🔋 Fix Phone Link Battery and Performance Impact

Last updated: February 3, 2025

Diagnose and reduce battery drain and resource usage from Phone Link, background sync services, and persistent connections

Overview

Optimize Phone Link to minimize battery drain on both your phone and PC while maintaining the features you need most.

What this helps with

What to expect: Medium difficulty • usually about 30-45 minutes.

This is one of 26 Mobile Integration fixes in the WindowsHelper library. The full step-by-step fix for this is in the WindowsHelper app.

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