syncing question

[gmen78]

i was just wondering, in order to get more battery life out of my nexus, i was thinking on leaving "syncing" off as i dont really recieve important emails. would turing off syncing disrupt my "google plus" app? i dont mind manually refreshing when i open it up. but i need the "messenger" of google plus to continue to send me push notifications. or should i just leave syncing on and go into individual apps and lengthen the sync intervals?
edit: cant change gmail sync intervals. hmmm

 

[Blitzdroid]

Syncing off is fine and should save you battery. you can do manual syncs.

Gmail doesn't sync. It uses push similar to how you get a text message so you don't need to change anything in gmail to save battery.

 

[gmen78]

Sweet..thx for the info

 

[iBowToAndroid]

Syncing off is fine and should save you battery. you can do manual syncs.

Gmail doesn't sync. It uses push similar to how you get a text message so you don't need to change anything in gmail to save battery.

Correct - push uses very little battery.

That being said, it does use SOME battery even though chances are, it won't be a measurable difference. But if there's any Google features that you know for sure you won't be using, might as well turn them off.