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I'm surprised by this comment. I have wireguard on 24/7 on my shitty Samsung A5 and it lasts forever. By comparison the Pixel 8 is a beast. Sounds like an Andro
by ekjhgkejhgk 10mo ago
I'm surprised by this comment. I have wireguard on 24/7 on my shitty Samsung A5 and it lasts forever. By comparison the Pixel 8 is a beast. Sounds like an Android bug more than wireguard.
- hashworks 10mo agoWhat app are you using?
- ekjhgkejhgk 10mo agoIt's just called WireGuard, by the "WireGuard Development Team" off google play.
- int0x29 10mo agoPretty sure thats the c implementation not the go one
- ekjhgkejhgk 10mo agoI hope so.
- entropyneur 10mo agoAFAIK the C implementation is a kernel module that's not shipped in stock Android releases. The WireGuard Android app uses that module when available, but otherwise uses wireguard-go.
- 0x1ch 10mo agoGood knowledge here, was unaware of this feature of the app. Would there be any case of the app defaulting to the wireguard kernel module if it's not included by any OEM Android release? I would assume that means most users are actually running wireguard-go.
- 0x1ch 10mo agoPixel 6 here. Vanilla wireguard app. It sucks the life out of my phone and nearly halves the already half-life battery (thanks Google for your crappy OEM producers!)
- joecool1029 10mo agoThank samsung for their shitty modems in the pixels. However, there’s going to be a large discrepancy for all devices on battery usage based on whether VPN is on wifi or cellular, and additionally when on cellular how close to the tower they are. I live near cell edge and VPN’s roast my batts on cellular no matter the make, in city it’s almost not noticeable to have VPN on. Better to use wifi when far from towers, cellular more efficient if it’s strong signal.
- prism56 10mo agoThey must have fixed it in recent versions. My pixel 9 pro battery seems the same with proton VPN (wirrguard) on or off.