I started my career with CNET all the way back in 2005, when the (original) Motorola Razrs were all the rage. Since then, I've written about everything from consumer electronics to internet culture ...

Android battery optimization has quietly become one of the most effective ways to extend daily screen time without changing how you use your phone. Inside Settings > Battery > Battery usage, most ...

What’s happened? Google is cracking down on Android apps that cause excessive battery drain by rolling out a new metric and updated Play Store policy. The “Excessive Partial Wake Locks” metric is now ...

There’s a particular kind of irritation that comes from watching your battery drain in real time. Even with Adaptive Battery, power saver mode, and every background restriction you can think of, some ...

My phone and I had a complicated relationship. I gave it attention, kept it updated, bought new cases for it, and in return… it would die before dinner. For a while, I blamed the apps, software ...