How to know which Android App is Slowing Down Your Android Phone?

Android platform is full of possibilities for developers to bring more realistic app and game experiences to users. Google’s decision to keep Android as an open source platform is the major advantage for this. While this is a good thing in technical terms, apart from flagships, most Android phones fail to withstand the intensity in graphics and resource management causing slowdowns or lag. This might not be the case for every app or game, but the case stands for the most budget, mid-range, and certain flagships as well.

This is one of the reasons for brands to bring out phones with 6GB, 8GB RAM models in the recent past. Buying smartphones with more RAM is definitely a smart move, not all can afford to do so and this is the reason we chose to dig a little deep to find out which app or game is slowing down the phone. It is easier than you think to spot apps that draw memory. A small work around for this would be uninstalling the app or force kill it.  But identifying the app that is slowing them down is the real deal, so, to help you with that, we bring you this article. Let’s get started.

Note: Before you judge any app or game slowing down your phone or draining your battery, you must know that apps like Facebook, Instagram which you use the most are the culprits that hog down your Android phones. So if you are fine not having these apps, it is better you uninstall them right away.

Here’s how to know which app is slowing down your Android phone:

1. To find out which app is slowing down your Android phone, firstly head over to settings.
2. Then scroll down to find Storage or Memory depending on your phone’s skin.
3. Once you open the setting, it will show what content is consuming the maximum storage in your phone. Do note that this listing will only show internal storage but not the external microSD card.
4. Now click on ‘apps’ listing from the content categories which includes Photos & videos, Music, and others.
5. Now, you will be presented with the apps that are active in the past few hours and the RAM usage of the app in the four intervals; 3 hours, 6 hours, 12 hours and 1 day. This information helps you find the RAM consumption.
6. Tap on each app to see how much RAM it has used in the specific time interval. This helps in finding the app that are consuming more RAM.
7. Since the information is right in front of you, you will be able to detect the apps slowing down your Android phone. You can either kill the app or even uninstall it.
8. Another reason for Android slowing down is when your internal storage is almost full. So make sure to keep some storage free on the internal storage as well.
9. That’s it, once you uninstall or kill the app this should speed up your phone.
10. On a friendly note, if you notice your phone lagging or not responding, it is better if you can restart it to bring back the phone to a normal state.

Conclusion: Practically speaking, the Android operating system is infamously known for becoming slow a couple of months into heavy use. Keeping the phone responsive at all the time might not be possible, so follow the above-mentioned method to speed up the phone when you feel like it is slowing. Do try this out and let us know how well it worked out for you.