The price of data has improved significantly over the past few years, though that doesn\u2019t mean that you shouldn\u2019t be watching every kilobyte carefully.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s important that you understand how and why your data is running out quicker than it should be.<\/p>\n
So, in the spirit of careful data spending, we\u2019ve put together a list of the Top 5 reasons your data keeps disappearing and what you can do about it.<\/p>\n
Even when you aren\u2019t interacting with them, background apps send and receive small data packets to perform certain functions. Messaging apps, for example, refresh intermittently to check for notifications.<\/p>\n
Check which apps are running in the background, then change their permission settings. An exception to this would be apps that require a constant internet connection to work, such as the aforementioned messaging apps.<\/p>\n
When a developer wants to improve upon their app, they perform an update. Updates are often necessary additions that make your interaction with the app more enjoyable.<\/p>\n
That said, they can also be minor changes that don\u2019t affect you at all, causing more frustration than increased enjoyment. You can change your update permissions to disallow auto-updates on an app or instruct it to perform updates on Wi-Fi exclusively.<\/p>\n
If you use apps like YouTube or Netflix, you could be streaming your data away unnecessarily. That\u2019s not to say you shouldn\u2019t be enjoying your favourite content!<\/p>\n
According to an article from Panda Security<\/strong><\/a>, one hour of video streaming at 480p consumes about 700MB. That\u2019s insane when you consider most apps automatically play at 1080 (HD)! Make sure you\u2019re streaming at the lowest resolution you can if you\u2019re trying to save data.<\/p>\n Video content is a staple on content-centric apps like 9GAG, Instagram, and Twitter. Subsequently, they can consume a large amount of data.<\/p>\n Change your auto-play settings so that you only spend data watching the videos you want to watch. Keep an eye out for apps like TikTok, which don\u2019t allow you to turn off auto-play.<\/p>\n You didn\u2019t think we\u2019d let you off that easy, did you? Whether it\u2019s twenty minutes or an entire day, being off the Wi-Fi when you could be saving precious data is a big no-no. Make sure you switch to Wi-Fi wherever possible.<\/p>\n Of course, Wi-Fi isn\u2019t always available. You can change your app and device settings so that certain apps only run when on Wi-Fi. You can do the same for updates and downloads, so be sure to check your device settings.<\/p>\n We hope our tips help to save you some data! If you know a few other ways to save data, let\u2019s connect in the comments.<\/p>\n Have you accidentally used data thinking you were on the Wi-Fi? Supersonic<\/strong><\/a> offers premium high-speed internet from only R199 per month, visit supersonic.co.za<\/strong><\/a> today to find a package that suits you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The price of data has improved significantly over the past few years, though that doesn\u2019t mean that you shouldn\u2019t be watching every kilobyte carefully.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":542832,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[13315],"class_list":["post-542636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-supersonic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542636"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":542812,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542636\/revisions\/542812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}4. Autoplay.<\/h3>\n
5. \u201cAaah, I thought I\u2019d switched to Wi-Fi\u201d.<\/h3>\n