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 dies. Power saving mode saves battery power, and gives you extra time of device use.

How does power saving mode work?

In this mode, Yandex Start:

• Reduces activity of the background tabs.
• Enables 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. Go to  (profile picture) → App settings.

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

Disable

Permanently disabled

1. Go to  (profile picture) → App settings.

2. Tap Power saving mode.
3. In Power-saving settings, move the slider left to Off.

Set up

You can choose when the power saving mode is enabled:

1. Go to  (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.