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COVID-19 app sucks battery use?

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Andrew Forrest, True Aussie Patriot

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May 26, 2020, 4:19:44 PM5/26/20
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Anybody here find that the COVID-19 app, running all the time, sucks
battery life?

Computer Nerd Kev

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May 26, 2020, 7:25:50 PM5/26/20
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Andrew Forrest, True Aussie Patriot <commystooge@lickmy boots.commy.cn> wrote:
> Anybody here find that the COVID-19 app, running all the time, sucks
> battery life?

Haven't used it (haven't got a "smart" phone), but physics dictates
that if a device is constantly sending out radio waves to find and
communicate with surrounding devices, that will use power. That app
apparantly uses Bluetooth to find surrounding phones, hence lots more
Bluetooth radio waves coming from it, hence more power consumption.

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