Galaxy Watch users are dealing with sudden battery drain, likely tied to Google Play Services, and a fix from Samsung still hasn’t landed.

Google will now label battery draining apps in the Google Play store. Credit: Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images It's happened to all of us. You fully charge your smartphone battery ...

If you think that developing apps is just about coming up with an idea, coding, and compiling, think again. There’s a lot more to app development that you might think. Coding is obviously a big part ...

Google has defined a new bad behavior threshold for excessive wake locks on Android, which means a new warning is coming to apps on Google Play if they might present excessive battery drain. The time ...

Battery fix missing: The May update leaves a severe CPU-related battery drain bug unresolved, impacting Pixel 7 through Pixel ...

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Google has issued new app quality guidelines to prevent apps from excessively draining your phone’s battery life. Starting March 1, 2026, if an app is found to be holding wake locks excessively, it ...

Users are reporting a Google Pixel battery drain issue 2026 after the latest update, with devices losing charge rapidly. Users of Google Pixels have reported that their devices are losing charge at an ...

Google is introducing new Play Store metrics that identify and flag apps responsible for excessive battery drain. Apps that exceed defined thresholds may face reduced visibility or warning labels, ...

Google has launched a new “excessive partial wake locks” metric for Android app developers that will result in Play Store warnings for end users. Apps can hold wake locks to prevent the user’s device ...