuses and advertisements. Naturally, all this takes precious megabytes of traffic. To solve this problem, you need to enable the ability to update applications only when connected to Wi-Fi in the smartphone settings.

2. If widgets that use the mobile Internet are displayed on the desktop of your smartphone, limit their number. You probably only use a few of them on a daily basis.

3. To fight the enemy, you need to know him in person. Determine which applications are consuming the most traffic. It's very easy to do this on Android devices. Go to "Settings" and select the "Data transfer" section. You will see a graph of daily Internet consumption and a list of applications with information about how much traffic each of them has. If you are determined to save this valuable resource, open each program from the list in turn and restrict access to the Internet. However, this measure should only be used as a last resort (only in austerity mode, if you like), as doing so can disrupt applications.

If you are determined to save this valuable resource, open each program in turn from the list and restrict access to the Internet.

4. One of the simplest and most effective ways to save traffic is to turn off data transmission. Some games tend to load various information in the process. If you disable the data transfer option, this will definitely not happen.

5. If you do not rely on your willpower, special programs will help you to control the use of mobile Internet on your smartphone. They can not only collect information about the traffic volume, but also disable applications when the set values are exceeded. Set daily, weekly or monthly mobile Internet limits - and soon you will learn to "control yourself". You will also learn how beautiful the world is outside your smartphone.

6. Quite a lot of traffic is spent on streaming audio and video. Try to avoid using them in the mobile internet zone.

7. Disable geolocation. This service is necessary for the operation of many applications, including social and navigation. But nothing prevents you from turning it off when you are not using these programs.

Saving something is always difficult, but it's always nice to see the results of your efforts.