Note, Bugs In Google Messages Can Cause Excessively Drained Phone Battery

Google Message (Photo: neowin.net)

JAKARTA - Google Messages is reported to have a bug that can drain the user's cellphone battery quickly. This bug comes from a feature that runs and drains power in the background.

The Google Messages app itself is known to allow users to take photos directly from the app and easily attach them to chat messages.

In the view to attach a picture from the gallery, there is also a tab from the camera to take a picture directly from that thumbnail view or the user can expand it for a better view.

9to5Google reports, however, that a bug in the Google Messages app on Android phones makes the camera run in the background, which causes the battery to drain excessively and make the phone hot.

It can happen when a user opens the camera directly from the app and uses it to send photos, then the app continues to use the camera service in the background even when the user doesn't open Google Messages.

This issue is thought to have come from the latest update to Google Messages that rolled out not too long ago, but it doesn't seem to affect all phones and doesn't happen all the time. It is not clear what caused this bug to occur.

Google communications manager Scott Westover, said the company had identified the issue and a fix was being made.

If your Google Messages is experiencing something similar, it's worth noting that until an update is available on your phone, it may be advisable to go to your phone's settings and disallow Google Messages from using the camera service first. This is quoted from The Verge and Neowin, Saturday, April 23.