New feature of Google Photos: Less battery consumption, more phone backup, background sync will be limited

Google Photos app is one of the most used apps today to keep photos and videos safe in the cloud. This app provides the facility of automatic backup, so that users do not have to worry about losing data. But now there is news that Google Photos can soon help in saving the phone’s battery.

Actually, a new battery saver feature has been seen in the APK Teardown of the beta version of Google Photos. Information about this feature has been revealed in the report of Android Authority. According to the report, this new option will limit the photo and video syncing in the background, which will reduce the battery consumption of the phone.

When this battery saver feature is turned on, the Google Photos app will no longer run in the background. This means that auto backup of photos and videos may be slow or may stop temporarily. This will benefit those users who do not need background sync all the time and want better battery backup.

However, turning on this feature may also affect features like multi-device sync. This means that photos will not sync instantly on more than one device. But for many users this will not be a big problem, because they can do backup manually if needed.

The launch is still far away…
Currently this feature is in the development stage and it is not decided whether Google will release it for all users or not. It is expected that the company will first test it with beta users and will take further decisions based on their feedback.

If this feature is launched officially, it can prove to be very useful for those users who give priority to battery life. Overall, this new step by Google Photos can be considered a good effort towards improving the performance and battery balance of the phone.