Mobile devices keep workflows moving in fast-paced industries like logistics and retail. But when their batteries fall short, operations stall, and IT support requests spike.
One VDC Research Group study1 found that more than 35% of enterprises report their batteries don’t last a full shift, making battery failure one of the top three causes of mobile disruption alongside connectivity and app issues.
What’s more, each failure can cost up to 110 minutes of lost productivity, nearly a quarter of an 8-hour shift. For organizations running hundreds or thousands of devices, that adds up fast, with potentially millions of dollars in hidden costs every year.
Enter Samsung Knox Suite, an all-in-one mobility platform that helps enterprises deploy, secure, and support mobile fleets with confidence. A key part of the suite is Knox Asset Intelligence—a smart analytics tool that delivers actionable insights into device health and usage.
And with its newest battery optimization feature, it gives serious food for thought for mobile device management! Let’s find out more.
Table of contents:
- Battery optimization
- Boosting efficiency, shift by shift
- Managing the invisible drain: App-level optimization
- Powered by Samsung Knox Suite
- Try it for yourself
Battery optimization
One of the newest capabilities of Knox Asset Intelligence is battery optimization, a policy-based tool that intelligently manages power settings across enterprise devices during defined work shifts. It turns battery management from a recurring pain point into a scalable, measurable policy that extends uptime and keeps work moving forward.
Our internal tests show it can reduce battery consumption by up to 20%2, reducing mid-shift charging disruptions.
Boosting efficiency, shift by shift
That efficiency gain matters most for frontline teams, where shifts are long and demanding. In these conditions, device settings that work well in another context can become unnecessarily power-hungry.
By enabling battery optimization, your IT admin can apply a tailored set of power-saving settings that run automatically at the beginning of each shift—adjusting motion smoothness, brightness, and screen timeout, and switching off features like Mobile Hotspot and Always On Display.
The battery optimization enablement policies directly in the Knox Asset Intelligence dashboard3
These changes get deployed consistently across the fleet, but users will still be able to modify settings when necessary.
And with flexible policy controls, organizations can apply these optimizations across the entire fleet, or tailor them to specific teams, locations, or device groups, depending on operational needs.
Apply battery optimization policies by team, site, or device groups3
Managing the invisible drain: App-level optimization
Battery optimization also tackles a less visible—but equally costly—source of power drain: unmanaged apps. Many apps continue to run idle processes long after they’re closed, quietly consuming power.
Knox Asset Intelligence provides IT admins with the tools they need to manage this hidden layer of battery usage.
Specifically, your IT team can:
- Automatically put unmanaged apps to sleep at the start of a shift
- Accelerate screen dimming for those apps (if screen timeout is greater than 1 minute)
These policies help contain background consumption, allowing devices to allocate power where it’s needed most—on active, mission-critical tasks.
Powered by Samsung Knox Suite
Knox Asset Intelligence extends your existing EMM's functionality; as an OEM, Samsung has deep, device-level visibility into Samsung Galaxy hardware and software.
These insights make it possible to optimize power usage without compromising device performance, helping businesses keep critical operations running reliably.
As mentioned above, Knox Asset Intelligence is part of the broader Knox Suite – Enterprise Plan, Samsung's enterprise mobility platform that provides defense-grade security, centralized device management, and advanced analytics to protect, manage, and optimize your organization’s mobile devices throughout their lifecycle.
With Knox Suite, policy enforcement, software updates, and real-time troubleshooting are centralized and streamlined, helping organizations stay agile and secure, even at scale.
Try it for yourself
Sign up for a 90-day free trial of Knox Suite and experience how Knox Asset Intelligence can help reduce downtime, extend device longevity, and keep your business moving—fully powered, every shift!
References:
VDC Research. (2018). Business-Critical Mobility: Implementing Business-Critical Mobility Solutions. Natick, MA: VDC Research Group, Inc. Distributed exclusively by SOTI. Retrieved from www.soti.net/media/1769/business-critical-mobility-wp-vdc.pdf
DISCLAIMER
1. The statistics and findings cited in this article are based on independent research conducted by VDC Research in 2018, distributed exclusively by SOTI. The data is provided for informational purposes only. Actual results may vary depending on organizational context and device deployment.
2. Based on results from internal lab tests conducted by Samsung. Tested with results from an XCover 6 Pro under the battery auto optimization feature settings (optimize device settings enabled, dark mode enabled, power saving policy targeting unmanaged apps enabled with both app power saving and auto dim options enabled), measuring the battery consumption after 5 hours of device use. Battery life may vary depending on device settings, network environment, usage patterns, and other factors.
3. Actual UX/UI may differ.
