The Unexpected App Tech Experts Say You Should Stop Using ASAP Because It Drains Your Battery

Certain apps can enhance your life in so many ways, while others may be worth downloading, but aren’t always doing any favors to your phone and its battery. If there’s one app that you already know can dim your battery life, it’s Facebook — but that’s not the only app that is causing your phone potential brain drainage. This is the unexpected app tech experts say you should stop using ASAP because it drains your battery. 

According to Lynda Fairly, founder of numlooker.com, the most battery-draining applications that we use on our phones are background activity and location services. “Background activity is generally any app that includes actions like checking the time, updating and synchronizing email and social media apps, and downloading content from the internet,” Fairly says. “Location services are also a major battery drain as they constantly use GPS or cell towers to determine where you are. To reduce their impact on our battery we need to turn off services that utilize GPS or location information in our smartphones.”