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Improving battery efficiency of background work on Android

In this technical session, we'll share our insights into how background work and battery consumption are connected, and offer guidance on how to improve battery efficiency of background work on recent versions of Android. We'll go over battery-efficient best practices using WorkManager and Foreground Services (FGS) on both mobile and wear devices. You'll also learn how to further improve battery efficiency by debugging network usage and power using Perfetto.

Intermediate
Technical session
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