Battery life : Nougat > Marshmallow?

[mwake4goten]

Hey was wondering if anyone did sort of battery testing before updating to Nougat as a way of comparing battery life. I know most people say Nougat has better battery life than marshmallow but wondering if anyone actually used any type of battery software to make the battery life comparison more 'scientific'.

 

[Carols38]

I've compared it on Samsung Galaxy s7 (no edge) without tools. Apprx 1 day on 6.x and 1.5 days on 7.0.
Turning on extended battery saving feature brings up to 3 days.

 

[mlrz24]

I'm wondering why there are more reports of poor battery life than increased battery. Google it you'll see what I mean. It's odd being this update was about increasing battery life. I'm not sure I want to update my S6 when it's available

 

[Carols38]

Current status on my S7

 

[ptkelly]

If a device has no change in battery use, none whatsoever, you will have a few reports of improvement and a lot of reports of poor batter use.. Why? It's in the nature of whiners.

 

[jimd1050]

If a device has no change in battery use, none whatsoever, you will have a few reports of improvement and a lot of reports of poor batter use.. Why? It's in the nature of whiners.

Thanks "ptkelly" for stating a fact - you're absolutely correct! I am seeing very little difference from MM to Nougat on my S7 Active but I'm fine with that. There's a lot of other little niceties to enjoy about Nougat to make up for a lack of improvement in battery life! "IF" it were worse, "THEN" it would be a problem for me!!!