Here are some of the ways and techniques that
can be followed to reduce mobile data consumption and check Smartphone’s bill.
Disable unnecessary push notifications
Disable unnecessary push notifications
Push notifications can lead to higher data use,
especially if you use a lot of interactive apps such as social network clients
and messaging services. A number of apps also push promotional content that is
not relevant to you. Modern Android devices and iPhone offer ways to disable
push notifications through the system settings. You should also set your email
to fetch mode and disable push unless you receive critical, time sensitive
messages.
Track data use
Track data use
The latest iterations of both Android and iOS
allow you to track data usage for individual apps to identify the ones eating
up your data allowance. You can also disable background data transfer.
Disable auto-download on WhatsApp
Disable auto-download on WhatsApp
Most WhatsApp users who're part of some or the
other group receive multiple forwards in the form of pictures, videos and
audio. Whenever you receive these items you also incur data costs. Fortunately,
you can choose to disable auto-downloads for all, none or a certain content
type whenever you receive a multimedia message. You should ideally enable video
and audio auto-downloads only when the phone's connected to Wi-Fi.
Offline viewing/listening
Offline viewing/listening
This is specially for those who watch a lot of
videos on the go? Or stream music? Mobile data networks in India don't really
offer good bandwidth plus data use is expensive. It's a good idea to subscribe
to a paid plan of a music streaming service and sync your songs when connected
to Wi-Fi. YouTube also lets you temporarily download music videos from most
popular Indian record labels, valid for a period of 48 hours.
Use data compression
If you read a lot of online articles on your phone, it's a good idea to enable compression on your mobile browser. Google Chrome offers a 'Reduce data usage' setting to make the size of the web pages you visit smaller using Google servers. It even offers graphical statistics of data savings. Opera also offers Max, a free, data-savings and data-management app that compresses videos, images and media from apps and websites to reduce data use.
Use data compression
If you read a lot of online articles on your phone, it's a good idea to enable compression on your mobile browser. Google Chrome offers a 'Reduce data usage' setting to make the size of the web pages you visit smaller using Google servers. It even offers graphical statistics of data savings. Opera also offers Max, a free, data-savings and data-management app that compresses videos, images and media from apps and websites to reduce data use.
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