{"id":319639,"date":"2026-03-08T21:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T21:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/319639\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T21:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T21:01:12","slug":"google-adds-warnings-for-battery-draining-apps-on-play-store-yugatech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/319639\/","title":{"rendered":"Google adds warnings for battery-draining apps on Play Store \u00bb YugaTech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In order to identify programs that use excessive amounts of battery life, Google has implemented a new method in the Google Play Store. The update enables developers to monitor how apps keep a device\u2019s CPU active in the background by utilizing a new measure called \u201cExcessive Partial Wake Lock\u201d in Android Vitals.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NEWS-ARTICLE-14.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-419779\"  \/><br \/>Apps that exceed the limit may receive Play Store listing warnings or experience reduced visibility in recommendations and search results.<\/p>\n<p>The threshold is activated when a non-exempt wake lock maintains CPU operation for more than two hours during the screen-off period across more than 5% of user sessions throughout a 28-day duration. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph.asus.click\/vivobooks16snapdragon2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Vivobook-S-Series-Family_Main-KV_Media-Ads-Snapdragon_300x250px_-QA.jpg\" alt=\"yugatech x ASUS\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, certain tasks such as music playback, location access, and user-initiated uploads are exempt. The change is rolling out gradually and aims to improve battery efficiency and overall Android app quality.<\/p>\n<p>React to this article:<\/p>\n<p>                        \ud83d\udc4d<\/p>\n<p>                        \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>                        \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>                        \ud83d\ude2e<\/p>\n<p>                        \ud83d\ude22<\/p>\n<p>                        \ud83d\ude21<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In order to identify programs that use excessive amounts of battery life, Google has implemented a new method&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[367,172926,25027,342,111,139,69,145],"class_list":{"0":"post-319639","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-google","9":"tag-google-adds-warnings-for-battery-draining-apps-on-play-store","10":"tag-google-play-store","11":"tag-mobile","12":"tag-new-zealand","13":"tag-newzealand","14":"tag-nz","15":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}