Google will soon alert Android users about battery-draining apps and mark offenders with red warnings on the Play Store.

Google Play will start showing red warnings for apps that overuse background activity and drain battery, using a new ‘wake locks’ metric from March 1, 2026.

Starting March 2026, Google Play will flag Android apps that excessively drain battery power through background activity, promoting smarter energy usage and improving smartphone performance across the ...

For users, this update offers clearer transparency, and one more tool to avoid apps that quietly kill battery life behind the scenes.

Google is asking developers to "raise the bar" on battery efficiency. New Android metrics will give programmers deeper insight into how their apps consume power – ...

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From March 1, 2026, Google will introduce battery usage warning labels for Android apps that consume excess power in the ...

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