In a rather curious announcement on Wednesday morning, Google told users to update Instagram to “fix a battery drain issue on Android devices.”

This “Battery drain on Android devices” post on the Android Help Community is quite short: “Starting, Instagram is rolling out an updated app that should fix a battery drain issue on Android devices. Please make sure you have the latest version of the Instagram app (build 382.0.0.49.84) to resolve this issue.”

It does not provide any other details about the problem, including whether a particular manufacturer (Pixel, Samsung, etc.) or Android OS version is impacted. Google just specifies version 382.0.0.49.84 of Instagram, which rolled out via the Play Store, as having the fix.

We haven’t noticed or heard about any particular problem in recent days with Instagram battery drain. Google must consider this a widespread enough issue to warrant such a public announcement, though it is a major application. In general, Instagram is one of those apps that people — rightly or wrongly — prescribe as being responsible for battery drain. Keep in mind that it is both a camera and video consumption app. 

Be sure to comment below if you’ve been having battery drain issues in recent days and note what device/operating system version

Source: 9TO5Google 

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