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Android P won’t bug you about apps using battery power
August 14, 2025
One of the features thatAndroid 8.0 Oreointroduced is a notification that alerts you if apps are draining your battery. It was a good idea, in theory, but became more of an annoyance than anything else.
Yes, I know my music app is draining my battery, Google. That’s because I’m listening to music.
Thankfully, Google is removing the annoying “battery drain” notification fromAndroid P. The feature is still present in the two developer previews Google has posted so far, but it will be gone when the stable version rolls out.
The confirmation of the removal of this feature came during aGoogle I/O 2018presentation. Comically, the presenters simply put the following slide on the screen and didn’t say anything:
The crowd erupted into cheers and claps.
The slide appears in the followingYouTuberecording of the presentation. Fast-forward to 2:35:00 to see the slide and hear the cheers:
The release date of a stable version of Android P still has yet to be announced, and the sweet treat name of the operating system also hasn’t been disclosed. However,we polled our readersto see what we all think the name will be, and you can see those resultshere.
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