Google is cracking down on battery-draining Android apps with a new Play Store policy targeting “excessive partial wake locks ...

Google has issued new app quality guidelines to prevent apps from excessively draining your phone's battery life.

Google has also rolled out a new Android Vitals metric that measures excessive use of wake locks. These occur when an app ...

Google is reportedly introducing a new “excessive partial wake locks” metric to flag Android apps that drain battery life through high background activity. Co-developed with Samsung, the policy could ...

Android 16 QPR2 Beta 3.3 is out now for Pixel 6 and newer devices. This is a stability and bug-fix release, specifically targeting lock screen freezes. The update should be coming to testers via OTA ...

Google will begin clamping down on Android apps that drain a smartphone battery. The Play Store will begin showing warnings ...

Google wants Android apps to stop wasting battery with excessive wake locks, and those that don’t meet a certain threshold ...

Google defines a user session as excessive when it involves more than 2 cumulative hours of non-exempt wake locks within 24 ...