Your Question: What Is Battery Optimization in Android?
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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 does Android optimization mean?

Short answer. The short story is that Android is doing what it says, creating an optimized version of each app for the new version of Android you just upgraded to. This process makes each app start as fast as possible with the new Android version.

What is disable battery optimization?

Tap the more button on the action bar at the top right, and choose Battery optimization. 3. On the Battery optimization screen, switch to the All apps list from the drop-down to see all of the apps on your device. Tap Nine from the menu and choose Don’t optimize to exclude Nine from the Doze feature.

Sarah Jenkins

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Sarah Jenkins is a veteran tech journalist with over 12 years of experience covering artificial intelligence, mobile innovations, and digital ethics. Her insights have appeared in leading technology publications worldwide.

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