Many users often complain that their smartphone's battery drains quickly. If such a problem occurs even if they are using a high-power battery, then let us tell you that the apps installed on your phone can also be the reason behind this.

In fact, for good security and antivirus facilities, research firm pCloud has released a list of 10 apps that eat the battery of Android smartphones. These include gaming, social media apps and video streaming apps. All these apps which drain the battery fast are available for free on Google Play Store. If you use them less, you can delete them for battery backup.

To increase the battery life of a mobile phone, we often reduce the phone's display brightness, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, themes set in the phone and features like 3D wallpaper and GPS. But do you know that some apps can also reduce your battery life?

Here are 10 apps that can drain your mobile phone battery fast:

  1. Social Media Apps: Social media apps like Facebook, Instagram, Skype, Snapchat, Tinder, Bumble WhatsApp etc. can drain your battery life very quickly. These apps require mobile features to run in the background to constantly update, which consumes battery.
  2. Gaming Apps: Gaming apps like Candy Crush and Clash of Clans games can also reduce your battery life. Gaming apps often have high-quality graphics and sound, which increases battery consumption.
  3. Video Streaming Apps: Video streaming apps like YouTube, Netflix etc. can also reduce your battery life. Video streaming apps often have high-quality videos, which increases battery consumption.

  1. Location tracking apps: Location tracking apps, like Google Maps, Uber, Airbnb, weather apps, etc., can reduce your battery life. These apps need to constantly track your location, which consumes battery.
  2. Battery saver apps: Battery saver apps claim to extend your battery life. But some battery-saving apps can also reduce your battery life.
  3. Background apps: Apps like Fitbit can run in the background even when you're not using an app. Apps running in the background can consume your battery.
  4. Add-ons: Some apps like Amazon app and OLX have add-ons that can run in the background. These ads can also consume your battery.
  5. Overhauling apps: Old or overhauling apps can also drain your battery.

To stop these apps from running in the background or reduce their battery consumption, follow these tips:

  • Close the apps whenever you are not using them or turn on the Force to stop setting.
  • Try to keep the apps updated.
  • Turn off the permission of apps to run in the background.
  • Remove less-used apps.

By adopting these measures, you can increase the battery life of your mobile phone.

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