What Is Battery Optimization in Android Phone?
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In case you’re not familiar, battery optimization is a function (known as Doze) built into Android 6.0 Marshmallow and above. It preserves battery life by limiting what apps can do in the background. Apps use what’s called a wakelock to keep your device alive even while you’re not actively using it.

What is battery optimization in Android?

Battery optimization helps conserve battery power on your device and is turned on by default. … Apps with optimization turned off may continue to impact battery life.

What happens when you optimize your phone?

For each app, users can choose between “Always Optimizing,” “Automatically Optimizing” or “Disable For.” “Always Optimizing” stops the app from using battery power. … If you choose the “Automatically Optimizing” for every 3 days, the app will stop using battery power from the last usage for three days.

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Marcus Vance is a cybersecurity auditor and technology writer dedicated to educating the public about online safety, data privacy regulations, enterprise security, and emerging cyber threats.

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