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These are the most harmful applications for your phone

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These are the most harmful applications for your phone

These are the most harmful applications for your phone

Today there is an application for any purpose, from train or plane tickets to appointments. However, these ‘apps’ are becoming more and more … 05.30.2021, Sputnik Mundo

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The company pCloud analyzed 100 applications and the device functions they use to function, such as location, camera and battery, as well as whether it has a dark mode and how much storage space it requires. Fitbit – which monitors daily activity, physical exercise and sleep — and the mobile operator Verizon app turned out to be the apps that destroy the most phones. These apps allow 14 of the 16 available functions to run in the background, including camera, location, microphone, and Wi-Fi connection. Battery killers The list of the 20 most harmful applications includes six social networks. On average, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Youtube, WhatsApp, and LinkedIn allow 11 additional functions to run in the background, such as photos, Wi-Fi, location, and microphone. All this requires more energy to function and therefore demands more from the phone and its battery. Only Instagram allows dark mode, which can save up to 30% battery, along with Twitter, which is why the latter is not among the Top 20: Dating apps like Tinder, Bumble and Grindr take 15% of the list, and like other social networks allow an average of 11 functions to run in the background. They do not have dark mode and therefore consume more battery.Memory killersAs for storage, the leaders here turned out to be travel apps. Thus, the United Airlines airline app requires a whopping 437.8 MB of space. They are followed by Lyft, an application to order taxis that requires 325.1 MB of space, and Uber, with 299.6 MB. The large amount of memory they occupy slows down the phone.The Microsoft Teams video conferencing application, which became very popular during the pandemic, when employees of many companies were forced to work from home, also requires a lot of space. —232.2 MB -. To optimize the work of the device, pCloud specialists advise switching to Zoom, which only requires 82.1 MB of space and Skype, which requires 111.2 MB. Overall, the study indicates that social media apps are still the worst for our smartphones.

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Today there is an application for any purpose, from train or plane tickets to appointments. However, these ‘apps’ are becoming more and more demanding, taking over your phone and consuming battery and memory. One company studied the most popular and determined the most harmful.

The company pCloud analyzed 100 applications and the functions of the device that they use to function, such as location, camera and battery, as well as whether it has a dark mode and how much storage space it requires.

Fitbit —That monitors daily activity, physical exercise, and sleep — and app from the mobile operator Verizon turned out to be the apps that most destroy phones. These apps allow 14 of the 16 available functions to run in the background, including camera, location, microphone, and Wi-Fi connection.

Battery killers

Six social networks enter the list of the 20 most harmful applications. On average, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Youtube, WhatsApp y LinkedIn They allow 11 additional functions to run in the background, such as photos, Wi-Fi, location, and microphone. All of this requires more energy to function and therefore demands more from the phone and its battery.

Only Instagram allows dark mode, which can save up to 30% battery life, along with Twitter, which is why the latter is not among the top 20 positions.

Dating apps like Tinder, Bumble y Grindr they occupy 15% of the list, and like other social networks allow an average of 11 functions to run in the background. They don’t have a dark mode and therefore use up more battery.

Memory killers

When it comes to storage, the leaders here turned out to be travel apps. Thus, the app of the airline United Airlines It requires a whopping 437.8 MB of space. They follow him Lift, a taxi ordering application that requires 325.1 MB of space, and Uber, with 299.6 MB. The large amount of memory they occupy makes the phone run slower.

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The video conferencing application Microsoft Teams, which became very popular during the pandemic, when employees of many companies were forced to work from home, also requires a lot of space – 232.2 MB -. To optimize the work of the device, pCloud specialists they advise switch to Zoom, which only requires 82.1 MB of space and Skype, which requires 111.2 MB. —

Overall, the study indicates that apps Social media are still the worst for our smartphones.

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