While they don’t consume many resources, several users have been reporting battery drains. … Most launchers don’t cause severe battery drain unless you are using one that comes with live themes or graphics. Features like these can be resource-intensive. So keep that in mind while picking up a launcher for your phone.

Do Android launchers affect battery?

Different launchers have different graphics effects with different framerates, so yes they can affect battery life (when using the launcher). The better ones have options to turn off or reduce the framerates of some of those effects to help you save battery life.

Do launchers use a lot of battery?

Typically no, though with some devices, the answer can be yes. There are launchers that are made to be as light and/or fast as possible. They often lack any fancy or eye-catching features so they don’t use up too much battery.