Amsterdam-based security software company AVG Technologies released its annual report on Thursday, July 21, revealing which Android apps place the biggest demands on battery life, storage and data use.
The report showed that the top "performance-draining" apps are social media softwares, which tempt users to always stay connected with people in their friends list, followed by those heavy on video and GPS data.
The AVG analysis grouped Android apps into two: those apps that run automatically at the start up of the mobile device, and those apps that users need to run themselves.
It wasn't a surprise at all that Facebook came out as the number one performance-draining apps that runs at startup.
Meanwhile, messaging app Snapchat ranked as the top battery-drainer that's run by users.
The findings were based on randomized anonymous data captured from more than three million Android users from across the globe between January and April of this year.
Among softwares running at start up, the report read: "interestingly, Google Maps came out of nowhere to take second place. Our advice is to use the app's 'Offline Area' feature, which lets you download complete maps to your phone without taxing battery life or mobile data."
Included in the list for the first time this year are: Blackberry Messenger, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, ChatOn, the Weather Channel's app and Google Maps.
For the user-initiated apps, Snapchat was on top of the list, followed by Spotify and LINE, which offers free calls and messages.
Three apps were found to have most impacted Android phone resources: Snapchat, YouTube and Google Maps.
The Netflix app, compared to last year, the report noted "seems to have improved usage enough to get itself off the list for performance drain."
The recent gaming craze Pokémon Go debuted too late to be ranked in the report. Experts at AVG, however, suspected it would leave the competition in the dust.
"Even compared to social or streaming apps like Facebook and Spotify, games are the real phone battery vampires," the AVG report wrote.
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