Phone batteries are getting bigger and bigger to fulfill consumer demands. That’s why we will talk about apps that drain your phone battery the most. Switzerland-based cloud storage company pCloud analyzed 100 of the most popular apps and the demands they make on your device.
The worst apps for draining phone batteries were Fitbit and Verizon. These two were at the top of the pile with a score of 92 out of 100, followed by Uber and Skype. And in fifth place was Facebook, Airbnb, and live streaming platform BIGO LIVE. And all came with a score of 82 out of 100.
Apps that drain your battery the most
The company behind this survey pCloud analyzed three factors. The applications each app uses, such as location or camera, the battery these applications use, and whether the dark mode is available. ‘We wanted to find out the apps that are the most demanding on our phone, so conducted a study to discover which apps are the secret phone killers.’
The dark mode gives users the option to turn the background of their app interface. From white to black to make it easier on the eye and save up to 30 percent more battery power on a phone.
The top two offenders – Fitbit and Verizon – were found to permit 14 out of the 16 available features. That run in the background. Including the four most demanding (camera, location, microphone, and Wi-Fi connection.
Six out of the top 20 battery drainers were social media platforms. Such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, WhatsApp, and LinkedIn. Twitter, one of the social media giants, was notably absent from the top 20, coming in at number 25.
pCloud also looked at the apps taking up the most memory. Based on the average phone holding up to 64GB of inbuilt storage. And the operating system roughly taking up to 10GB. Food delivery apps Uber Eats, My Mcdonalds, and Yelp Food all made it in the top 30.
‘Overall, the study clearly indicates that social media apps are still one of the biggest phone killers when it comes to draining your battery,’ pCloud said.