Warning: If Your Phone Battery's Dying, Facebook, WhatsApp & Tinder Could Be Why

Are these apps draining your smartphone battery fast? David Phelan We live in an age of battery anxiety. And there’s no battery more important than the one in our cellphones. So, a new study of which apps devour the battery is very revealing. MORE FROM FORBESApple iOS 14.6 Is Here: 5 Of The Coolest New FeaturesBy David Phelan A new study by cloud storage company pCloud has revealed the 20 most power-hungry apps on smartphones. The results, revealed in a blog from the company, were derived from studying apps permissions to understand which apps demanded the most from our phones, and the battery consumption that followed. pCloud analyzed the features each app used, such as camera or location, the battery usage required by these and whether dark mode, which saves energy on OLED screen phones, for instance, was available. Features that apps permit to run in the background that were deemed to be battery killers, as well as camera and location, included microphone and wifi connection. So, which are the apps which are caning your battery and that you might consider deleting? Are these the most demanding apps on smartphones just now? pCloud Top of the heap is Fitbit. Well,…
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