It actively kills and suppresses background execution of the apps you add to its list.
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Biggest diff in batt stats is that Google [Play] Services dropped out entirely, because bg apps were apparently constantly invoking it.
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In 6.0, apps generally have to use Google Cloud Messaging in order to wake up in the background. So it will all happen via Play.
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They're pushing everythign to use GCM as a way to optimize battery life by centralizing the polling: https://developer.android.com/training/monitoring-device-state/doze-standby.html ….
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It really sucks in terms of the current mass migration towards a hard dependency on a proprietary Google service though...
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Anyway, makes sense to see an increasing amount of stuff going through Play Services, even on older versions. Massive GCM usage.
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I'd love to have a "never allow bg wakeup" option in the OS without needing additional root apps.
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It's close to being how it works by default in 6.0 without Play Services. Apps need to ask for battery optimization exceptions.
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for me the most sucessfull step for that was just to kick out gmail and switch to K9 for all mail. Increased battery life by 4.
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Oddly my gmail doesn't seem to contribute to battery usage at all.
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