Battery life on Android has been one of the biggest concerns of users since the beginning of time. In my particular case, what I notice most when installing applications and services on the phone is how consumption increases during rest: when I do not touch the phone, the battery gradually drains.

Google thought about this and promised that we will have up to 3 hours more time with Android 15 (on some phones). stand by. This is a more than significant improvement that is not reflected in screen time but relates to the global calculation of the daily usage cycle. How do you plan to achieve something like this? The key is in technology from 2015.

With the arrival of Android 6.0 Marshmallow, one of the most profound changes that Google’s operating system has undergone, a very important function to regulate sedentary consumption has come into play.

It’s called Doze, and it’s one of the cornerstones of how Android manages battery when we’re not using it directly. Android has two main ways to regulate consumption at rest. The first is Standby, a function that postpones network activity in the background in applications with no recent activity.

The second is the Doze function, which is responsible for regulating the CPU activity of applications in the background when the device is not used for a long time. Problem? If Doze takes some time to activate, apps continue to consume resources even when the device is locked.

Statements by Android vice president of engineering Dave Burke raised great hopes for the future of this feature.

“In Android 15, we’ve accelerated the time to Doze by 50%. So we’re getting into Doze 50% faster, and the result is up to 3 hours more standby power we’ve tested on some devices. This is an overall improvement over 15 .This applies to all devices.

In short, Doze will be up to twice faster on Android 15, so theoretically there should be an improvement in autonomy on all devices updated to this version. Depending on the mobile phone we have and the applications we use, this function will have more or less effect. Be that as it may, it is great news that makes us wait even more impatiently for Android 15 to arrive in its stable version.

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