WhatsApp battery hog...

[danmart]

I did a search but nothing came up on the first couple of results pages, so if this had been asked recently I apologise...

My dad has a 6S which is a bit venerable now but is still mostly going strong. He was complaining that the battery doesn’t last the day anymore, so I looked at the battery in Settings to see how it was holding up.

His app power usage info showed that WhatsApp was responsible for 55% of his battery usage.

Is that normal?
Is there any way of reducing this whilst keeping the app available to r

 

[danmart]

Thanks for the reply.

WhatsApp had used 55% of his battery power according to the system stats. That seems very excessive given my dad mostly just receives messages from a couple of people. He isn’t using it actively on a regular basis.