To be fair, GPS hardware is power-hungry in all devices. Even on cell-phones, GPS eats battery. Here's a Google Engineer's word on the issue: https://www.itwor

To be fair, GPS hardware is power-hungry in all devices. Even on cell-phones, GPS eats battery. Here's a Google Engineer's word on the issue: https://www.itworld.com/article/2833266/mobile/why-gps-eats-so-much-battery-power--explained-by-a-google-engineer.html https://www.itworld.com/article/2833266/mobile/why-gps-eats-...