Apps do a lot of great things when we use them, but they also operate when we’re not using them. This is a double-edged sword, as that can lead to battery drain. Some services need to operate in the background to be most effective like the Google Assistant. Others, however, don’t really need to be working in the background.
Android 13 will warn you about your apps’ excessive background battery use.
This is why it’s a good idea to keep an eye on how much battery power your apps are using when you’re not using them. Google is acknowledging this with a new feature. In Android 13, there’s a notification when an app is using too much battery power in the background. If an app uses a substantial amount of battery power over a 24-hour period of time, you’ll receive a system notification telling you so. If this sounds familiar, older versions of Android do have a feature like this. An alert will pop up if an app uses a lot of battery power. The new version does the same, but it’s a bit different. The newer version will be a little bit more advanced. If the system indicates an app, but that app is displaying a notification related to a foreground service, then the system will wait until that foreground service is finished or until the user dismisses that notification. After that, the system will display the notification. This new notification will also alert you about apps in the foreground. If an app is in the foreground for a 20-hour span of time, the system will inform you. The message will say “[The app in question] is running in the background for a long time. Tap to review.”
