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Dating, Chatting and the Weather: Are These the World's Greediest Smartphone Apps?AMSTERDAM, June 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- AVG Technologies, N.V. (NYSE: AVG), the online security company™ for 200 million active users, releases today its latest app performance report for January to March 2015. During the first three months of the year, AVG tracked a surge in dating and chatting apps including POF Free Dating, WeChat and ooVoo Video Call in the top social installs, top battery drainers and top data plan consumption lists. In addition, no less than four weather apps, such as Yahoo Weather and Weather Channel, also appeared for the first time, making the top 10 list of Android apps most likely to burn through your data allowance, while Weather & Clock Widget Android also appeared in the top battery drainers table. The top findings from the report are:
With the host of new apps entering the charts for popularity and impact on our smartphones, AVG broke down the top 10 overall impact findings to identify impact differences between apps which require the user to initiate them and apps that auto-run all the time.
"Many of us take every day practical apps like weather and chat for granted and despite spending little time on them, the impact on our devices is actually quite significant," said Tony Anscombe, Senior Security Evangelist, AVG Technologies. "A number of unexpected apps such as these are consuming battery, storage, and data traffic without users' knowledge – and, in many cases, for no good reason. So if you're wondering why you're not getting the best performance out of your device, this could well be why." Analyzing aggregated, anonymous data from over one million AVG Android app users, the quarterly AVG Android App Performance Report aims to reveal the top performance-affecting apps worldwide – analyzing their overall impact and performance against three key categories – battery drain, storage consumption, and data traffic use. The full report, which breaks down the performance impact further according to battery drain, storage consumption and data traffic, can be downloaded from AVG Now.
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