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by startup_founder 364 days ago
how's the battery drain during continuous face detection? we're building a security app that might need to run this every few seconds
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In terms of battery life, the AI doesn't even load the two performance cores — the main power consumption comes from the camera preview. On Android, it's more reliable to keep the device connected to a power source and use the battery as a backup. Camera preview can also be optimized by running continuously at a lower resolution, then switching to 720p to capture the actual image once a face is detected