Power saving mode

When a device is used a lot, its battery runs out quickly. The battery capacity also decreases with time: the longer you use a device, the faster its battery is draining. Power saving mode saves battery power, and gives you extra time of device use.

How does power saving mode work?

In this mode, Yandex app:

• Reduces activity of the background tabs.
• Disables the reader mode.
• Uses hardware video codecs instead of VP9 and VP8.
• Turns off the parallax effect for the background upon opening a new tab.
• Disables smooth animation of web page elements.
• Disables interface animations.
• Takes other actions to optimize power consumption.

Enable

Automatically

By default, power saving mode is enabled when the battery charge drops to 20%, and disabled when you start to charge the device.

Enabled permanently

1. On the home screen, tap  (profile picture) → App settings.

2. Tap Power saving mode.
3. In Power-saving settings, drag the slider right to On.

Disable

Permanently disabled

1. On the home screen, tap  (profile picture) → App settings.

2. Tap Power saving mode.
3. In Power-saving settings, slide the option to the left to Off.

Set up

You can choose when the power saving mode is enabled:

1. On the home screen, tap  (profile picture) → App settings.

2. Tap Power saving mode.
3. Use the slider in the Power-saving settings to set the charge level to trigger the mode.
4. You can also control which app features will work in power-saving mode:
   • Read mode. Turn on this option to make reader mode available.
   • Smooth animation of web page elements. Enable this option to enable smooth animation of site elements. This will allow maps and online games to be rendered in high quality.
   • App animations. Enable this option to make smooth animation of app elements available.