How much data does cod mobile use

Call of duty is a popular multiplayer online game played on popular gaming platforms including a smartphone, PC, PlayStation, and Xbox. But how much data does it cost you when you play on your phone?

After its mobile launch in late 2019, Call of Duty a mobile shooter game had over 170 million downloads. Since it’s an online game, Call of Duty uses the internet. With a stable Wi-FI connection, you should be able to play Call of Duty without running into issues. The same can’t be said about someone running this game on mobile data or limited Wi-Fi. Unless you have sufficient data, the game could dry your plan out very fast with data not coming cheap.

A code of duty game played for an hour will use approximately 35 MB of data with the overall data consumption per game varying depending on a number of factors. This roughly translates to 1GB in a month. A lot of data is used in the game itself while the rest is used in the background to support the game.

Game	Approx. data used in loading to the main menu	Approx. data used per game (10 minutes/game)	Approx. data used per hour
Call of Duty	3.5 MB	3.2 MB	20 MB

Factors influencing Call of Duty data usage 

Playing duration

This refers to how long you play the game on your phone per day. Since the game is played online, it costs in terms of data with the more playing time you spend, the more data you will use. For example, a 10-minute duration game will cost 3.2 MB.

This translates to 20 MB in an hour without the game’s loading time which consumes approximately 3.5 MB. So, in 12 hours, you will have consumed 240 MBs on gaming only. This figure, however, varies depending on other activities taking place on your phone that use the internet. To save on data, consider reducing your playing time per day.

Game settings

Every game comes with settings that can be adjusted. This includes the display settings and graphics which are determined by your phone’s hardware. For example on Android, the minimum requirements to install and play Call of Duty are at least Android 5.1 or later and at least 2 GB RAM. This does not however guarantee that the game will play without lagging.

To have a lag free-experience, you will need higher specs like 3 GB RAM. Higher graphic settings will increase your data consumption while gaming since the game’s images will be of higher quality and they will have to be loaded fully first before you can play. You can adjust the display settings to lower settings and reduce the graphics’ settings too to a reasonable number to cut down on the game’s data consumption.

Tips to minimize your data usage when playing Call of Duty

We all want to save on data while enjoying our favorite game on our phones. To do so, small sacrifices have to be made. These are some of the ways that can help save you on data:

Updating Call of Duty

COD like any app has frequent updates. These updates are meant to improve your user experience by adding new features and eliminating glitches and bugs. This, however, requires an internet connection. You can lower your costs by updating Call of Duty and other apps over Wi-Fi. On the app’s settings screen, set the update option to manually to only update over Wi-Fi. You can get free Wi-Fi from various places like the mall, coffee shops, schools, etc.

Limit usage

You can create a consumption limit on your phone for a specific app including Call of Duty. This helps you not to exceed your daily usage while gaming. The result is that you get to save on data.

Reduce the number of apps

Another way of saving on data is by reducing the number of apps running when you’re playing Call of Duty. When gaming, the data consumption is not only attributed to the Call of Duty app, it’s also as a result of other applications running on your phone. Most of these applications run in the background. You need to check the background processes on your phone and end any app running unnecessarily.

Final Thoughts

Gaming should be fun and relaxing, not frustrations. Lack of unlimited internet connectivity should not be the reason for you not to play Call of Duty. Now that you know how much data the game consumes and how you can maximize it, continues enjoying the game.

FAQs

What are the minimum Call of Duty requirements for iPhone?

Call of duty can be played on an iPhone 6 or later with a minimum of 30 fps and free storage space of at least 2.6 GB.

What’s the ideal internet gaming speed for Call of Duty?

The recommended internet speed is 6 Mbps for Call of Duty.