Google Play will start showing red warnings for apps that overuse background activity and drain battery, using a new ‘wake locks’ metric from March 1, 2026.

For users, this update offers clearer transparency, and one more tool to avoid apps that quietly kill battery life behind the scenes.

Google is reportedly introducing a new “excessive partial wake locks” metric to flag Android apps that drain battery life ...

Google has issued new app quality guidelines to prevent apps from excessively draining your phone's battery life.

Google defines a user session as excessive when it involves more than 2 cumulative hours of non-exempt wake locks within 24 ...