Google play services bug!

[Kanu]

I read a lot of people's suggestions about joining the beta program of play services. I did that and still nothing has happened. Battery life isn't bad but it drains a bit too fast. I haven't charged it to 100 and drained it completely though. But in day to day usage i have noticed battery has been quite a bit worse since this play service bug. ( Normally i charge it to 80-85% and then plug it in after it's less than 20)

[cheetah2k]

I think this is definitely a bad actor app doing this. I ended up doing a full reset of my ROG2 over the weekend and did not install some new apps that I had previously installed. Google Play Service went from 35% usage in a day back to 3%.
I don't think this is at all Google Play Service related, but more related to an app thats keeping Google Play Service awake..
Anyways, mine seems fixed. For those with issues, maybe try a full wipe/reset, and run on stock apps for a few days and see what happens. If you're getting more than 3-4% in a days usage, then something is definitely wrong (on stock apps).
For me, the usual apps like Snapseed, Shazam, Speedtest, Minecraft, Instagram, FB and FB Messenger have no issues.

[Kanu]

cheetah2k

I think this is definitely a bad actor app doing this. I ended up doing a full reset of my ROG2 over the weekend and did not install some new apps that I had previously installed. Google Play Service went from 35% usage in a day back to 3%.

I don't think this is at all Google Play Service related, but more related to an app thats keeping Google Play Service awake..

Anyways, mine seems fixed. For those with issues, maybe try a full wipe/reset, and run on stock apps for a few days and see what happens. If you're getting more than 3-4% in a days usage, then something is definitely wrong (on stock apps).

For me, the usual apps like Snapseed, Shazam, Speedtest, Minecraft, Instagram, FB and FB Messenger have no issues.

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Yeah i uninstalled some third party apps and cleared the cache and data of play services and now the problem is gone.

[OPC]

I was reading on the net that on Android the last WhatsApp update is causing significant battery drain.

[cheetah2k]

Yeah Whatsapp has an "always awake" issue at the moment. Also Viber seems to have the same issue. Best to avoid until its fixed

[Anders_ASUS]

The high Google service battery usage is a combination of many things but in the end it's mostly due to a bug. The number (battery consumption) you see is not the actual number. This bug should be fixed with the Android Q update.