It is well known that there are applications that consume much more battery than others. And while you might logically think that games and those who play videos are to blame, the reality is that those causing the greatest impact are those apps that consume a lot of battery without you realizing it: those who do it in the background.
That’s right, there are plenty of apps that remain consume battery in the backgroundthat is, when you are not using them or even when your mobile phone screen is off. Some do this justifiably, such as music playing apps or messaging apps, which remain vigilant to send notifications immediately.
But there are others that remain uselessly in the background, consuming a lot of battery. Some of them even do it with malicious intent. Luckily, the Play Store has just introduced a system to identify battery-draining apps. That’s right, now you can tell if an application will drain your phone’s battery before you discharge it.
How to tell if an app is using up a lot of battery before discharging it: Google Play will soon label them
Google Play has partnered with Samsung to solve the problem of Android apps consuming a lot of battery in the background. And for this they created a system of identification and punishment of abusive apps of the so-called «wake lock» or activation blocks.
AND «wakelock» is a permission requested by an application from the Android system keep your device awake and prevent it from going into power saving modeeven with the screen turned off. As mentioned, this applies to certain activities, but if used excessively, it will drain the battery until it is completely dead.
The news is that Google has established a threshold of incorrect behavior for the apps available in the store. If one the app keeps the phone awake unnecessarily (i.e. use «wake lock» unjustified) for more than two hours accumulated in a single day, the system is considered to have been abused.
If an app repeatedly exceeds this threshold, the Play Store will take action. For starters, developers will receive quality warnings, and more importantly for users, the application will be penalized in the shop.
This means this you will lose visibility in research and advice. Furthermore, as you can see in the example image we left above, a warning label may be applied on its card which will warn you of potential battery drain. So, before you click on “Downloading”you can tell if an app consumes a lot of battery.
And you… What do you think of this new measure that the Play Store is adopting?
