Android phones have numerous apps installed in their operating system that perform different tasks, some of it apps mostly are downloaded from Google Play Store while others were designed on the phone by the manufacturer. These apps operate by consuming battery energy.
Some apps consume battery more than the others because of the higher graphics and the internet connection it requires. These apps' operation tends to drain the battery energy, weakening or cutting the phone battery life short.
Knowing the right app that drains the battery energy of your android phone will be of immense help to tackle its energy consumption. Limiting its permissions such as access to the internet and running in a background mode will keep its strength. Uninstalling the app at times is the best way to save its energy.
But it seems the users of android phones enjoy some of these battery draining apps especially the social media apps and can't uninstall them even if they consume a lot of their phone battery energy, Therefore, let's take a look at these apps and how to reduce or stop their battery consumption.
10. Facebook
Facebook is a social media app that has got a worldwide recognition, it is the most used social media app that has 2.89 billion users monthly. Despite its popularity among phone users, it has an effect of draining phone batteries of about 20 percent due to its design of activities that weakens your battery.
It is used for sending text, multimedia messages and sharing information in the form of videos or images. It contains pages for businesses and advertisements, it also has a section for content creators. It is a great app with many features that consume a lot of battery life.
It is difficult for android phone users to uninstall the app on their phone due to the enjoyable features it has. The Facebook chief producer once reviewed users' complaints of its battery draining effect in 2016, he made his staff drop their iPhone to use android so that the battery draining effect could be solved.
The battery draining of the app is also attributed to the numerous notifications it sends to its users. So to minimize its battery usage, the notifications should be disabled and Facebook lite should be installed to avoid weakening the battery.
9. YouTube
YouTube is an app that videos are being uploaded to by content creators, businesses, educationists and entertainers. The app drains the android phone battery due to videos watching on the app. Videos are made up of high graphics and that will make them drain much battery, reducing its strength.
Many YouTubers would not want to uninstall the app, it contains most videos that they are searching for to download, while streaming on the app will be much easier than downloading, this advantage will make the YouTubers not wanting to uninstall it but rather apply the control of its battery use. Use remind me later to reduce your access to the YouTube app.
8. Instagram
The Instagram social app loads lots of quality images and videos using mobile data, this feature makes it take away phone battery energy. It sends notifications whenever an internet connection is on, this makes the app a battery prey. Its background consumption of battery energy can be reduced through muting its notifications.
Instagram is one of the social networks where you can have a view of celebrities' pictures, videos, and their whereabouts, it creates credibility of information shared by verified accounts of famous people, these interesting features will make it difficult for users to uninstall the app rather than reduce its battery draining ability.
7. TikTok
TikTok is a social app that records and plays videos of short minutes using the phone's mobile data. This feature makes it a more battery consuming app. Even though the app may be banned in countries like the USA and India, it still has a lot of users in the world. The app battery drain can be reduced by turning off some of its notifications.
The TikTok app is found to be difficult to uninstall not because there is something within the app that hinders it from being uninstalled, but because its users can't stop recording their videos on the app, this is due to some of its users are using it for financial generating purposes.
6. Snapchat
The snap chat app shows two displays after launching it, one shows numerous notifications and two recommend location access for some other part of the app, after these features are on it will then drain the android phone battery for using it for a certain amount of time.
The other draining act of snap chat is that it uses camera and video as these will likely drain the battery charge. The camera captures photos in different frames and styles, while the video side records short video, with higher resolution, these double uses definitely drain the battery energy.
It will be hard for users of snap chat on their phone to uninstall it despite its battery draining, because its pictures are of top quality the same as the short video. But using it can be reduced and in that way saves battery strength.
5. VPN App
The VPN acronym stands for Virtual Private Network, this type of app is used to access the Internet web page with a different country proxy address, must users hide their identity for the purpose best known to them. Its activity drains the phone battery because it continually operates in the background.
The use of VPN apps to access websites privately makes it difficult for the users to uninstall or stop using the app, but an alternative solution to its battery draining is closing it when you are done using it, doing that will maintain your phone battery strength to last longer.
4. Game App
Every android phone has games apps in it. These apps drain the phone battery due to its activity within the background system of the phone, its graphics and sound has made it impossible for battery energy to be swiftly consumed.
Some android users have realized how games consume phone batteries and have to stop playing them every time to extend their battery life. Therefore, these users can't avoid playing games but minimize their access to extend battery strength.
3. Video Player
Video player in most android phones is known to be used for watching phone videos. Due to the high quality graphics videos have, it consumes a lot of phone battery whenever one uses his phone to watch them.
Video player is an app that most phone users can't do without, at leisure time people turn their attention to their android phones playing the videos that suit them most, its use has become part of people's lives, and they can't uninstall the app but can only control their access to it, twice a day at least.
2. Netflix
Netflix is a phone app that is used to watch movies online, even though the app can be found on PC it also exists on phones. Its use for watching movies using a mobile network will definitely drain the phone battery due to the size of movies that takes hours to end watching.
The movie industry always releases movies, be it series or otherwise, this makes people want to watch some episodes of those movies even with their phone's battery being liable to get drawn. It's because they are fond of the app.
The love people have for videos and movies is the reason they can't uninstall the Netflix app. But they can limit its notifications and frequent access to maintain battery life energy. Some may use the app on their pc and that saves their battery strength.
1. Battery Boosting App
The battery boosting app continually runs in the background to force other android phone apps that are consuming phone battery by running in the background. In the process of stopping this app, the boost app consumes lots of battery energy.
Most users of this app can't uninstall it, thinking that it's doing a lot of work on extending their battery life by limiting some applications in the background. But they didn't know that the app keeps refreshing itself and takes much of your Ram space. To reduce the app battery consumption is to restrict its display over other apps.
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