Excessive power drain on S9+

[Greg P1]

I got a notification that an app was causing excessive power drain, and it gave me the option to shut down the app. It was associated with Google Play somehow as a sub-app or something similar. It wasn't visible on the apps list, but Google Play was. When I went to change the settings under Google Play, they were unavailable.

Does anyone know what's going on?

 

[B. Diddy]

Was it Google Play Services?

Keep in mind that this kind of system reporting of power drain can sometimes flag the normal activity of a system app. If it was a one-time thing or if it's very rare, then I wouldn't worry about it. If it's pretty frequent, that's when I'd be more concerned.

 

[Greg P1]

The only problem is that my wireless charger was barely keeping ahead of the power drain. So I switched to the corded charger, but it only lasted half a day. New battery too.
However, it seems to have subsided lately, and it seems to be returning to normal.
I wish Samsung would give us a heads up when their updates do that.

 

[B. Diddy]

In that kind of situation, I would reboot the phone and see if the problem comes back.