Depending on the mobile rate we have, we may or may not have unlimited data. If you are an O2 customer , you can have a maximum of 100 GB in your mobile rate. And at the operator, they know that we really like to surf the Internet, watch videos, play live streams on Twitch, directly using mobile data .
For this very reason, from the low cost company of Telefónica they offer us a series of tricks to reduce the consumption of mobile data , if we are always fighting not to spend all the data allowance that we have with our mobile rate. In addition, we will tell you how you can see in detail which are the applications of your smartphones that consume the most gigabytes.
Save the gigabytes of your rate
It is not always a matter of being connected to the Internet outside the home from the mobile. Sometimes it can happen that we forget to connect the WiFi and start spending the gigabytes of the rate without realizing it. Well, be very careful, because depending on what we do with the smartphone, the consumption of mobile data will be higher or lower. And, when we least expect it, we will have run out of gigabytes.
To remedy this, O2 offers us up to 7 tips to spend less data on your mobile:
- Disable automatic app updating. Establish that they can only be done through WiFi and if it gives you the option to download apps or update them with data, wait until you have WiFi.
- Restrict automatic connections from apps . If there are apps that work with Internet connection in the background and you don’t use them, you better delete them or don’t allow them to use mobile data when they are in the background.
- Turn off automatic backup and cloud sync: There are apps like OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Photos, iCloud that can sync a lot of data. Change their settings so that they do not consume mobile data.
- Uninstall unnecessary applications.
- Limit the number of apps that work in the background . You can also limit the applications that you have open to have greater control over the consumption of gigabytes.
- Disable automatic download of images and videos . You can configure the same in apps like WhatsApp.
- Disable automatic video playback in applications like Instagram, Facebook or TikTok .
With this series of tips you will be able to control to a greater extent the consumption of the gigabytes of your mobile rate. In addition, from the settings of your smartphone you can see for yourself which are the applications that consume the most mobile data throughout a month. To do this, it is as easy as following this series of steps depending on whether you have an Android phone or an iPhone:
- Android : Go to Settings and tap on the Data Usage tab (or similar, depending on the customization layer of your smartphone). Then, scroll down to see in detail the consumption of gigabytes by apps.
- iPhone : Enter Settings and then click on Mobile Data and scroll down to see the apps and their consumption.
