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Do Wallpapers Drain Battery?

Chloe Bennett • • 7 min read
Do Wallpapers Drain Battery?

OLED And Battery Drain
People at XDA found out that at maximum brightness, default wallpapers consumed 5% battery in 15 minutes, while pure black wallpapers consumed 3%. Another Reddit user found that white wallpaper drained 10% battery in one hour, and a black wallpaper took just 3% power in an hour.

Does wallpaper affect battery life?

Live wallpapers could potentially kill your battery in two ways: by causing your display to have to light up bright images, or by demanding constant action from your phone's processor. On the display side, it may not matter much: your phone requires the same amount of light to display a dark color as a light color.

What wallpaper uses less battery?

If your smartphone boasts an AMOLED display, then applying black coloured wallpapers will help you save battery life. This is because pixels that make the AMOLED displays only utilize battery power to illuminate light colours and don't need any energy to show black colour.

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