Not a lot of people blame software for their battery life woes, but it’s among the most commonly neglected causes, especially if you have Facebook on your phone (which of course you do).
Tech World Zone threw light on the issue when they conducted tests using a Nexus 6P and Metal, an memory friendly alternative app for using Facebook and Twitter.
After several retests, it was found that the phone’s battery lasted 20 percent longer after the original Facebook app was uninstalled. Following the website’s test, several users on Reddit also tested those claims and found them to be mostly true.
Facebook messes up with RAM and is a huge battery hogger. It’s usually okay for an app to run while you don’t use it but in the case with the Facebook app, it still does even though you’re not connected via mobile data or wifi. Apps shouldn’t work like that, otherwise it proves to be futile. The main purpose Facebook runs in the background is to constantly provide notifications and better startup times.
– /u/dominicedcel on Reddit
The app is apparently optimized better on iOS than on Android, with which it has a bittersweet relationship. The issues culminated when Facebook itself accepted the memory-hogging nature of the app late last year. The company subsequently updated the app promising the changes, but the differences will be hard to notice for most users.
It has since released a statement claiming to be testing these issues and notifying its users in due time:
We have heard reports of a few people encountering speed issues coming from our Android application. We are investigating this and will update you as often as possible. We are focused on keeping on enhancing these issues.
We bet even after this news, most users will prefer to keep the app intact on their phones, however, saving a fifth of the battery will be a big enough incentive for some heavy users. At least, you have a cleaner alternative in Metal, now.
Or you just root and Greenify the app..,,
What kind of Post is it ? Pathetic
Simply Turn off Wifi and Bluetooth Scanning.
Install All In One toolbox to prevent apps from running in background.
trick to improve battery life by 20%, uninstall the facebook app, I did not expected that from propakistani. ProPakistani work on your titles, people may stop visiting your site if it continues. Rite title for this post should be “facebook consumes 20% of your phone battery”. Get better again guys.
BTW, mobile browser experience for fb is very similar to app
They follow articles from an other site but change titles into unsuitable ones.
Actual title was deleting facebook can improve battery life by 20%.
Use CM and restrict the app
what kinda post is this?
Simply ask your visitors to uninstall facebook and get rid of battery drain
They are following an other blog, what ever they see there they post it here.
Guarenteed: Improve battery life by 100%. Switch the phone off and spend time with family.