Google Now and Battery life???

[Drnyallstar19]

Yeah the latest update to Google Now has helped battery life a lot. I used to waste about 5-7 percent battery life per hour. After the latest update to Google Now it went down to about 4-5. I am now very happy with the battery life on my phone.

 

[Arthur Mcbride]

For those of you using Google Now, how is your battery life?

The reason I ask, is that this weekend I finally decided to give Google Now a try. I enabled it and played around a bit (set some reminders, etc.)

Normally I loose about 3% or so of my batter life per hour (if I am not using the phone at all). I noticed with Google Now active, I was loosing about 10% an hour.

I looked at my usage info and Google Services had suddenly been very active and used a LARGE part of my battery.

I turned off Google Now and my battery usage went back down to normal.

Just wondering if this was normal for Google Now?

 

[Arthur Mcbride]

You just described almost the exact situation with battery use and my first shot at the, 'Google now launcher'. With the use of package disabler, I was able to remove most battery chopping apps and fine tune battery usage down to, if left unattended about 3,4 percent every 6 hours now with Google launcher it's about 10 percent.
I went through a long learning curve and research into my Android OS to understand exactly which apps, even outside of bloatware I could turn off to get down to those very low percentages in battery use without affecting the way I like to use my Galaxy note or its ability to function properly.
Until I read your posting, I thought that I had caught a bug or virus and was on the verge of a data reset, which we all know is a horrible pain in the ***.
So what now? I like my Google launcher but your right, google services use went way up⤴.
Is there any way to resolve this?I don't believe google launcher is listed in app optimization but if it is, my first move would be to change settings there to, 'always saving power', but beyond that, I've already removed most battery choppers and have no where to go in that aspect.
So what do I do? Simply deal with it? I don't like that option. Sincerely Arthur