is "Apps using lots of power" accurate?

[farhatizakaria]

What Happened?

"Apps using lots of power" is a good feature to inform users about the power consomation, but sometimes is not accurate. For example "System Settings" and "Files" will not consume much power than Chrome or OBS obviously. I noticed also it depends on the window of an app is focused or not, to determine that app is using lots of power.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open any app that won't consume lots of power
2. Check power indicator
3. It shows that app is consuming lots of power 😆

Expected Behavior

Accuarte information about that app if it consumes lots of power

OS Version

7.x (Horus)

Software Version

Latest release (I have run all updates)

Log Output

No response

Hardware Info

System:

  Host: Dell-Latitude Kernel: 6.2.0-26-generic x86_64 bits: 64
    Desktop: Pantheon Distro: elementary OS 7 Horus
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Latitude E7450 v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0D8H72 v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell
    v: A24 date: 04/11/2020
CPU:
  Info: dual core Intel Core i5-5300U [MT MCP] speed (MHz): avg: 823
    min/max: 500/2900
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 5500 driver: i915 v: kernel
  Device-2: Sunplus Innovation Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB
    driver: uvcvideo
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 5500 (BDW GT2)
    v: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I218-LM driver: e1000e
  Device-2: Intel Wireless 7265 driver: iwlwifi
  Device-3: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 16.13 GiB (3.5%)
Info:
  Processes: 267 Uptime: 22m Memory: 7.62 GiB used: 2.85 GiB (37.4%)
  Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.13