It's happened to all of us. You fully charge your smartphone battery because you know you'll be out for the whole day and, somehow, your battery dies. Your smartphone doesn't always run out of charge ...

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 ...

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 ...

Google has introduced visible warning boxes on Play Store listings for Android apps that drain excessive battery. These apps abuse Android’s partial wake lock mechanism to keep the CPU running in the ...

Following its announcement last year, Google has started rolling out a warning in the Play Store that warns you of apps that might drain your battery excessively. As of March 1 – so late last week – ...

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 ...

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 ...