After the latest app update from Google, some users reported that the battery consumption of their devices was quite high. After some tests, users reddit found that the error was from the native messaging app. androiddue to which the camera of the device worked for several hours after closing.

As indicated 9to5Google, the image attachment function of the system messaging app has a tool that shows the live image from the device’s camera so that the user can quickly take a picture. After one of the recent app updates, this live image feed continues to work even with the program in the background.

This creates a big problem for users. Google Messages, whose batteries are continuously drained by the camera and run out quickly. After Users reddit found the cause of this problem, Google replied that already solves this problem through an update for the application.

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In his statement to edgethe company claims it is fix starts being sent to users. However, for those who haven’t received the patch yet, there is an option to quickly “fix” this high power consumption.

The short term solution is a forced manual stop Messageswhat can be done through ‘settings‘, entrance ‘Programs‘ I sat ‘Application management‘, after that just go to ‘Messages‘ and ‘forced stop‘. A more radical solution is to go for them.application permissions‘ and revoke his permission to use the camera.

In his statement to Google it is not specified if the fix will be released to all users in a stable version Messages or go through the beta version of the app first.

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Source: The Verge, 9to5Google, Android Authority.