Help Are Idle Widgets Draining on the Battery?

[monicakm]

This is my first smartphone. I was told that widgets on the home screen are battery killers. Is it best to limit them to preserve battery life?
Monica

 

[Kelmar]

It depends on how active the widget is.

As an example, a widget that's actively searching and updating a facebook status will use more battery than a widget that updates the weather every 3 hours... and that one will use more than a widget used to turn your wifi on/off.

 

[narayanan9190]

nice ! i did not know that

 

[mishmosh2000]

I highly recommend GSam Battery Monitor Pro. I identified widgets that were using a lot of power and deleted them. Even the clock with weather home screen widget varies a lot in terms of power consumption--you'd be surprised.