I hate to see my iPhone draining battery. So, I’m always on the look out to take control of all the power-hungry features that keep eating into the battery in the background. Just like automatic iCloud and Gmail data fetching, the auto-playing videos and live images can consume plenty of power. Of course, it feels nice when clips offer you a glimpse of what they have in store or live images turn the clock back to let you relive great moments. But at times, those auto-playing shots seem to be nothing but distraction; especially when you are searching for a specific shot. Whatever could be your personal reason, no one can blame you for stopping videos and Live Photos from playing automatically on your iPhone and iPad. So, here is how you can disable autoplay videos and live photos on iPhone.
Knowing that a feature, no matter how good it is, might not fit into everyone’s taste, Apple has made the autoplay feature an opt-in option for not only iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 but also for macOS Catalina. As a user, I find it appreciable as it offers me complete freedom to turn it off/on depending on my preference. With that said, let’s get on with the quick steps!
