If you track your battery usage, you’ve noticed Google Play Services seems always to be using your battery. Generally, Google Play Services needs power because the other apps on your phone are using it.
To lower overall battery drain is to limit what your apps can do, especially with location services and background operations
- Check the apps on your phone and delete any apps you don’t use regularly or don’t need in a day. The fewer apps you have, the less usage Google Play Services gets.
- Go to Settings > Background Restrictions. This setting lets you disable apps that are on in the background, even when you’re not using them. Go through and toggle apps you don’t need, or don’t want, to operate in the background.
Scroll to Settings > Apps > Permissions Manager > Location. You’ll see these categories: Allowed All The Time, Allowed Only While In Use, and Denied. Click on each app and change its settings to your preferences. conserve apps allowed you to use Location all the time for only those you need, such as mapping and directions, as location services are one of the biggest battery drains.
- In Settings > Apps > Permissions Manager, go through the other permissions and toggle off any permissions you don’t want apps to have. It will reduce their overall usage and how often they access Google Play Services.
What Google Play Services Do In The Background
- Single sign-on, so you don’t have to keep logging into each app as you open it
Automatic file storage on Google Drive
The ability to use Google Maps information and data without opening the app
Security scans for third-party apps
Location tracking tools so you know where you are
Google Pay services
And cloud game saves and leaderboards on Android games
How Much Battery Should Google Play Services Use
It depends on using your phone. If you’re constantly making use of services like Google Maps, Hangouts, Gmail, and so on, then you can expect it to appear on your battery app as a possible drain.
Disabling of Google Play Services
You cannot disable or delete Google Play Services. Since it does so much in the background for so many apps, removing it or disabling it would likely cause your phone to malfunction, and apps would either not work well or stop working completely then managing Google Play Services is about managing what your other apps do in the background. Keep them in line, and Google Play Services shouldn’t pull too hard on battery consumption.