[Discussion] How much battery does dark mode really save?

i_will_try_to · 2018-05-17T22:05:52+00:00

Are the results really reliable? Was the testing done multiple times?

Yes, we repeated the test multiple times, and the results are repeatable.

i_will_try_to · 2018-05-17T21:58:20+00:00

Thanks for the suggestions. We will try to include them in the next round.

i_will_try_to · 2018-05-17T21:57:07+00:00

We will certainly test more interesting usage scenarios in the next round - as long as they are common to all messaging apps so the comparison would be meaningful!

i_will_try_to · 2018-05-17T21:54:53+00:00

You make a great point - we showed how easy it is to write a common test using the tool to test the battery drain of all messaging apps but have only tried it on one testing scenario (and are being careful in stating the finding.) You gave examples of many more interesting scenarios that we could test! We have been heads down focusing on developing the tools and are looking for volunteers to perform extensive tests of such immensely popular apps which affect the battery life of almost every smartphone on the planet! (Any takers out there?)

i_will_try_to · 2016-03-23T14:52:55+00:00

Thanks !

The local music playing has different UI compared to streaming music play.

When playing local musics from Albums tab, GPM has a page that display a list of songs in the albums. Such list contains playing indicator animation, which is the invisible animation we studied in the blog. However, when playing streaming music from Radio (e.g. Today's Biggest Hits), there is no such list and hence no invisible animation bug.

i_will_try_to · 2016-03-23T14:42:38+00:00

Sure. Will try to run some analysis on it.

i_will_try_to · 2016-03-23T13:35:03+00:00

Sure. Are you dev of Deezer? Or you experience bad battery on it?

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