Meant to ask, with Google navigate, what eats the battery like there's no tomorrow, GPS or the data connection, have you guys studied the battery use of the GPS in mobile? Thanks for the great talk and free book on it.
Hiren Patel more likely: GPS. Tiles and routing information can be downloaded and the radio can stay idle (unless we have to reroute, etc). Whereas GPS stays on all the time -- head into your settings, click on battery, and you can see a graph of which components use the most battery. For me, GPS is often at the top when I'm using maps. Also, small tip: you can cache map tiles on android, which helps reduce data transfers... significantly. :)
*Video of my Velocity talk on optimizing mobile performance, with the radio in mind!*
And achievement unlocked.. a plug from Jeff Dean. :)
Thanks bro, your talks rock.
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Meant to ask, with Google navigate, what eats the battery like there's no tomorrow, GPS or the data connection, have you guys studied the battery use of the GPS in mobile? Thanks for the great talk and free book on it.
Hiren Patel more likely: GPS. Tiles and routing information can be downloaded and the radio can stay idle (unless we have to reroute, etc). Whereas GPS stays on all the time -- head into your settings, click on battery, and you can see a graph of which components use the most battery. For me, GPS is often at the top when I'm using maps.
Also, small tip: you can cache map tiles on android, which helps reduce data transfers... significantly. :)
Awesome video. I watched it this morning.