You certainly know that after the arrival of 3G, then 4G, it is now 5G that is starting to roll out all around us. The more modern the Internet generations, the more tasks you can accomplish with your Google Pixel 3a. This is particularly useful! And for those who knew the beginnings of the Internet, it was compulsory to switch off their fixed mobile phone in order to be able to use the Internet and display an image in several minutes, and up to several days for a film… Now it is only a question of a few minutes for a film in 4K for the lucky ones whose home is equipped with fiber. This will also be the case for you with 5G which will change everything. However, our internet plans are not really unlimited plans, and we are generally limited to 50, 100 or 200 GB per month for the most important plans. It is therefore essential, depending on your consumption, to manage it well so as not to find yourself short of mobile data.
This is precisely what we will present to you in this article, we will see how to set a mobile data limit on your Google Pixel 3a. To do this, first of all, we will briefly teach you a little more in detail why it is essential to manage your internet plan. Then, the different means of limit the consumption of your internet data on your Google Pixel 3a.
Why should you set a mobile data limit on your Google Pixel 3a?
We therefore start this tutorial by briefly explaining to you why it is beneficial to control the mobile data consumption of your Google Pixel 3a. You probably don't know this if you never use very little of your internet plan until now or if you ever have WiFi at home, however the majority of current 4G plans are limited in volume of files and band. bandwidth (download speed) is considerably reduced once this amount is reached.
It's when you go away from home or the internet at home is not working and you use your Google Pixel 3a as a mobile access point that you realize that the data leaves quickly ... Watch a few videos or getting lost on social networks are particularly energy intensive activities and your internet plan may not hold up if you ever plan to have this rhythm for a whole month.
It is mainly for this type of situation that it can be beneficial to use a data limitation of your Google Pixel 3a so as not to be surprised and end up with a particularly slow connection, something to which we are expected. 'elsewhere not at all accustomed and that we generally live particularly badly because we are used to broadband. Loading an image can take a few tens of seconds, several minutes for a heavy web page, and you shouldn't even think you can watch a video, even in poor quality ...
How to limit the consumption of mobile data on your Google Pixel 3a?
We now move on to the practical part of this tutorial, we will teach you how to limit the internet data consumption of your Google Pixel 3a. Fortunately this technique is very easy and you will not need to be an expert in new technology to manage your consumption on the internet.
You will be able to adjust a data consumption alert threshold to warn you whenever you exceed a certain consumption. And one limit which when exceeded will block mobile data connections to avoid over consumption. In the event that you wish you can also discover how to save battery on your Google Pixel 3a.
How to configure a mobile data consumption alert threshold on a Google Pixel 3a?
First of the options that we want to explain to you, it is simply a prevention technique, it will be used to alert you when you exceed a first threshold of internet data consumption, however without blocking your package. A good solution to leave you a margin while being informed that you will have to start paying attention to keep the package for the rest of the month. D2Cover below the procedure to follow to adjust it:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Google Pixel 3a
- Then in the “Connections” menu, press “Use of mobile data”
- In the settings of this section, you will be able to set a threshold "Data warning" , you just need to click on it to configure the data volume from which you want to receive your notification
How to set a file consumption block limit on a Google Pixel 3a?
In the event that you want to be more radical and you want, after setting a warning, find a technique to completely block your data consumption so as not to use everything, for example, by having launched a non-essential update, the best method will be to set a blocking limit for your internet package. This way there is no more risk of consuming everything without realizing it. We advise you to set this limit at 80 or even 90% of your package to make sure you keep enough for the mandatory things:
- Go to the “Connections” menu of your Google Pixel 3a, you will find it in the latter's settings
- In the "Use of mobile data" tab, you can access the settings by clicking on the small cogwheel at the top right of your screen
- Now you just have to activate first if you haven't already done so. "Data limit definition" and then define the data volume to which you want to fix the blocking
If you ever want a lot of tutorials to become the king of the Google Pixel 3a, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Google Pixel 3a.
