{"id":933,"date":"2018-03-05T17:26:36","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T17:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/?p=933"},"modified":"2018-03-05T17:26:36","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T17:26:36","slug":"optimize-battery-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/windows10\/optimize-battery-life\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Optimize Battery Life in Windows 10?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a new option in Windows 10 which allows optimizing for battery life or video quality when watching moves and videos. It can be activated when your device is unplugged and using the battery power.<\/p>\n<p>This option is applicable to devices which can play HDR videos. HDR stands for \u201cHigh-dynamic-range\u201d technique used in imaging and photography to reproduce a greater dynamic range of luminosity than is possible with standard digital imaging or photographic techniques. HDR images can represent a greater range of luminance levels than can be achieved using more \u2018traditional\u2019 methods, such as many real-world scenes containing very bright, direct sunlight to extreme shade, or very faint nebulae.<\/p>\n<p>When optimized for battery life, Windows 10 will play HDR movies as SDR (standard dynamic range) videos. Otherwise, it will play them as HDR videos but drain your battery faster.<\/p>\n<h3>Here is How to Optimize Battery Life in Windows 10:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"w10steps\">\n<ul>\n<li>STEP 1: Open Settings.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/open-settings-windows-10.png\" alt=\"open-settings-windows-10\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 2: Go to System &#8211; Power &#038; Sleep.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/power-sleep-windows-10.png\" alt=\"power-sleep-windows-10\"  class=\"responsive-img\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>STEP 3: On the right, find the &#8220;Additional power settings&#8221;.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/additional-power-settings-windows-10-1.png\" alt=\"additional-power-settings-windows-10\"  class=\"responsive-img\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>STEP 4: Press &#8220;Change Plan Settings&#8221;<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/change-advanced-power-settings-windows-10.png\" alt=\"change-advanced-power-settings-windows-10\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>STEP 5: Choose &#8220;Change advanced power settings&#8221;.<br \/>\nFind &#8220;Multimedia settings &#8211; When playing video &#8211; On battery&#8221;, and select the value you need:<br \/>\n<b>Optimize power savings<\/b> &#8211; Windows 10 will play HDR movies as SDR videos.<br \/>\n<b>Optimize video quality<\/b> &#8211; Windows 10 will retain the image quality.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/choose-power-plan-windows-10.png\" alt=\"Optimize Battery Life in Windows 10\"  class=\"responsive-img\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is How to Optimize Battery Life in Windows 10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Optimize Battery Life in Windows 10? 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