It’s official, Android users: Instagram is draining your battery, but there's now a fix

• Google confirms that Instagram for Android is draining excessive battery power compared to similar apps
• The issue apparently lies with the standard Instagram app
• Google’s advisory urges users to fix the issue by updating their app

Think your Android smartphone’s battery life has been dropping faster than normal recently? The culprit may have been identified.

Noticing excessive battery drain in recent weeks, Android users on Reddit have been speculating that the Instagram app is responsible. In battery drain comparisons with other apps, Meta’s social media app appeared to be consuming far more of their capacity than it should for the amount of usage.

One Redditor, using a Samsung Galaxy A53, noticed that 54 minutes of Instagram screen time used 12.4% of their battery capacity, while 49 minutes of WhatsApp screen time used only 2.4%.

Google has now stepped in to apparently confirm ...