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Is Opera draining
Is Opera draining
your battery?
Yes — it drains noticeably more in the background than it should. Here's what 5 anonymous Battery Snitch devices reveal about Opera.
D
64/100
Drain Score
Grade D — heavy background drain
Blends typical (median) and worst-case (p90) background runtime.
9h
2%
5
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FAQ
Opera & your battery
Does Opera drain your battery?
Yes — it drains noticeably more in the background than it should. Across 5 anonymous reports, Opera runs in the background for a median of 33 min per day, earning a heavy Drain Score of 64/100 (grade D).
How much battery does Opera use in the background?
Typically it runs for about 33 min a day in the background — that's 2% of an entire day. On the heaviest devices it kept running for up to 9h (90th percentile).
How can I stop Opera from draining my battery?
Restrict its background activity in Settings → Apps → Opera → Battery → "Restricted", revoke unused permissions, and disable background data if you don't need live updates. Battery Snitch finds the exact apps draining your phone and shows you what to change.
Where does this Opera battery data come from?
It's crowdsourced from 5 real, anonymous Android devices running Battery Snitch. We rank by the median so a single outlier device can't skew the result — the more reports an app has, the more reliable its grade.
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