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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 ...

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 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 ...

Increased battery drain is normal following a major OS update. Your phone needs time to complete the setup in the background. iOS 26 offers a new Adaptive Power mode to extend your battery charge.

Have you ever experienced a mystery iPhone battery drain? A day when your iPhone usage is more or less normal, but for some reason your battery’s draining at an accelerated rate? Let’s exclude the ...

With iOS 26 now available to all iPhone users, many people might delay updating because they think Apple could be making their devices slower with new software versions. While this isn't true, Apple ...

Apple made several battery-related changes in iOS 26, introducing features that make it easier to tell which apps are draining battery and new ways to extend battery life. Apple updated the Battery ...

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JAKARTA, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Indonesian sovereign wealth fund Danantara will invest to develop a nickel processing hub with Chinese battery and material recycler GEM, tapping into $8.3 billion in funds ...

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