BGR Recommends 5 Pixel Tweaks to Unlock 120 Hz and Cut Battery Drain
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Updated · Boy Genius Report · Jul 11
BGR Recommends 5 Pixel Tweaks to Unlock 120 Hz and Cut Battery Drain
3 articles · Updated · Boy Genius Report · Jul 11
Summary
Five settings changes form BGR’s latest Pixel performance guide, aimed at reducing frame drops, connection issues, background drain and storage slowdowns on Google’s phones.
120 Hz is the biggest speed-focused tweak: users need both Smooth Display and the Developer Options setting Force peak refresh rate enabled to keep the screen at its highest refresh rate.
Remove animations in Accessibility can make navigation feel faster, while turning off Adaptive Connectivity may stop random Wi-Fi or mesh-network switching that some users say hurts stability and battery life.
Developer Options also offers Suspend execution for cached apps to freeze background apps, though BGR says heavy multitaskers may see the trade-off in extra power use when reopening them.
Unused apps are the fifth target, with BGR arguing that uninstalling or disabling rarely used software frees storage and reduces background activity that can make a Pixel feel sluggish.