To maximize the battery of your QuickTalker Freestyle we recommend adjusting the following device settings; 

Adjust Brightness

• Found in Display & Brightness in the Settings App
• Adjust brightness to as low as possible while still being able to see the screen
• We find that adjusting this setting to half brightness (50%) can help decrease battery consumption and still maintain high visibility to the screen. 

Turn off Wi-Fi or Bluetooth (when not actively using)

• Found in the Notification Center of your device
• You can tap on each option’s icon to turn it on/off as needed

Turn off Notifications

• Found in Notifications in the Settings App
• Adjust and set your notifications per app as you prefer, however turning Notifications to Off saves battery most

Set Auto-Lock

• Found in Display & Brightness in the Settings App
• Find Auto-Lock, and adjust this setting for the minimum time necessary to have the screen active at one time
• We recommend 2, 5, or 10 min. The option for “Never” is not recommended, as this will keep your screen on all the time, or until you tap the power button

Here’s a list of additional recommendations that can further increase the battery life of your device; 

Turn Off Unnecessary Location Services

• Found in Location Services in the Settings App
• Set all apps to Never

Turn Off Background App Refresh

• Found in General in the Settings App
• Find Background App Refresh and set it to Off

Turn Off Unnecessary System Services

• Found in Privacy in the Settings App
• Find Location Services, then System Services, and turn off everything except Find My iPad

Turn off Share iPad Analytics

• Found in Privacy in the Settings App
• Find Analytics and turn off all options for gathering data

Set Mail from Push to Fetch (only effective if using the Mail app)

• Found in Mail in the Settings App
• Find Accounts, then Fetch New Data 
• Set the Push option to Off
• Set the Fetch to Manually

Turn on Reduced motion

• Found in Accessibility in the Settings App
• Find Motion and turn on Reduce Motion

Turn Off Unnecessary Widgets

• Dependant on your device, you can either tap the Home Button or swipe up to get to the home screen, then swipe right until you get the app widget screen to appear
• Tap edit and remove all Widgets

If you have any additional questions, please contact the ableCARE Product Success Team for further assistance.