A Public Platform for Analysing Battery use with Android Devices
Gareth L. Jones, Peter G. Harrison
Journal of Information Organization, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2025.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6025/jio/2025/15/2/93-99
Link: https://www.dline.info/jio/fulltext/v15n2/jiov15n2_3.pdf
Abstract:
The paper presents Open Battery, a publicly accessible platform for collecting and analyzing battery usage
data from Android devices. The authors developed an app that logs battery state changes and uploads the
data for analysis. Observations from 20 smartphones over three months reveal variability in logging behavior
and device inconsistencies. The study introduces fluid queues as a modeling tool to stochastically represent
charging/discharging patterns. The model allows for improved understanding of battery behavior and
supports future development of predictive tools for battery life estimation. Future work includes refining the
model for level-dependent behavior and analyzing long-term battery performance degradation.