A bug in Google Messages may be draining your battery

With all of the apps that we are inclined to have working on our telephones, it’s a continuing fear as as to if the battery will be capable of make it via the day — and that’s not helped when apps misfire and run power-draining options within the background. According to 9to5Google, a recent bug in Google’s Messages app on Android telephones left the digicam working within the background — a good way to each warmth up your cellphone and run down your battery.

The Google Messages app means that you can simply take a photograph instantly from the app and fasten it to a chat message. According to the article in 9to5Google, the digicam app would sometimes preserve working, even once you didn’t have it on display. (This challenge was also reported happening with a Pixel 6 Pro in a Reddit group.)

We weren’t in a position to reproduce the problem. However, if you happen to do discover that your cellphone is unusually sizzling or the battery is working down particularly rapidly, it could not harm to verify your digicam isn’t nonetheless working — or to easily swipe the Messages app off the Recents view, which can shut the app down. You may also deny Messages permission to make use of your digicam altogether by going to Settings > Apps > Messages > Permissions > Camera and choosing “Don’t allow.”

However, that will not be vital. According to Scott Westover, communications supervisor at Google, the bug has been recognized and the repair is at the moment rolling out to customers.