10 tips to reduce your mobile internet bill

Are you fed up with your mobile bill due to internet data? Has it completely ruined your monthly budget? Most smartphone users face this type of problem. To get rid of this, you have to use a few tips. And you will also be able to save money. We have used these tips and can assure you that they are effective. The interesting thing is that by doing this, you will not only be able to save money on 3G or 4G mobile data, but you will also get the bonus of battery savings.

1) Update apps only on Wi-Fi
Updating apps on cellular data slows down the webpage. Apart from this, continuous use of mobile data heats up the phone and also affects the battery. It is very easy to avoid this on iOS and Android. Updating apps on Wi-Fi will definitely reduce your mobile internet bill. First of all, check whether this setting is activated in your handset or not.

Open the Play Store app on Android, then tap Menu. Then tap Settings. Under the “General” section, tap Auto-update apps. In this, select Auto-update apps over Wi-Fi only.

In iOS, tap Settings. Then go to iTunes & App Store. Then scroll down and turn off the Use Mobile Data option. After this, your device will go into automatic update mode only on Wi-Fi.

2) Turn off Wi-Fi Assist feature
iOS 9 comes with Wi-Fi Assist feature. And it is already activated. By disabling it, you will be able to save cellular data. Actually, in case of weak Wi-Fi connectivity, Wi-Fi Assist automatically sends the device to cellular mode. To disable this feature, you have to go to Cellular option after Settings and tap on Wi-Fi Assist.

3) Keep the data compression feature activated while browsing
Chrome’s data saver feature is available on almost every computing platform. This feature reduces data usage with the help of Google’s servers, especially by reducing data usage on download output while browsing a website. Saving internet data also largely depends on the type of content you are accessing. Google claims that with the help of this feature, users can save 50 percent data. To do this, go to Settings and tap on Data Server.

Opera and Opera Mini are also equipped with data compression feature. In Opera, you can activate image quality and video compression by going to the settings tab. UC Browser also introduced data compression feature this year. For more information about these features, visit the websites of Opera, Chrome and UC Browser.

4) Use Opera Max
The previous tips will help you save internet data while browsing, but what about popular apps? Opera’s data management app for Android compresses videos, photos and media files on mobile and Wi-Fi networks. It claims to save 50 percent bandwidth. This app also gives the user the option of app management. With its help, users can control Wi-Fi and cellular bandwidth on apps running in the background.

5) Disable auto-download media feature for WhatsApp
If you have the auto-download feature activated in WhatsApp, it will definitely affect your data usage pattern. The good thing is that you can change it by going into the settings. You can choose between the option of auto-downloading photos on cellular network or downloading audio or video files on Wi-Fi.

To do this, first launch the app. After this, go to Menu > Settings > Chats and Calls > Media Auto-Download. Here you can decide for which tasks mobile data should be used. After selecting the option, tap OK to save the settings.

6) Manual option for mail sync
If your phone is getting weak due to the arrival of emails with large files, then you can turn off sync by going to the Gmail app. On the Gmail app, go to the menu and then settings and turn off sync. Here you can also decide how many days worth of files should be synced with your smartphone.

7) Choose cellular data usage option based on the app
In iOS, you can turn off push notifications by going to Settings. For this, you have to go to Settings > Notifications. Cellular data can also be turned off for a specific app. For this, after Settings, you have to go to the Mobile Data option.

In Android, you can disable background data by tapping Settings > Mobile Data. Then, you can restrict background data usage by tapping on each app. This will ensure that no app will use data unless you are actively using it.

8) If you don’t have Android M then use Greenify
The latest Android Marshmallow operating system comes with the ‘App Standby’ feature. It prevents those apps from using network data which are rarely used. With this, you do not get push notifications from these apps and battery is also saved. This setting is already active in Android M devices. If you have an old Android OS on your device, then you can install the Greenify app. With its help, you can send selected apps to sleep mode.

9) Turn off auto-play on Facebook and Twitter
If you are an active user of social media websites, switch off the auto-play option for videos on these platforms. By doing this, you will definitely save internet data. We recently shared with you how to do this on Facebook.

On Twitter, go to Settings. Then go to General > Video Autoplay option and select the Never Play Videos Automatically option. On iOS, this option is available in the Settings menu. In the Video Autoplay option, tap on the Never Play Videos Automatically option.

10) You can use Google Maps offline as well
You can now save maps of an area of ​​120,000 square kilometers on the Google Maps app. Navigation function is also available with this. This feature has been made available on iOS and Android as well and it has been rolled out this month. Currently, it is not available in India. But in the coming days, with the help of this feature, users will be able to save battery along with internet data.

Other
Apps like ad blockers, RSS feed readers, Facebook’s Instant Articles and Pocket also give you the option to read your favorite content offline. A recently released report also revealed that purchasing paid apps also saves network data.

Do you also have any tips to save internet data? Share with us through the comment box.