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Subject: Re: Which uses less power
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On 10/21/2024 11:15 PM, Bill Powell wrote:
> Which uses less of the phone's battery power on long trips?
> 
> Playing long podcasts with the Android speaker as the output?
> Playing long podcasts with a Bluetooth speaker as the output instead?
> 
> Any idea?

Speaker wattage is about 3W.

Bluetooth uses about 2.5mW.

So the speaker uses more than 3000x the power.