3 ms·
I use the facebook app quite a bit, and its never used more than a few precent of my battery in the battery stats on Android, and usually significantly less tha
by aceofspades19 10y ago
I use the facebook app quite a bit, and its never used more than a few precent of my battery in the battery stats on Android, and usually significantly less than my mail client(K-9 Mail) so I never understood the meme that the facebook app uses a ton of battery. Just having the screen on is going to use more battery than the facebook app.
- jauer 10y ago"It turned out other Android services including Android system and Android OS showed reduced battery consumption when the Facebook app was uninstalled. Those services act as a buffer for many apps to the outside world when running in the background. So while Facebook didn’t look like it was using that much power, it was actually just being displayed elsewhere in Android’s statistics." From: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/01/uninstalling-facebook-app-saves-up-to-20-of-android-battery-life https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/01/uninstall...
- yomly 10y agoThe final straw that pushed me to delete the app - thanks! Had already been living 95% free of Facebook by turning off push notifications anyway
- Al-Khwarizmi 10y agoYMMV, but on my phone (HTC One M8), Facebook is almost always the top battery user as shown in the Android battery usage report. And on my old phone (a venerable HTC Desire HD), Facebook's decision to make me install Messenger in addition to the regular app some time ago was the turning point from low latency and good user experience to overall lag in the phone.
- aceofspades19 10y agoI have a Nexus 5 and its never shown up as the top battery user, usually it's the actual phone app or the screen.