My Swift 5 has terrible battery life, not sure what to do.

Maxlabp

I've had an Acer Swift 5 for about a year and a half. The battery life is meant to last between 6 and 10 hours, but with no background apps active and battery saver on, it never lasts more than 2 and a half hours (which is sometimes problematic because I use it to take my university notes, as it will sometimes lose its full charge before the end of a two hour lecture, despite Microsoft Word being the only open app). Does anyone have any tips or tricks to improve the battery life?

billsey

First step is to take a look at which background tasks might be sucking up the juice... Battery Saver; Battery use per app is likely the best place to see that. Often the antivirus of something that uses WiFi or Bluetooth is top of the list.