How to stop Chrome AudioMix Wakelock

[Android Central Question]

Hi

My phone has been suffering from extreme battery depletion on and off for the last few weeks. Using Wakelock detector I've identified it as being AudioMix. Using trial and error I've found it is coming from Chrome. I don't use any sound when browsing Chrome but my suspicion is it might be adverts on some sites trying to use sound. A reboot stops it (as does disabling Chrome) but then it will happen again within a week. I've cleared the cache partition, no joy. I've uninstalled and reinstalled Chrome, again no joy. I tried Greenify but it couldn't see Chrome (even ticking the "show all" box). I have found references to this problem on this and other forums but no solutions or none that I could replicate. I'd appreciate any suggestions.

My phone is a Moto E4 running Android 7.1.1. It is not rooted. My chrome version is 81.0.4044.117.

Thank you

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[methodman89]

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[B. Diddy]

A week later, no more wakelock!! Brilliant analysis and suggestion. Javascript was the issue. I'm now going to trial adding sites one by one to "allow javascript" and then I can work out which site was giving me the wakelocks. Thanks very much for your time on this. Problem solved!

That's great! I'll bookmark this thread for future reference if the issue comes up with other members. You can probably get by easily with keeping Javascript turned off, and only turning it on if prompted by a website.