Android: Errors make this Google app a battery killer
Briefly checked the incoming messages, otherwise the smartphone lay unused on the table – but the battery is empty after just a few hours. What previously suggested a defect in the battery is more likely to be due to a programming error in a current case. At least that’s what a report by 9to5Google suggests. According to this, more and more users on Reddit are currently complaining about increased energy consumption, although they use their smartphone as usual and have not installed any new apps. Now it’s clear: Google’s own Messages app is to blame for this. She forgets to step out of the camera due to a small bug. Instead, it queries the sensor’s live image over the entire period, which results in increased energy consumption.
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App as a battery killer: How to solve the problem!
According to the information available, this fact does not change if the application is in the background. Only closing the program completely or revoking the camera permissions for the app currently provide a remedy. The latter can be done in a few simple steps in the settings of your smartphone under the menu item “Permissions”. It is uncertain when Google will deliver an update for its Messages app that will finally put an end to the error and make the emergency solutions obsolete. The Internet company has not yet commented on the reports from users.
