Android: These apps drain your battery

As an Android user, you see every day how your apps drain your smartphone's battery. We'll show you how to find out which apps use a lot of energy.

Identify battery eaters on Android

With the help of pre-installed applications, you can find the apps that use the most electricity.

Open your android's settings and click on the battery or power settings.
The graphic shows the point in time at which the battery level has dropped rapidly since the last charge. This way you can find out in which situations you have used a lot of energy.
In the list below the graphic you will find the apps that have used the most battery. "Display" and system apps are often relatively high up. You cannot turn this off. With almost all other apps, you can change your user behavior or find more efficient alternatives.

Which apps use a lot of electricity? We have listed some culprits for you.

Games consume the most battery by far. Not only is the screen switched on continuously while you are playing, the processor and graphics chip also have to work a lot. To reduce consumption, you can manually reduce the screen brightness and activate the energy-saving mode of your device.
Navigation apps also require a lot of power due to the active screen and the use of the GPS module. To save battery, you can turn off the screen as long as you know where to go. Most navigation applications continue route guidance as soon as you switch on the display again.
Social media services often load data in the background. Even if you don't use apps like Facebook or Twitter very often, they still request new information at regular intervals. To avoid this, you can either interrupt the network connection or manually increase the update interval. You can usually find this function in the settings.

In another practical tip, we will explain how to charge your cell phone battery correctly.