Battery consumption is extremely high on smartphone
My Android smartphone had 86% battery when I started a one hour TP Virtual session comprising circa 15 minutes setting up the app UI, then 45 minutes of cycling. At the end my battery was on 36%. Ie: half the battery was consumed in one hour.
For comparison, when I previously used Wattbike Hub instead of TP Virtual I would expect a circa 10-20% battery drain.
The device became very warm to the touch, indicating the CPU is being hammered.
Device: Fairphone 5 with latest September update
OS: Android 14
RAM: 256GB
TP Virtual Settings: medium resolution graphics, low res shadows, FPS limited to 30.
Colin Deady
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Many thanks for your suggestion and support for TrainingPeaks Virtual.
It is very likely that this is caused by your phone being configured to run at a very high frame rate, causing it to max out the CPU / GPU to try and achieve this.
You can however already choose to run at a much lower frame rate which will conserve the battery - from the Main Menu, select Options > Graphics Settings > Frame Rate and change it to a low value (e.g. 20 FPS Max).
From the same menu, turning VSync on, and other settings down will also have a significant impact on limiting the battery drain.