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by mikelward 978 days ago
According to Battery Historian [1], WhatsApp was the single biggest cause of battery drain on my phone.

1. https://developer.android.com/topic/performance/power/batter...
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izacus 978 days ago
It's probably single most used app on your phone too
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mikelward 978 days ago
No, that would be my browser. My browser also accounts for most of the screen-on time, whereas most of WhatsApp's usage is in the background.
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izacus 978 days ago
Of course, your browser isn't receiving and retrieving messages in the background every time someone sends it to you.
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tredre3 977 days ago
Neither is Whatsapp, thanks to push notifications.
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