How to Solve Heat and Battery Drain Issues While Using BGMI New 4.1 Update

Are you tired of your phone overheating and battery draining quickly while playing BGMI at 90 FPS?

You are not alone! Many players face this issue, and it can be frustrating when you just want to enjoy a smooth gaming experience. But don’t worry!

In this blog, we will share some simple and effective tips to help you reduce heat and save battery while playing BGMI at 90 FPS.

Let’s dive in and make your gaming experience more enjoyable and long-lasting!

The BGMI 4.1 Update brings new content, visual enhancements, and performance tweaks — but many players report the same problem: long gaming sessions still cause overheating and battery drain. This guide explains why that happens after 4.1 and how you can reduce heat and battery usage without ruining your gameplay.

Why BGMI 4.1 Still Leads to Overheating and Battery Drain

Even with the 4.1 Update’s optimizations, BGMI remains a graphics- and processing-intensive game. To render enhanced textures, lighting, and dynamic environments (especially in winter-themed maps), your phone’s CPU and GPU must work harder.
The more effort your device puts into rendering frames and processing game logic, the more heat it produces — and battery drains faster.
If you also use high frame rate settings (90 FPS or more), high graphics quality, or intensive in-game effects, the load multiplies, increasing thermal load and battery consumption.

What Changed in 4.1 — And What That Means for Performance

The 4.1 Update offers a number of new features: winter-themed maps (like snow-covered terrain), updated lighting and textures, new items and effects, and (according to patch notes) some performance optimization efforts.

On one hand, optimized rendering logic and better memory management are meant to improve frame stability and reduce lag.
On the other hand, richer visuals — like snow effects, dynamic weather, higher-detail textures — increase the workload on CPU/GPU, making heat and battery drain a persistent issue on many devices.

In short: 4.1 improves stability, but if you want high graphics + high FPS + long sessions, heating & drain remain a trade-off.

Tips to Reduce Heat and Battery Drain After BGMI 4.1 Update

You can still enjoy smooth gameplay post-update while managing heat and battery — with a few smart tweaks:

• Optimize Game Settings

Lower graphics quality: Use “Balanced” or “Smooth” instead of highest settings. This lowers GPU/CPU load.
Use moderate frame rate: If your phone struggles, switch from 90 FPS (or higher) to 60 FPS. It often gives a good balance between smoothness and efficiency.
Disable heavy effects: Turn off unnecessary visual features like shadows, HDR, or extra effects if your phone doesn’t handle them well.

• Adjust Device & Usage Settings

Lower screen brightness — this reduces screen-induced heat and saves battery.
Close background apps before launching BGMI, to free up resources.
Turn off unused system features: Bluetooth, GPS, background sync, etc. — they consume power even when idle.

• Avoid Playing While Charging

Playing while charging greatly increases heat generation and stresses the battery. It’s better to charge first, then play.

• Play in a Cooler Environment

Ambient temperature affects device heating — playing in a well-ventilated or air-conditioned room helps.

• Take Shorter Breaks

Long back-to-back gaming sessions cause cumulative heat — regular breaks help both your phone (to cool down) and you (to avoid strain).

When to Consider Hardware or Device Upgrades

If you play BGMI 4.1 for long sessions and want consistently smooth performance without overheating:

If you’re a frequent gamer, a phone with better thermal design / battery may be worth investing in: such devices handle heavy loads more gracefully than standard phones.

Conclusion

Even with the BGMI 4.1 Update’s improvements, the trade-off between smooth performance and device strain remains. By adjusting graphics/FPS settings, optimizing device usage, playing smartly, or using external cooling, you can significantly reduce overheating and battery drain — while still enjoying BGMI’s new content and updates.

Use a mobile cooling accessory (clip-on cooler or fan) — helps dissipate heat during extended play.