It's happened to all of us. You fully charge your smartphone battery because you know you'll be out for the whole day and, somehow, your battery dies. Your smartphone doesn't always run out of charge this quickly, so it can't be solely a battery-related issue. There has to be some other culprit.

Good news, Android users. Google is going to step in and help you find the perpetrators.

Google just announced the launch of a new beta vitals metric for Android app developers that will result in a visible warning in the Google Play store for end users if an app causes excessive battery drain.

Google's new “excessive partial wake locks” metric, co-created by Samsung, aims to deter app developers from creating battery-draining apps while also warning users.

Rapid battery drain is usuall

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