TL;DR
- 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 background when not explicitly necessary.
Google warned users and developers late last year that it would start cracking down on apps that have an unhealthy thirst for smartphone battery life. Now, the company is making good on that promise.
Play Store users will now see textual warning boxes on the listings of offending apps that cause excessive background battery drain.
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