Its official, Android users: Instagram is draining your battery, but there's now a fix

Date:
Fri, 30 May 2025 18:00:00 +0000

Description:
A new report puts our smartphone battery concerns in perspective and we have some tips to make it through the day.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Google confirms that Instagram for Android is draining excessive battery power compared to similar apps The issue apparently lies with the standard
Instagram app Googles advisory urges users to fix the issue by updating their app

Think your Android smartphones battery life has been dropping faster than normal recently? The culprit may have been identified.

Noticing excessive battery drain in recent weeks, Android users on Reddit
have been speculating that the Instagram app is responsible. In battery drain comparisons with other apps, Metas social media app appeared to be consuming far more of their capacity than it should for the amount of usage.

One Redditor, using a Samsung Galaxy A53, noticed that 54 minutes of
Instagram screen time used 12.4% of their battery capacity, while 49 minutes of WhatsApp screen time used only 2.4%.

Google has now stepped in to apparently confirm what many suspected. In an advisory post entitled Battery drain on Android devices, posted on the
Android support site, a Google community manager identified Instagram as the cause of said drain, and urged Android users to immediately update their Instagram app. How to fix the Instagram battery issue (Image credit: Shutterstock)

The latest build of the app at the time of writing (build 382.0.0.49.84) appears to resolve the issue, so if youve been noticing your smartphone
losing battery power faster than expected, its well worth ensuring that youve downloaded this update.

Of course, there are lots of other ways to extend your battery life. These range from putting unused apps to sleep (go to Settings > Battery >
Background Usage Limits) to turning on Power Saving or using Dark Mode.

So if youre still having power problems after the update (or if you dont even use Instagram) check out our guides below to keep things ticking along on
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