{"id":517227,"date":"2026-03-06T02:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T02:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/517227\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T02:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T02:46:10","slug":"google-now-calls-out-android-apps-that-drain-your-battery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/517227\/","title":{"rendered":"Google now calls out Android apps that drain your battery"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Following its announcement last year,<\/a> Google has started rolling out a warning in the Play Store that warns you of apps that might drain your battery excessively.<\/p>\n

As of March 1 \u2013 so late last week \u2013 Google Play has started rolling out a visible warning on Android app listings that warns users of excessive battery drain. The notice reads that \u201cthis app may use more battery than expected due to high background activity.\u201d<\/p>\n

With this, Google is also rolling out a new metric that helps developers understand how often their apps are waking up a device.<\/p>\n

Google explains<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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In recognition that excessive battery drain is top of mind for Android users, Google has been taking significant steps to help developers build more power-efficient apps. On March 1st, 2026, Google Play Store began rolling out the wake lock technical quality treatments<\/a> to improve battery drain. This treatment will roll out gradually to impacted apps over the following weeks. Apps that consistently exceed the \u201cExcessive Partial Wake Lock\u201d threshold in Android vitals may see tangible impacts on their store presence, including warnings on their store listing and exclusion from discovery surfaces such as recommendations.<\/p>\n

Apps that pass the threshold for this warning but off \u201cclear user benefits\u201d are exempted. This could include music playback, location access, and user-initiated data transfers, among other things. Google has documentation <\/a>on exemptions.<\/p>\n

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