Apps That Drain Smartphone’s Battery: Top 6

Published on 10/13/2021
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Various smartphones are available in the market right now, where you will get a pretty large battery. However, once you start using the device, you will find the battery draining quite significantly, and there is nothing to worry about as it’s not any defect in your smartphone. Still, the primary reason behind this is some apps that are on your smartphone. Yes, you might not use them all day, but these apps will continue draining the battery through background processes. The apps will use resources like the internet and a few motion sensors to offer the best of their services, but while doing that, these apps also end up draining a significant amount of battery. If you are an advanced user, you will tweak a few settings that help control the battery by restricting the background processes. You can disable the unnecessary permissions that the app is using and see the difference in the battery life. In this blog, we will discuss a few apps that you need to keep in mind in case you are facing severe draining issues.

Apps That Drain Smartphones Battery

Apps That Drain Smartphones Battery

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Snapchat

If we are to list the apps that don’t care about the battery, Snapchat always tops the list. The most important service that will keep the resources engaged in the app notifications and the app’s location services keeps updating. As the app is based on the camera, it is another resource that drains the battery.

Facebook

Among all the social media apps present on the internet, Facebook is the largest one and also uses a lot of battery. It keeps syncing the contacts, controls the notification service, and various other processes occurring behind the scenes in the background. You can go to the app permissions and disable the unnecessary ones that are using excessive resources.

Flipboard

For Samsung users, Flipboard comes integrated with the smartphone, and it offers a wide range of customization to get done according to the users. It will display the stories based on personalized interests. If you want to bring the battery drain down, you can tweak the permissions to the settings. The most significant drain will be done due to constant ping to the internet for new stories.

TikTok

The app is based on recording and playing the video. It is seen to be draining the battery significantly and limiting the battery drain. You can turn off the notifications. You can follow a tip to further limit the battery drain by not using the app with mobile data. It will double the regular drain in no time.

Tinder

Yes, the app makes you more active in social life but at the cost of your battery life. The app will continuously keep working in the background to find the right person for you. It will keep refreshing the location. You can restrict the settings by disabling the “Always Active” toggle and not letting the app refresh when you are not using it.

Tinder

Tinder

Amazon Shopping

Though it’s a handy app, you will find a wide range of deals and discounts here, but the Android app isn’t optimized well. The battery drainage is quite significant, and you should get rid of it as soon as possible. It will keep sending requests to the server to check and offer you personalized deals. Apart from this, if you are a Samsung user, all the default apps that you will get on your smartphone will draw significant battery even when idle.

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