MS Health App Battery Usage

[Plimbob]

Has anyone noticed a considerable increase in MS Health's battery consumption after the recent update? It's battery consumption on my 640XL since the app updated has been a 40-50% of the battery use in a day?

 

[realwarder]

What OS build? I know the latest Redstone mentioned lowering MS Health battery use. 420 is better than 338 for me. I have a feeling that since the app changed to a UWP one it's been a little higher all around.

 

[bksalt]

Less drain on my battery since the update keep up the good work Microsoft

 

[DroidUser42]

Less drain on my battery since the update keep up the good work Microsoft

A quick look at my Android shows battery usage by the app is way down. Great news!

 

[Plimbob]

I am on slow ring 14342. I noticed after the the last app/band update on 6/9? I tried a reset but didn't resolve

 

[oviedofreak82]

On my 640 XL, battery life has been excessive. I am on Redstone slow ring 14372. The app has been drawing up to 60% of my battery in the background. The constant syncing has also caused an excessive drain on my Band 1 battery life. I go from fully charged at 6 AM to 30% by 9 PM when I normally am at 70% by the same time.

 

[gwinegarden]

This was an issue, some time back, and it was fixed, but it seems to be back. I am seeing very fast drain with MS Health taking upwards of 50%. I stopped it from running, in the background, and the problem seemed to disappear, but, of course, I was not getting any notifications. I turned on background, again, and the battery went down fast again. I'm on a 650 with the production release.

 

[vmmatty]

I'm not sure if this is possible on the Windows Phone version of the app but on the Android version it lets you control how often you sync. I believe the options are 30 minutes, 1 hour, and 4 hours. I don't need up to the minute data so I set it to 4 hours and the battery consumption of the app went way down for me.

I seem to recall folks saying that option wasn't available on the Windows Phone version of the app but maybe that has changed recently.