A bug detected in Google Messages is causing premature battery drain

A bug detected in the Google Messages app has reportedly caused the device to drain its battery and overheat. According to the information revealed, the error causes the camera to run in the background. It is stated that many Android 12 users are activated from this error.

Google released bug fix

Google Messages allows using the camera in a chat window by attaching a picture or video to a direct message. A bug detected by 9to5Google causes the camera to continue to run in the background despite being terminated.

The error was detected upon investigating why this happened after users observed that their device’s battery was draining faster than it should.

Users To avoid this error, , can remove the camera permission from their device via Settings > Apps > Messages > Permissions > Camera via ‘Deny’ option. In addition, after the error was detected, Google announced that it accepted the error and started to offer a fix update to users.