Some smartphone models like Xiaomi, Samsung, Google and OnePlus discharge much faster after installing the latest version of WhatsApp. Users who encounter a problem write about this on Reddit and in the reviews on the messenger page on Google Play.
Most of the affected are users of OnePlus smartphones, however, there are owners of the Samsung Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S9, Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 4, as well as Xiaomi Redmi wrote PhoneArena.
Most people notice that the app continues to run in the background, quickly consuming battery power. For example, one owner of OnePlus 6 in the statistics on battery usage, WhatsApp operating time was displayed as 1.5 hours, although during this time he sent only a couple of messages, reports Hitech.vesti.ru.