How to Stop Google Play Services From Draining Your Battery

Here’s how to keep that battery usage in check.

How Do I Stop Google Play Services From Draining My Battery?

Google Play Services doesn’t use your battery directly.

What’s happening is Google Play Services needs power because the other apps on your phone are using it.

The fewer apps you have, the less usage Google Play Services gets.

Go toSettings>Background Restrictions.

This setting lets you disable apps that are on in the background, even when youre not using them.

Go through and toggle apps you dont need, or dont want, to operate in the background.

On Android 12 Pixel phones go toSettings>Battery>Battery usage.

Some apps may be slower to load when you turn off background services.

If you need an app to load instantly, leave it on.

Go toSettings>Apps>Permissions Manager>Location.

You’ll see these categories: Allowed All The Time, Allowed Only While In Use, and Denied.

punch each app and change its tweaks to your preferences.

On Pixel phones, go toSettings>Location>App location preferences.

This lists all the apps with permission to get your phone’s location.

It will reduce their overall usage and how often they access Google Play Services.

On Pixel phones, it’s inSettings>Privacy>Permission manager.

Google Play Services enables conveniences like:

How much battery Google Play Services uses depends on using your phone.

You generally can’t disable or delete Google Play Services.

Instead, managing Google Play Services is about managing what your other apps do in the background.

Keep them in line, and Google Play Services shouldn’t pull too hard on your battery.