I disabled Android background location access for non-essential apps, adding two full hours of daily charge

My phone can finally settle into a deep slate state ...

Android Pulse app may already be on your phone, and now we know what it does

Google's mysterious Android Pulse app is showing up in the Play Store, and it could help spot apps that drain battery or hog ...

Blocking Google's background tracking servers on my home Wi-Fi saved my phone from constant battery drain

I blocked over 9,000 background queries in a week ...
XDA Developers

Android Q Will Better Protect Your Privacy With New Features

The best source for Android OS news. Co-host on the Android Faithful podcast. Every new version of Android comes with new features, which means Android needs new permissions to gate access to these ...
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Samsung commits to killing background apps less often with Android 14, One UI 6.0

One complaint that Android app developers (and end users) have are the differing “restrictions on foreground services and background work” across devices. Google is addressing background ...
Android Authority

Android Concurrency: Performing Background Processing with Services

Your typical Android mobile app is a skilled multi-tasker, capable of performing complex and long-running tasks in the background (such as handling network requests or transferring data) while ...