Reduce the light bar to minimise drain on the battery - To lower the brightness navigate your PS4 to Settings > Devices > Brightness and lower the brightness to the lowest option.To turn off vibration navigate your PS4 to Settings > Devices > Controllers > Enable vibration then uncheck the box to deactivate vibration Turn off vibration - This may not be for everyone but it is the biggest battery saver trick.Here are a couple of tips on how to extend the battery life on the PS4 controller. How to make the PS4 controller battery last longer between charges. The light bar turns off when the controller is fully charged. The light bar slowly fades between white and amber continuously whilst charging. When the controller is charging the light bar slowly blinks / pulses amber. What colour is the ps4 controller when charging? When the battery is depleted it takes approximately 2 hours to fully charge. How long does the PS4 controller battery take to charge?