Google will soon alert Android users about battery-draining apps and mark offenders with red warnings on the Play Store.

Android users may soon know exactly which apps drain their phone battery, as Google Play prepares to introduce automatic background activity alerts.

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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.

Google will begin clamping down on Android apps that drain a smartphone battery. The Play Store will begin showing warnings ...

Starting in March, Play Store app listings will show warnings for high background battery drain, and may even have limited ...

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If your Android phone battery often drains faster than expected, Google may finally have a fix. It is introducing a new system that will warn users when an app is silently consuming too much power.