Thanks to a new report, we have some more proof that Google's Chrome browser is killing your battery life, and in some cases, to a huge degree.
Testing different browsers with different Windows 10 notebooks/2-in-1s, Chrome actually killed overall battery life by as much as 28 percent compared to Microsoft Internet Explorer, a scary figure.
In the report, the tester used an Asus Zenbook ... [ read the full article ]
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Originally posted by Mysttic: I presume then, that's the cause of android devices batteries draining fast.
This can happen for a rather large number of reasons, including (but not limited to):
- Badly-written OS-level or bundled programs.
- Badly-written 3rd-party ROMs, for rooted phones.
- Excessive syncing to too many online accounts and/or too often. Facebook is a dire offender here.
- Leaving wifi or GPS on.
- Heavy use of the CPU/GPU. For example, Goat Simulator for Android, while amusing, sucks down battery power faster than a $20 hooker eats pills. This is becoming more and more common, as apps/games get more elaborate on the Android platform.
Originally posted by Mysttic: I presume then, that's the cause of android devices batteries draining fast.
This can happen for a rather large number of reasons, including (but not limited to):
- Badly-written OS-level or bundled programs.
- Badly-written 3rd-party ROMs, for rooted phones.
- Excessive syncing to too many online accounts and/or too often. Facebook is a dire offender here.
- Leaving wifi or GPS on.
- Heavy use of the CPU/GPU. For example, Goat Simulator for Android, while amusing, sucks down battery power faster than a $20 hooker eats pills. This is becoming more and more common, as apps/games get more elaborate on the Android platform.
I'd agree with all those points, but I downloaded a custom ROM (Edit: I now see you said "badly-coded") because the stock one came with battery-killing bloatware and also sucked down battery quickly without it. The stock ROM is much more battery friendly - at the end of the day, I often still have ~80% charge even after heavy use over 8 hours (WiFi, not data.)
I've also found that WiFi has very little impact on battery life, at least that's my observation. Maintaining cellular signal seems to require more power - when I run my phone in Airplane Mode with just WiFi on, my battery lasts days at low brightness.
