There's no doubt that smartphones have taken over our lives and we cannot do away them as they make our lives easy and efficient. We are either using them to either talk with someone or to surf the web for information.
Sadly, the constant use of our phones can often have an adverse effect on the phone’s battery making us to constantly plug the phone to recharge the battery again and again in a day.
The main culprits for battery drain are often the Android apps. Some of these apps keep working in the background all the time, even when they are not in use. While several apps do this, some are far worse than others.
So what are the worst apps killing phone battery?
Thanks to the research conducted by anti-virus maker Avast. We are now able to identify some of these leeching apps.
Unfortunately, among the biggest battery suckers identified are some of the most popular apps we love to use and that are not easy to uninstall.
The listed apps are divided into two categories. One group contains the apps that automatically run at startup and the other contains the apps that users open by themselves. Below are the worst apps that kills phone battery.
Top 10 Worst apps draining the battery from the mobile, automatically run at startup
1. Samsung AllShare
2. Samsung Security Policy Updates
3. Beaming Service for Samsung
4. ChatON Voice & Video Chat
5. Google Maps
6. WhatsApp Messenger
7. Facebook
8. WeChat
9. AppLock
10. DU Battery Saver
The Top 10 Worst battery draining apps which user run by themselves
1. Samsung WatchON
2. Samsung Video Editor
3. Netflix
4. Spotify Music
5. Snapchat
6. Clean Master
7. LINE: Free Calls & Messages
8. Microsoft Outlook
9. BBC News
10. ES File Explorer File Manager
So these are the apps that causes your phone's battery to timeout quickly. It's a pity that favorite apps like WhatsApp and Facebook are in the list as they are very useful to us.
However there are certain things you can still do to limit your phone's battery consumption and increase its life.
You can delete some the listed apps if you have one or replace them with their lightweight version such Facebook lite and Messenger lite.
Some apps like Google Maps and Samsung apps are bloatwares that come pre-installed and so cannot be deleted. But you can limit notification and control the background feature of these app with the help of such useful app like Greenify. This will help reduce battery consumption.
What are your thoughts about the listed apps? You can let us know through the comments section.
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