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It also has a Fast Drain alert that warns users when their phone has started to consume battery faster than normal, so they can take immediate action by disabling power hungry apps or changing settings. It also uses 'cloud intelligence' to alert users if a new app they have just downloaded is a known power glutton.
When iTWire installed it the information given as to what apps/processers were consuming power differed significantly from that available in Android's Battery Manager. That app appears to show what has been draining the battery since it was last disconnected from a charger. It is not clear just how Longevity determines usage.
According to Trend Micro, "This is the first Trend Micro app to integrate the recently unveiled Trend Micro Mobile App Reputation technology that analyses the underlying code of apps and the websites that they connect to, as well as the behaviour of apps.
"It then correlates the information detected and identifies malicious and resource-hogging mobile apps. This service makes use of Trend Micro's global cloud intelligence system that scans and rates more than 45 billion files, emails, websites and now mobile apps every day."
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