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Is Google Play Services causing battery drain on your phone? It still seems to be a common issue. We’ve been seeing numerous reports of the app eating batteries across a range of devices and on Android versions from KitKat to Oreo. Let’s investigate this problem to uncover what’s going wrong and how to fix it.
Smartphones have a much shorter battery life than in the good old days when you'd get a week out of your Nokia. These are several ways to explain this. That big, beautiful screen you stare at consumes battery for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. All the data that you are beaming back to Google, your GPS and the more complex software that is running inside your pocket is all energy hungry. However, there are ways of saving valuable percentage points here and there that could make the difference between needing a charge or not.
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In this article, we'll identify the problems that can arise with Google Play Services, go through the most common battery burners, and the actions you can take to put the brakes on them.
Beating battery drain: the basics
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, as the saying goes. Smartphones batteries degrade over time, but you can prolong its life with a little bit of TLC. To show your smartphone battery some love, follow these three simple rules.
If you follow good practice and still get battery problems, then it's time to investigate whether Google Play Services is the culprit.
What is Google Play Services?
Google Play Services is install by default on all Android smartphone, and plays a quiet but important role in the all the operations of your device. This powerful app gets regular updates, and requires a large number of permissions, but it isn't an app that you can open and use. Instead, it's an API package that manages updates for Google apps (Gmail, Maps, Google Play, etc). Fantastically useful, this far reaching app also has the potential to be a battery killer when not operating properly.
How to spot Google Play Services battery drain
The reason why Google Play Services could be the culprit is because for many apps it’s the key to the world of Google: it delivers your Gmail to mail apps, maps and location settings to mapping apps, ads to ad-based apps and so on.
If your trusty phone is suddenly suffering from a terrible battery life, the culprit could be Google Play Services. Batteries do deteriorate over time, but it’s a gradual process: unless you’re spectacularly unlucky, a battery that was OK yesterday won’t suddenly discharge three times faster tomorrow.
The easy way to tell whether Google Play Services is draining the battery of your device is to pop into the Battery section of your Settings app. As you can see below on the left screenshot, just tap on Battery usage.
This shows you the biggest power hogs, and in most cases, you should see the Screen listed at number one, which makes sense, given that it’s the most power-hungry part of your device. If Google Play Services is using more power than the display or more power than the Android system itself, something’s wrong. In the below screenshot on the right, you can see the list of power hogs.
Google Play Services battery drain: why it is happening and how to fix it
There are a number of reasons why it might be using more power than you’d like. We’ve seen reports of the app eating battery life across Android versions from KitKat to Oreo, and also on devices running CyanogenMod or OxygenOS.
With so much variety there clearly isn’t a single solution to solve every problem on every device. But there are some things you can check.
As with any problem, we’re assuming you’ve already tried rebooting and that you have the most up-to-date software and firmware for your phone. If you haven’t, do those things first. They solve all kinds of issues.
Is your Google Play Services up to date?
Now, this might sound counter-intuitive, especially if you started noticing that battery drain after a Google Play Services OTA update, but sometimes you just need to accelerate through your Play Services versions to fix the problem. Here's how to keep your Google Play Services up-to-date.
If the latest OTA version is causing trouble then it's worth checking to see if there is a new beta version available. Back in November, Pixel and OnePlus users were able to stop the battery drain issue by installing the latest beta version of Google Play Services.
Is it draining your battery because you have loads of accounts?
Play Services’ main job is to download things in the background. Those things could be your emails or the app’s ads, or notifications or checking your location to see if it needs to trigger a Google Now event.
If your device is connected to multiple Google Accounts, for example, because you have personal and work accounts or because you’re a spy or superhero with multiple identities, then Google Play Services is having to do all that for multiple accounts.
Is a third party app misusing Google Play Services?
If the battery drain is a recent development the problem might not be with Google Play Services but with one of the apps that use it. Try booting into Safe Mode; if your battery problem goes away that’s a pretty big hint that the Google Play Services battery problem is down to a third party app.
Is Google encountering Sync errors?
Sync errors are when Google tries to synchronize data but can’t, for example, because it can’t connect to a particular server. Problems with your data can also cause sync errors, so for example, if something’s gone wrong with your contacts, calendar or Gmail that can cause Google to keep trying (and failing) to synchronize your local data with Google’s servers.
Removing and re-adding accounts can solve persistent sync errors but before you do that, try disabling Mobile Data in Settings for a minute and then turning it back on again.
Is it your GPS?
When an app needs your location, it requests it through Google Play Services, which gets the information by using your GPS hardware. If you weren't aware, using GPS takes up a lot of battery, and since Google Play Services facilitates this process, it can appear to be taking up the battery life when the GPS is really the culprit.
In the Battery usage screen, we showed you how to get to before, tap on Google Play Services. On the detailed screen, it shows you. Scroll down until you see Location and tap it (like in the left screenshot below).
You'll then find three mode options, one of which is called Power Saving. This mode doesn't use GPS to retrieve your location, and is less accurate, but can save your battery life by only using your network and Wi-Fi information. If you find this setting to be too imprecise, simply switch it back to High accuracy later.
Are emojis giving Google a sad face?
This is an odd one we know, but some users have reported sync errors when using emojis in contact names: Google doesn’t like that, and it can stuff the synchronization process.
Are you using too many battery-killing apps?
Task killers are supposed to disable unwanted processes, and they do – but sometimes the result of killing a task is that it immediately starts back up again, so you end up making your phone work even harder than before. That’s an easy one to check: try disabling your task killer and see what effect it has on battery life.
Are you running security software?
Security software has an effect on battery life because it’s always on. Like Windows, the threat of malware on Android is blown out of proportion: if you don’t download from dodgy app stores and don’t open unexpected attachments, the risk of infection is very small. As with the task killer, try disabling your security software and see what happens.
Tweak your settings to let Android save battery for you
As you may have already noticed in the consumption screenshots above, the display is one of the biggest power consumers on a smartphone. You can, however, reduce the amount of juice needed to power it by reducing the brightness. A lot of phones these days have an auto setting, but for the best result, you should just alter it by yourself. for maximum battery optimization, keep the screen as low as you can whilst keeping it usable. You will need to use a higher setting during daylight hours, but you should never need to have it on max brightness.
if you are running into an issue with certain apps taking over your brightness or keeping your screen on for too long a time, you can download Caffeine. It will override the display settings for certain apps.
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More tips for saving battery life
The Play Store is jam-packed with apps that promise to extend your battery life. We would always recommend you on board resources over these third-party solutions. Huawei, Sony, and Asus, among other manufacturers, provide a range of power-saving modes and optimization tools that can really make a difference thanks to their integrations as system apps.
Finally, when you have optimized all you can and you are still not getting enough battery life, it might be time to start looking at investing in a Powerbank. these mobile chargers can provide your phone with extra power several times before they need to be re-charged. Sure, it is a pain to carry around an extra brick in your bag, but for those times when you really need to top up your battery, they can be lifesavers.
Have you encountered these issues? Have you been able to fix them? Let us know below.
I am using Andriod 2.3.6 Gingerbread for the last 3 years. For the last 2 months the 'Google Play Services' app is taking too much memory, Now I want to uninstall it. Is it safe to do so? Does it affect other apps and/or the phone's basic functionality?
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Whilst you can uninstall it, it will automatically be re-installed on your device as it is an extension of the Google Play ecosystem and Google automatically updates Google Play services on all supported devices via the Google Play Store to ensure API consistency across devices and versions, and to deliver fixes and new features in a timely fashion.
Some apps may require Google Play services to be present and up to date in order to function correctly (or at all).
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According to Google
Google Play services provides you with easy access to Google services and is tightly integrated with the Android OS.
And from the description in the Play Store
Google Play services is used to update Google apps and apps from Google Play. This component provides core functionality like authentication to your Google services, synchronized contacts, access to all the latest user privacy settings, and higher quality, lower-powered location based services. Google Play services also enhances your app experience. It speeds up offline searches, provides more immersive maps, and improves gaming experiences. Apps may not work if you uninstall Google Play services
I wouldn't recommend removing it.
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Quote copied directly from the Play store decription:
'Google Play services is used to update Google apps and apps from Google Play. This component provides core functionality like authentication to your Google services, synchronized contacts, access to all the latest user privacy settings, and higher quality, lower-powered location based services. Google Play services also enhances your app experience. It speeds up offline searches, provides more immersive maps, and improves gaming experiences. Apps may not work if you uninstall Google Play services.'
I would leave it.
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All of the present Google Apps are heavily linked with the Google Play Services app. Uninstalling it will affect all of these apps, and, if you can't stay away from Google for a long time, I wouldn't recommend doing so. As mentioned in the other answers, Google Play services is the backbone of many apps currently on the Play Store. Many (I mean MANY!) apps are dependent on it.
Instead of trying to limit its usable data, you can occasionally try backing up all your data to a safe place and wiping/factory-resetting the phone once in a while. This will automatically cleanse your phone, and will definitely help on Android Gingerbread.
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I have uninstalled google play services from my Galaxy Ace running Gingerbread, due to running out of internal memory space, and it does not appear to have made any difference to the operation of the phone. I can still install apps, access Gmail, etc. I don't sync any data from the phone, other than Gmail. Phone runs much better now, much more internal memory and ram available. Phone is set not to update / install apps automatically and so far so good.
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Removed it! Saved around 30 mb internal memory which matters a lot because my 5 year old device just has 100 mb of it. There are no issues whatsoever, Gmail sync works & I can even update the only I app use i.e. Whatsapp. Already did once, no problems.
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Google has announced that it will drop support for some of its older Android versions when it delivers the next update to its Google Play services libraries.
The current release supports Android API level 9, which goes all the way back to Android 2.3 Gingerbread. But when version 10.2.0 of the Google Play services client libraries is released, Google will increase the minimum supported API level to 14, making Android 4.0.1 Ice Cream Sandwich the oldest supported version of the OS. That change will inevitably see the end of support for Android 3.0 Honeycomb too.
Google explained:
The Gingerbread platform is almost six years old. Many Android developers have already discontinued support for Gingerbread in their apps. This helps them build better apps that make use of the newer capabilities of the Android platform. For us, the situation is the same. By making this change, we will be able to provide a more robust collection of tools for Android developers with greater speed.
The latest official data from Google shows that 1.3% of Android devices are now running Gingerbread, while less than 0.1% are on Honeycomb, and Google says it believes 'that many of these old devices are not actively being used'.
While older Gingerbread and Honeycomb devices will still have access to Google Play services using the version 10.0.0 libraries, apps built and maintained with the newest 10.2.0 libraries will no longer work on those earlier versions of the OS. Google says that developers 'can build multiple APKs that support different minimum API levels, with different versions of Google Play services' - but it's unlikely that many developers will be willing to put in the effort required to do so for such a small proportion of users.
Schecter omen 7 extreme. Google itself recommends that developers now target API level 14 and Android 4.0.1 as the minimum supported version, and that they should 'discontinue support for API levels that will no longer receive Google Play services updates'.
Google hasn't yet announced an exact date for these changes, but says that version 10.2.0 of the Google Play Services client libraries will be released 'in early 2017'.
Source: Android Developers Blog
I am trying to write code for Android FirebaseUI — Auth in my android project but from last two days, I am getting errors in my current code and don't know how to fix it. trying hard but nothing happened in the right way.
here is my build.gradle(project:FriendlyChat)
here is my build.gradle(Module:app)
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Failed to resolve com.google.android.gms play-services-auth:11.4.0 .
Add
maven { url 'https://maven.google.com' } to your root level build.gradle file
This maven repo is required starting from 11.2.0.
You can also use the
google() shortcut but check the requirements before using it.
Also pay attention since you are using different version. Use the same version.
UPDATE
Firebase Android SDKs and Google Play Services libraries now have independent version numbers, allowing for more frequent, flexible updates.Update the google play service gradle plugin version to latest version (at least 3.3.1).
and update the libraries to the latest version.
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Add naXanaXa
google() repository to your 'build.gradle' file. This gradle method is equivalent to maven { url 'https://maven.google.com' } .
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This error means that google play services 11.4.0 is not installed in your android studio.
To fix this you need to change the version of the dependency to what is installed in your android studio. For this go to : Project Structure -> Project Settings -> Modules -> Dependencies Here click on the + sign. Find your desired dependency.You can check its version here.You can also add the dependency to your project from here.
It is always recommended that you update your google play services SDK tools from SDK manager and use the newest version.
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I faced the same problem here today and just had to disable gradle offline work option on 'File >> Settings >> Build, Execution, Deployment >> Gradle >> Offline work'.
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Change your top level dependency gradle setting
// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
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From Firebase doc:
Bottom position of this line not top (below apply plugin: 'com.android.application').
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In my case I've turned on gradle offline mode that's why it could not find out cached files for that version play-service or can not resolve. When I turn it on back to online everything is ok now.
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Android Studio ->> File ->> Gradle ->> offline ->> uncheck
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Change your top level dependency gradle setting
Open This File --> build.gradle(Project:*****)
and Past This Codes
Or Just Change
to
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In my case I already had the
google() repository installed. I was unable to resolve the dependency until I rebooted Android Studio. My guess is it couldn't resolve due to some lingering proxy config from when I had Charles open earlier in the day.
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Android studio 3.2Please follow below steps.
1.Invalidate cache and restart option. File->Invalidate/Restart
It will sync libs in next launch.
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You can go to the maven to check the latest version
and then add maven { URL 'https://maven.google.com' } to your root level build.gradle file
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