Dark mode on devices may not save much battery life, study says
The Hindu
Dark mode has been marketed as a battery-saving setting on smartphone and laptops, but a Purdue Univeristy study suggests otherwise.
Dark mode setting has become an increasingly popular battery-saving feature in smartphones. But the option is unlikely to make a big difference in extending a phone’s battery life as promoted by both Android and iOS, according to a study by Purdue University. (Subscribe to our Today's Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click to subscribe for free.) A team analysed six - - Google Maps, Google News, YouTube, Google Calendar, Google Phone and Calculator app - - to find out how 60 seconds of mobile screen activity in dark mode affected battery life. The team also looked at Apple’s iPhone X for data from .More Related News