How to enable Data Saver mode on Android smartphones: Here is a step-by-step guide

Smartphone apps have made accessing online services easy. These apps provide easy login, quick access to content by downloading it in the background and sending regular updates to users through notifications. Case and point, when someone likes photos on Instagram or when a user’s favourite Youtuber uploads a new video on the platform.  Also Read: Samsung Galaxy S25 FE India Price Leaked: Here’s How Much It May Cost

To provide users with these services, apps regularly communicate with their servers present around the around through the internet. In addition to this, apps also share a lot of personal data like location history, contact lists, search history etc. with their database for profiling and better targeting of services.  Also Read: Samsung Galaxy F17 5G Launched In India Under Rs 20,000 Price Segment: Check FULL List Of Specifications

In doing so, these apps consume a lot of data in the background, and this also drains a mobile phone’s battery.  Also Read: Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Might Not Get The Camera Boost Fans Expected

So, if you want to stop apps from getting access to the internet or sharing your data in the background, you can turn on Data Saver mode in your Android smartphone,s which will restrict certain apps from consuming data in the background. Here is a step-by-step guide for enabling Data Saver mode on an Android smartphone. 

How to enable Data Saver mode on Android smartphones 

Step 1: Open Settings on your Android smartphone. 

Step 2: Click on Mobile network. 

Step 3: Scroll down to Data Saver and click on it. 

Step 4: Turn on the Data Saver.

You can also give unrestricted data access to some important apps such as instant messaging apps to get regular messages on your smartphone from the Unrestricted data option in the Data Saver. 

Once you switch on the Data Saver mode, it will stop apps from accessing the internet in the background and you may need to click on some images to view them while browsing. 

It is worth noting that these steps are similar for most Android smartphones but may also vary depending on the user interface of the Android-based operating system. 

Let’s look at how steps vary for a Samsung Galaxy smartphones.

A step-by-step guide for enabling Data Saver on a Samsung Galaxy smartphosne

Step 1: Open Settings on your Samsung Galaxy smartphone. 

Step 2: Click on Connections and then on Data usage.

Step 3: Click on Turn on now to enable the Data saver mode. 

Meanwhile, according to reports, Google may bring a separate slider for ringtone and notification volume with stable Android 13 QPR3 or Android 14. It is still not clear when the much-awaited feature will land on the stable update of Android. As per speculations from those who are aware of the matter, users will get this feature with an update on Android 13 or Android 14.