New Google Search App Drains iPhone Battery
Rumors have become reality : this week, Google Now, one of the most interesting Android apps is available on Apple’s iOS . Google’s Search application was this way updated on IPhone, becoming Google Now, a product similar to the smart Apple’s assistant, Siri, which brings together all the information you need without requiring you to seek for it in fact.
Nevertheless, people started to complain that the new Google Now app affects the battery life thanks to the fact that its functionality depends on the iPhone’s GPS to remain active during the search process and beyond, even when it’s closed.
Considering all these, you can try to solve the problem by disabling the location function of the app but this way, you will assume to diminish one of the coolest features of Google Now : monitoring the traffic conditions. Maybe deleting the app would be a better choice.
The issue was discussed in Googlers online forums and according to their replies, the search app cannot be a high battery consumer because, besides the GPS, it also uses Wi-Fi for the location process.
As a response, Google came with an announcement through one of their spokesperson, which complies with the above Googlers assertions and claim that Google Now uses Wi-Fi for the location function and also the cell sites which means less power by default. This way, all the charges regarding the fact that Google Now reduces the devices’ battery life can be considered just rumours.
The fact that a lot of apps require GPS “ON” during and after navigation is real and acknowledged but Google Search was updated in a different manner, based on all battery impact issues that can be faced and concluding with the use of cell towers and WiFi hot spots. Moreover, imagine that the app was closely tested for months before being launched and the battery impact was a significant indicator for the product pre-launch analysis.
finally, the only way you can check the truth in all these suppositions is to try it yourself for a few days. Any issue that you face can become a change and a way to enhancement if you will give it as a feedback ( tap feedback in the settings menu of the app and write down your impressions).
