Google Play Store Will Give Special Labels To Battery Draining Apps

Appearance of the warning label on the Google Play Store (photo: dock. Google)

JAKARTA Google will help its users find out which app drains their phone batteries. This assistance will appear in the form of a new label on the Google Play Store.

In the Android Developer Blog, Google says that it will display a warning label on all apps that are considered excessive draining of batteries in the background. This policy will take effect from March 1 in 2026.

"This application may use more batteries than imagined due to high activity in the background," the warning read. This warning label will appear in red, just below the app's caption.

This policy is based on a new metric called 'excessive partial wake lock' or excessive partial wake lock. This metric was introduced by Google in early 2025 in beta versions on Android Vitals. This metric can help developers identify the main source of battery drain.

The development of this beta metric is the result of a close collaboration between Google and Samsung. Samsung provides deep insight into the user experience and battery consumption on their devices.

The refined metric is now generally available as a core vital metric for all Android Vitals developers. Thanks to input during the testing and collaboration period with Samsung, the algorithms used are now more accurate.

Google has set a clear bad behavior threshold for excessive screen locking. Applications that exceed this quality threshold will be subject to visibility sanctions. These sanctions are effective from March 1.

When known for sanctions, the application will be excluded from finding platforms such as recommendations. As a result, the application will be difficult to find new users. This will affect the potential growth and download of the application.