Save Your iPhone’s Battery by Turning Off the Maps app

Save your iPhone’s battery: turn off the Maps app when you’re not using it. Maps uses GPS to know where you are, and that uses the battery.

The Maps app uses GPS to know where you are. Turn Maps off when you can (after you arrive, maybe?) to avoid draining your iPhone’s battery.

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Christian Boyce is a Mac and iPhone expert specializing in teaching people how to use Apple devices better, to get more done with them, and to have more fun doing it. He bought his first Mac (a Mac Plus) in 1986 and his first iPhone in 2007. He's written books and magazine articles, and given seminars at Macworld Expo, MacFair/LA, and the California Computer Expo. Over 30 years in the business.

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