People are just finding trick to spot ‘silent’ Android ‘vampire drain’ apps killing your battery – delete them right now

ROGUE Android apps might be quietly draining your phone’s battery life.

If you’re struggling to get through a full day without charging, it’s time to take action.

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When you’ve had a smartphone for years, it’s easy to end up with dozens of apps on your device.

All Android apps will use up battery life – but some are worse than others.

Certain apps will even drain battery life in the background when you’re not actively using them.

Thankfully it’s possible to quickly and easily find these “vampire drain” apps.

Then you can decide whether they’re worth keeping – or if it’s time to delete them.

Alternatively, it’s possible to restrict background activity on some apps.

That means they won’t silently use up your charge without you realizing.

It’s important to make sure your battery life is as good as possible.

For a start, it means you’re less likely to run out of charge in an emergency.

But it also means you won’t have to charge your phone as often, helping to shrink those electricity bills.

Similarly, it means your phone will go through fewer “charge cycles”, prolonging the total lifespan of your battery – so you can hang on to your phone for longer.

How to find ‘vampire apps’ on Android

Go into your Settings app and then look for Battery.

Then you can tap on Battery > Battery Usage to get a detailed breakdown of how apps are draining your charge.

You can see or change how any of the listed apps use battery by tapping on them.

And for some apps, you can turn Background Restriction on or off.

This can help significantly reduce battery drain.

Google also says that it recommends keeping Battery Optimization on.

If an app that you hardly use is causing significant battery drain, consider uninstalling it completely.

This post first appeared on Thesun.co.uk