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01-11-2017, 08:32 PM
Facebook just fixed a major battery-draining bug
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Facebook says it's fixed a glitch in its Messenger app on Android that was causing major battery issues.
Users had complained about the app draining their phone's battery in a matter of hours, even if they weren't actively using it.
Hmm. The #Facebook (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Facebook?src=hash) and #Messenger (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Messenger?src=hash) #apps (https://twitter.com/hashtag/apps?src=hash) have collectively drained 20% of my battery in less than 4 hours despite **t using the apps #mobile (https://twitter.com/hashtag/mobile?src=hash)
— Stephen Mann (@stephenmann) January 10, 2017 (https://twitter.com/stephenmann/status/818874525727227910)
Facebook and Facebook messenger have gotten obsene with their battery consumption, and have thus uninstall them
— Thomas Smith (@TSHSmith) January 10, 2017 (https://twitter.com/TSHSmith/status/818799792759271424)
David Marcus, vice president of messaging products on Facebook, ack**wledged the problem on Twitter Monday and said it had been fixed on Messenger. He didn't weigh in on complaints about the core Facebook app, however. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/01/11/facebook-messenger-battery-drain/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Facebook says it's fixed a glitch in its Messenger app on Android that was causing major battery issues.
Users had complained about the app draining their phone's battery in a matter of hours, even if they weren't actively using it.
Hmm. The #Facebook (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Facebook?src=hash) and #Messenger (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Messenger?src=hash) #apps (https://twitter.com/hashtag/apps?src=hash) have collectively drained 20% of my battery in less than 4 hours despite **t using the apps #mobile (https://twitter.com/hashtag/mobile?src=hash)
— Stephen Mann (@stephenmann) January 10, 2017 (https://twitter.com/stephenmann/status/818874525727227910)
Facebook and Facebook messenger have gotten obsene with their battery consumption, and have thus uninstall them
— Thomas Smith (@TSHSmith) January 10, 2017 (https://twitter.com/TSHSmith/status/818799792759271424)
David Marcus, vice president of messaging products on Facebook, ack**wledged the problem on Twitter Monday and said it had been fixed on Messenger. He didn't weigh in on complaints about the core Facebook app, however. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/01/11/facebook-messenger-battery-drain/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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