It can be tough to know when a phone is on its deathbed or when an app is just being an overt battery hog. Google is going to help users get to the bottom of things, according to a recent data-i13n=”cpos:1;pos:1″ href=”https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/raising-bar-on-battery-performance.html” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:Android Developers Blog;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “>Android Developers Blog.

The company just announced the launch of a new metric for app developers that keeps an eye on battery usage. If a developer consistently runs afoul of Google’s battery usage guidelines, a warning will pop up in the Play Store to alert end users.

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This metric will keep a particular eye on…

It can be tough to know when a phone is on its deathbed or when an app is just being an overt battery hog. Google is going to help users get to the bottom of things, according to a recent data-i13n=”cpos:1;pos:1″ href=”https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/raising-bar-on-battery-performance.html” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:Android Developers Blog;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “>Android Developers Blog.

The company just announced the launch of a new metric for app developers that keeps an eye on battery usage. If a developer consistently runs afoul of Google’s battery usage guidelines, a warning will pop up in the Play Store to alert end users.

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This metric will keep a particular eye on…