topic Re: Google Play Services app causing battery drain in Android

Google Play Services app causing battery drain

Oxygen87 — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 05:59:56 GMT

I have the Samsung Galaxy S10 and this past week I've noticed my battery draining a lot more than usual.

On Device Care - Battery, Google Play Services is showing at 108.4% battery usage for the past week and is at the top of anything else. WhatsApp which I probably use the most as I use it for work as well as personal, is only at 51.4% Anyone know what this app is actually for and what could be causing this sudden drain? I've cleared the app cache and rebooted but don't think it's made a difference!

Re: Google Play Services app causing battery drain

pgn — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 06:09:49 GMT

Had that problem on an older phone, hard to troubleshoot :

https://www.howtogeek.com/193982/why-is-google-services-draining-so-much-battery-on-android/

Backup the phone to Google's servers, then factory reset and reinstall from your backup (follow the prompts, easy to do) is what fixed it for me.

Re: Google Play Services app causing battery drain

MI5 — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 07:18:59 GMT

You could try uninstalling the updates to play services.
It will automatically update itself again but may help if it's got itself confused somehow.

Re: Google Play Services app causing battery drain

EmilieT — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 09:14:17 GMT

Hey @Oxygen87, it'd be great if you could let us know whether the suggestions above help you get this battery issue sorted on your S10? In case anyone else encounters the same problem, your experience could help them

Re: Google Play Services app causing battery drain

Oxygen87 — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 12:13:49 GMT

I've just gone into settings and disabled location and other permissions on apps that I dont think need it. It's helped a little. My battery seems more as it was before. I daren't uninstall the updates because I've had issues in the past on a different phone where it wouldn't give me the option to install the new updates and everything was going wrong for a few weeks before it decided to sort itself out.