[AdmiralAsshat]

I'm disappointed to see that it will take Android N for the Doze feature to be practical [0]. As it currently stands, Doze only activates when the device is stationary. My phone never leaves my pocket, since I'm paranoid about setting it down, so the gyrometer being engaged is enough to prevent Doze from triggering.

[0] http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/03/09/android-n-feature-sp...

[habosa]

This is very true, but I think doing it one step at a time is a good way to slip into a more power-efficient system without breaking tons of top apps.

Too many top apps were dependent on constantly waking up and doing network or other expensive jobs. So for M Google says 'these things won't happen when the user leaves the phone on a desk for 30m+' which spurs people to prepare for this new world even if they won't encounter it much. Now with N Google is saying 'this will happen when the screen is off for a few minutes' and now any decent app needs to prepare for this, but the best apps already got into this new world for M.

[kllrnohj]

You sleep with your phone in your pocket?

That's really the thing doze is great at. If you forget to charge your phone, you wake up with still decent amount of battery left. Or for tablets sitting around on tables/desks.

[AdmiralAsshat]

No, I don't, but I don't often forget to hook up my phone to the charger.

I do however, sit/stand at my desk for 8-9 hours a day and maybe pull the phone out less than once an hour. I would like the phone to be in Doze mode when it's in my pocket, rather than forcing me to have to put it on my desk. As I said, I don't like leaving it unattended, even if it's simply to step away for a few minutes to the watercooler.

[kllrnohj]

Sounds more like you want a setting of "syncing is not important to me"

Doze backs off sync period, trading timeliness for battery life. That's why significant motion prevents it from happening, it assumes that if it's on your person then syncing is important. Which is a generally true assumption.