Does android vesion save power?

[danz409]

so i recently upgraded from my Oneplus 3 to a pocophone and even though the battery is only 33% bigger. i have noticed a MUCH more than 33% run time. i averaged ~1 1/2 days with my oneplus with normal use. however with my pocophone i havn't had this thing on charge since Sunday morning and its currently Wednesday morning (~2 days) and its still only 68%. this battery is just nuts. it should be dead by now. but its still got plenty of charge. 

i remember there being a video where Linus said something about oreo saving battery more than older versions of android? has this been bench marked? i can't seem to find anything on google other than tips on how to save battery.

[NelizMastr]

It's both a hardware and software thing. Current SOCs in smartphones have so called bigLITTLE configurations for the CPU cores. A number of fast cores and a number of efficient cores. The performance of both types of cores has also greatly increased, which means the phone doesn't need to work as hard. The software is also more optimized than previous versions, improving overall efficiency and runtime.

[danz409]

yea. but doesn't the oneplus 3 also have that?

 

also. still would like to see a bench mark on a device with differant android versions installed and see how much a difference JUST android version can do. 

[dizmo]

2 minutes ago, danz409 said:

yea. but doesn't the oneplus 3 also have that?

 

also. still would like to see a bench mark on a device with differant android versions installed and see how much a difference JUST android version can do. 

The OnePlus 3 runs both an older version of Android, and much older hardware. The hardware is what's making a big difference.

The way the company codes Android also matters massively. It's something people dismiss, but it's why Samsung phones can get such killer battery life even though they sometimes have average sized batteries.

 

You need to quote or tag people for them to know you've replied.

 

Welcome to the forum!

[danz409]

4 minutes ago, dizmo said:

The OnePlus 3 runs both an older version of Android, and much older hardware. The hardware is what's making a big difference.

The way the company codes Android also matters massively. It's something people dismiss, but it's why Samsung phones can get such killer battery life even though they sometimes have average sized batteries.

 

You need to quote or tag people for them to know you've replied.

 

Welcome to the forum!

gotcha. its been a while since i used forums. but yea. kinda makes since. its basically kinda like desktop CPUs with "turbo" but instead of boosting speed it just switches to the faster cores. just happy to have battery life comparable to my nokia 3100

[Kc7vwc]

I just got the 8.1 update (from 7.1.1) on my Moto G5S+ and my battery life saw a significant bump.

The biggest factor is that Bluetooth isn't draining as much while it's in standby. 

With the BT on, I'm now getting almost the same battery life I had before with it off.