Google's most anticipated Android update, the Lollipop, failed to work its charm on the company's Nexus 5 devices with a problem affecting the battery significantly.
Google, the world's largest internet search company, has already started receiving criticism for its Android Lollipop update. The web giant's biggest and most advanced mobile OS version is expected to improve performance and battery of smartphones. While it has worked extremely well on the newly launched Nexus 6 phablet and Nexus 9 tablet, owners of last year's Nexus 5 devices reported massive battery consumption after updating the software.
Google started pushing the latest Android version to all Nexus owners in its typical gradual roll-out. But users of Nexus 5 devices started reporting the problem in massive numbers on the official Android Developer Forum. Several users posted screenshots showing the battery consumption post the software update, which showed a full battery lasting about 4 hours or less, Forbes reported. The issue was quickly picked up and a thread formed, grabbing Google's attention.
The company's software engineer, Trevor Johns, addressed the problem in a statement and suggested turning off the Wi-Fi when not necessary.
"Android Engineering is aware of an issue affecting Nexus 5 users running Android 5.0 which causes significant "Miscellaneous" battery usage while WiFi is enabled. This appears to be caused by an abnormally high number of IRQ wakeup events. We are continuing to investigate this issue," Johns wrote.
The latest post on the Android Developer Forum by Johns suggests the problem has been fixed by Google. The status of the thread now shows "Fixed."
"This issue has been fixed in the latest builds, and this issue is now considered resolved. Thanks everyone," Johns added.
Google's response was quick, especially after promising an improved battery life on smartphones after updating to Lollipop. The Android Lollipop, which is working well on Nexus 6 and Nexus 9, is expected to bring a series of changes including redesigned UI, better performance, revamped menu, old color combinations, fluid animations, improved security and increasing battery life by more than a third compared to KitKat.
