@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 7 months agoGoogle Play Store rolling out simultaneous Android app downloads9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1182arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: android
arrow-up1179arrow-down1external-linkGoogle Play Store rolling out simultaneous Android app downloads9to5google.com@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 7 months agomessage-square45fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: android
Finally all that power won’t be wasted waiting for a single app download to finish and install. Now, they should do simultaneous app updates. That’s the slowest process on my phone.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agoSure, but why would this lead to a decrease in power consumption? I’m not sure that follows.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•7 months agoModern phones do a thing called “race to sleep”. If they’re awake every other background process also runs, so it’s beneficial to do the task as quickly as possible then go back to sleep.
Sure, but why would this lead to a decrease in power consumption? I’m not sure that follows.
Modern phones do a thing called “race to sleep”. If they’re awake every other background process also runs, so it’s beneficial to do the task as quickly as possible then go back to sleep.