Power icon?

[stmiranda]

Can anyone identify what looks like a power icon to the left of the Bluetooth icon? Is it possibly for my Android watch? I don't recall seeing it before Nougat and Android Wear 2.0.

Thanks

 

[SpookDroid]

That's Battery Saving mode. Find it in your Battery settings if it's not in your notification bar toggles.

 

[stmiranda]

Ah. Thank You.

 

[SpookDroid]

No problem! While having the icon there is annoying, it's actually a good thing to have since Battery Saver usually disables background data... If the icon wasn't there, you probably would go nuts because you're not getting notifications and then realize it was because you had this mode enabled.

That being said, it's usually REALLY good at saving battery. When I travel and know that I'm gonna be away from an outlet for a long time and I'm gonna be using my camera a lot, this mode can be the difference between an empty home at night or one that I don't have to worry about running out of juice when taking pictures all the time.