How to Keep Your Phone or Laptop From Overheating

How to prevent your laptop and smartphone from overheating on hot days is covered in this post.

Check the Temperature

There is, of course, a maximum temperature these gadgets may reach before they begin to overheat, even though it’s quite usual for laptops and cellphones to grow warm thanks to the battery heating up.

Use a free temperature monitoring tool to check for overheating if your laptop seems like it’s running too hot and has started to exhibit performance issues. If you notice the warning signs, you’ll be able to detect if your laptop is overheating.

Many smartphones will automatically shut down if the phone becomes too hot. Some smartphones have temperature sensors built in that can alert you if the phone or battery is becoming too warm.

For storing your iPhone or MacBook, you can keep it in temperatures between -4° and 113°F (-20° to 45°C).

Keep Your Laptop or Smartphone out of Direct Sunlight and Hot Cars

Watch where you store your technology. It gets incredibly hot inside closed-up vehicles on hot days, as anyone who has experienced this will attest. Our skin isn’t the only organ that dislikes the heat.

Even touching a phone or computer that has been left in direct sunlight or that has been baking in a hot car can result in hand burns. It gets worse because the battery is already perspiring when it is playing music, making a call, or charging.

Wait to Use Your Hot Laptop or Smartphone

Wait until your laptop or smartphone has had a chance to cool off after relocating from a hot environment to one that is more moderate. Wait ideally until the device’s typical thermal working range is restored.

Turn Off the Most Battery-Intensive Applications

Turn off the functions and apps that consume the most battery. GPS, 4G/5G, and the highest screen brightness not only drain your laptop’s or smartphone’s battery life, but they also cause your battery to heat up.

Use your device’s battery-saving (for example, “power saver”) mode to conserve battery life and automatically lower battery heat.

On Android, iPhone, and the majority of Apple and Windows laptop models, this mode is accessible.

Wi-Fi, GPS, and your cellular connection are all turned off when you go to airplane mode, which immediately stops all radio transmission. Phone calls and internet connections are disabled, yet battery usage plummets and the gadget has more time to cool down.

Use a Laptop Cooling Stand

A great investment is a laptop cooling stand. These stands place your laptop in an ergonomically correct posture while also removing heat from it.

If your laptop starts to grow too hot, place it on a cooling stand. If you’re currently using your laptop on a desk, it actually isn’t a big concern because the cooling stand will hardly alter its posture.

Shut Down Your Laptop or Smartphone When Not in Use

The best course of action in really hot weather may be to switch off your gadget and save the power for when you truly need to use it.

One of the easiest methods to cool down a phone or laptop is to cut off all of the electricity to every component because some gadgets turn off automatically when they become too hot.

If it’s mostly adjusted and within its suggested thermal working limitations, you can safely turn it back on and operate it normally after 15 minutes in a colder environment.