How to save data on mobile internet? Our tips on data saving for you

Mobile data is becoming expensive day by day irrespective of 2G or 3G. The only way to save cost is to reduce data usage. We analyse different strategies you could adopt to save mobile data.

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Data hungry apps
As soon as you turn on your mobile data, your installed apps start using your internet to Sync for new update. Ensure you enable restrict background data for apps that you don’t want connecting to internet each time. You always get updates when you open up these Apps.

If you are using Facebook App ensure you disable “Video Auto-play” option under settings.

Auto-update apps

This is a must setting you must make sure not enabled for mobile data. Else you could lose anywhere between 5-25MB of data on a single App update. You can change this settings in Google Play Store under Menu > Settings > Auto-update apps. You can either go with “Auto-update apps over Wi-Fi only” or  “Do not auto-update apps”.

Data saving Browsers

Google last year announced Google Chrome data compression feature for Android and iOS. By turning on this option you could save up to 30-50% data depending on your browsing pattern. This option not only save data but also increase speed. To turn on this option, go to Chrome Settings -> Bandwidth management -> Reduce data usage.

Opera browsers have data saving feature integrated for many years. It also lets you configure image quality settings in Opera data saving options and compress images up to 80%. Now most of the browser for Android like UCBrowser comes with similar data saving option.