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Each app listed can consume over 30% of your phone's battery, impacting user experience.
1. Top 4 Battery-Draining Smartphone Apps
Each app listed can consume over 30% of your phone's battery, impacting user experience.
Social Media Platforms
Social media apps lead the pack in smartphone battery consumption. Photo by: Luu Quy.
Facebook and Instagram top the list of phone battery drainers. Their heavy usage, background activities, constant refreshing, GPS tracking, incessant notifications, and autoplay videos contribute to significant battery depletion.
Experts advise turning off location services or using them sparingly, disabling autoplay videos, and stopping apps from refreshing in the background to save battery life and enhance privacy.
Free Messaging
Many install dozens of messaging apps on their smartphones. Photo by: Luu Quy.
Chat apps like Messenger, WhatsApp, Viber keep you connected but run in the background and push notifications instantly for new messages, draining the battery. Updating these apps regularly can help save battery without affecting communication.
Maps
The convenience of map apps comes with a cost to battery life. Photo by: Luu Quy
Constant GPS use and the need to render images of locations and areas drain a significant amount of battery. Turning off automatic location updates and background activity, using GPS only when needed can mitigate this.
Games
Mobile games with high graphical requirements and continuous data connections consume a lot of battery. Photo by: Luu Quy.
Mobile games with stunning graphics demand high processor performance, leading to rapid battery drain. Even though newer processors are optimized for this demand, they struggle to keep up with the continuous enhancements from game developers. Games like PUBG Mobile, Fortnite, and Pokemon GO not only require intense graphics but also high-speed internet connections, engaging players for hours on end. The habit of charging while playing further deteriorates the phone's battery condition.
