I was referring to the low power optimizations like doze in android, where the OS tries to schedule together many actions so to minimize the time the radio is o

I was referring to the low power optimizations like doze in android, where the OS tries to schedule together many actions so to minimize the time the radio is on. In this case the OS can optimize HTTP connections (if you use the OS's HTTP library) better that a bare TCP. (this does not apply if you handle HTTP internally)