Nextbit Promising Major Battery Life Improvements in Future Software Update

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Published 23 Jun 2016

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One of the areas that Nextbit wanted to tackle with its Robin smartphone was storage, by offering a focus on cloud storage and giving owners even more space on their phone for the things that matter.

Nextbit accomplished that goal for the most part, thanks to its ability to smartly choose apps that can be removed from the phone due to inactivity and stored in the cloud for easy retrieval, as well as handling onboard storage a bit differently from other handsets. Now, the company apparently wants to turn its focus on battery life, and says that, with a future software update, it will improve the Robin’s battery life quite a bit by getting smarter about the software.

The new software will land sometime in the fourth quarter of this year. With it, Nextbit says it will learn the user’s habits and optimize functions at the system level to make sure people get the most screen time possible:

“We can apply the same intelligence we’ve used for smart storage towards making your battery last significantly longer. In Q4 we will launch a new version of Nextbit OS that gets to know your habits and optimizes functions at the system level to ensure you get the most screen time possible. Just like with smart storage, we can apply this on top of the features Google has implemented in Marshmallow and even on what has been announced for N, compounding the power savings to offer you true peace of mind.”

Nextbit wants to “save your battery before it needs saving,” and if the company can accomplish what they’re setting out to do, it will certainly be a welcomed feature for Robin owners.

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[via Nextbit]