Android L battery life performance test.

[TechGod]

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/07/examining-project-volta-we-put-android-l-through-our-battery-test/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+arstechnica/index+(Ars+Technica+-+All+content)


Two hours extra standby in a developer preview and with no apps taking advantage of the new APIs related to battery? Very very impressive.

 

[AustinIllini]

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/07/examining-project-volta-we-put-android-l-through-our-battery-test/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+arstechnica/index+(Ars+Technica+-+All+content)


Two hours extra standby in a developer preview and with no apps taking advantage of the new APIs related to battery? Very very impressive.

I'm more than pleased with the performance on my Nexus

 

[TechGod]

I'm more than pleased with the performance on my Nexus

My Nexus 4 battery wasn't doing too well.

I won't be upgrading this phone till at least next year as well since I was gifted a a new rMBP for school by my parents so I am definitely gonna be holding on to this Nexus 4 for as long as I can now.

I really hope L improves battery dramatically.

 

[nfl46]

Dang, that's pretty impressive to say its not final yet.

 

[TechGod]

Dang, that's pretty impressive to say its not final yet.

And since the developers can't take advantage of all the new API's.

 

[Lloydbm41]

So far during my daily heavy use, I'm seeing only minimal gains from 4.4.3/4. Usually at the 3.5 hour screen on time mark I'm below 10%. At 5% the built in battery saver kicks in and my screen brightness drops from 65% to barely visible.

Once the firmware is optimized and we see devs actively use the new L coding, then we may see some significant improvements. Right now though, I'm just not seeing it. At least the battery life didn't get worse!

 

[TechGod]

Source code out for Nexus 4 so as soon as someone compiles a ROM I'll be flashing it

 

[SpoonCody]

This is really promising. I enjoy near all-day batter with my Moto X already.

If the specs for the Moto X+1 (2900 mah batter) are true, along with Android L, in theory, the battery life should be incredible. Over a day?

Really excited about things coming together for Android. Some might argue that it's been like that since Ice Cream Sandwich, but I feel like it's really only been this past year (along with the promises of Android L) that they really won me over.

 

[AustinIllini]

So far during my daily heavy use, I'm seeing only minimal gains from 4.4.3/4. Usually at the 3.5 hour screen on time mark I'm below 10%. At 5% the built in battery saver kicks in and my screen brightness drops from 65% to barely visible.

Once the firmware is optimized and we see devs actively use the new L coding, then we may see some significant improvements. Right now though, I'm just not seeing it. At least the battery life didn't get worse!

I wouldn't expect losses in battery, after all it's not iOS L

 

[TechGod]

I wouldn't expect losses in battery, after all it's not iOS L

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