Items tagged with battery-life
Diagnosing mystery battery drain issues on a smartphone can be frustrating. Broadly speaking, per-app battery usage indicators aren't all that useful, since they only count usage by the core of the app itself; system call usage usually...
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Following complaints from Pixel 6 and Pixel 7 series users concerning sudden battery life and overheating issues following the May 2023 security update, Google has quickly rolled out a back-end fix that requires no action from the...
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A deluge of Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 7 users are reporting high battery usage and overheating, which seems to be linked to the Google app after the latest May 2023 security update. Even worse, rolling back to older version of the app...
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Insider sources indicate that the Google Pixel Fold design is nearing a finished state. According to 9to5 Google, the device is going to be one of the largest of the large folding smartphones available, as well as the heaviest. However, it...
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How cool would it be if your smartphone could last a week between charges instead of 15 hours? Thanks to a breakthrough announced by a joint effort between IBM and Samsung, that could be a reality soon.
In addition to bolstering its...
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Leaving the realm of science fiction behind, the super-fast charging mobile phone is inching its way ever more closer to science-fact. As reported in Stanford Magazine in advance of publication this week in the journal Nature, researchers...
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Anyone who has carried a smartphone of any stripe has come up against the question at some point: Do I shell out for the pay-for version of [insert whatever app name applies to you here, friend reader], or should I keep my money by installing the advertising-sponsored version instead and...
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There may come a day when our children or grandchildren can enjoy their mobile devices with boundless battery life, but that day seems woefully far off. Currently, poor battery life is the bain of all mobile devices; if you don’t...
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