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The metric flags apps that keep devices awake for more than two hours in a 24-hour period. Apps with over 5% excessive wake lock sessions will be classified as high battery drain. Developers are ...

Google wants to address excessive app battery drain with a new wake lock metric in the Android Vitals dashboard. Google is partnering with device makers to pinpoint causes of excessive wake locks to ...

Google is tackling Android battery drain by introducing a new metric to track excessive wake locks in apps. Collaboration with smartphone manufacturers like Samsung will enhance app optimization to ...