Out - of -
control apps running in the background have long been the number one reason for poor battery life on Android phones.
Not exact matches
It is very precise with
control input, but the fact that it can not
run in the
background and will stop if the system goes into hibernation holds this back from being a great Vita
app.
Just as media
controls are being pushed more into the foreground, persistent notifications — for example, from Maps, the Google
app, a Wi - Fi hotspot, USB connection or any other process that might be
running in the
background — are being de-cluttered.
While you can't prevent
apps from having access to certain permissions only while they're
running in the
background, you can
control what permissions
apps have access to overall.
For more granular
control you have the ability to choose which
apps are allowed to use power and
run in the
background.
While traditional desktop
apps can
run in the
background and
control other
apps, Modern
apps aren't allowed to do things like take screenshots, scan other programs for viruses or
run macros
in them.
And they can continue to
run even though they aren't
in the list of «recent
apps» — if you want to
control your
background apps,
control which
apps have permission to
run in the
background from the Settings
app.
At the current time, Android O will bring forth improved picture -
in - picture, adaptive icons, autofill, more
control over notifications, limits on
apps running in the
background which should help out battery life immensely, improved Bluetooth audio quality, and more — at the moment.