This time, I decided to try something completely different: I forced my phone to stay on 4G for a full week. I picked the slower lane on purposeLiving on 4G wasn't the downgrade I expectedShimul Sood / MakeUseOfThe biggest change is that my Pixel no longer keeps jumping between a 5G signal and a 4G connection. The modem also isn't working overtime trying to cling to a distant 5G signal, which is where the battery saving comes from. A modem holding on to a marginal 5G signal draws much more power than one cleanly locked onto LTE, and that gap adds up over a full day. From that point on, your Pixel will stick to 4G instead of constantly trying to connect to 5G.