{"id":361,"date":"2021-12-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8092\/prolink-mrq-hid-global-mobile-access-battery-performance\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T14:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T06:03:10","slug":"prolink-mrq-hid-global-mobile-access-battery-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twpro-link.com\/en\/prolink-mrq-hid-global-mobile-access-battery-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Access Control Myths: Does It Slow Down Your Phone?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"361\" class=\"elementor elementor-361\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6be65341 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6be65341\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d94cfa1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d94cfa1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1168700457_orig.jpg\" alt=\"\u5716\u7247\" \/><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In our article on whether mobile access control leaks personal information, we shared the value of partnering with a reliable mobile access control provider to protect company, employee, and asset information, including:<br \/>State-of-the-art technology and experts who tailor a protection system to your needs<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Protection under international information security policies and regulations, such as Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for personal information<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A broad range of features to meet organizational needs, such as enterprise policy enforcement settings, two-step authentication, and flexible security designs based on specific operational risks<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In this issue, we'll focus on how access control providers securely deliver mobile access apps to smartphones, enabling secure access to company facilities while protecting the owner's personal privacy.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">This article discusses common misconceptions about how mobile access control apps affect phone performance and battery life. When people connect an app installed on their phone to a workplace access control system, they generally have two main concerns: first, that the activity requires significant phone memory or CPU, which could negatively affect performance; and second, that it could significantly drain battery life.<br \/>First, let's discuss whether mobile apps affect phone performance. Then, I'll discuss the impact of mobile access on smartphone battery life.<\/span><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/holding-a-white-phone-charger-on-blue_orig.jpg\" alt=\"\u5716\u7247\" \/><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #3a96b8;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\u25a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Mobile Access Control Systems<\/span><strong>APP<\/strong><strong>Do They Affect Phone Performance?<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">First, installed mobile access control apps are designed to be small, fast, and efficient, requiring relatively little memory. After installing the mobile app, there is almost no loss in phone performance. The app runs in the background and has almost no impact on other phone operations.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Mobile access control apps are typically dormant and only access memory space once the user brings the device near the reader. This action uses an extremely small amount of memory, CPU, and battery power to complete.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Take a typical 64 GB iPhone, for example \u2014 the app occupies only about one-fiftieth of one percent (0.0002%) of the phone's storage. The credential itself is even smaller, with optimized code designed for smart cards and other forms of electronic devices: remember, small, fast, and efficient.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">As a world-leading mobile access control provider, HID Global works with thousands of customers every day, opening tens of thousands of doors and entrances in buildings and facilities across many countries. Our mobile access control apps run continuously to meet customers' secure access requirements, with efficient designs that minimize the impact on phone performance and processing time.<\/span><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1444495045_orig.jpg\" alt=\"\u5716\u7247\" \/><\/p><p><strong><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\u25a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Mobile Access Control<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #3a96b8;\"><strong>Control System<\/strong><strong>APP<\/strong><strong>Does It Affect Phone Battery Life?<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br \/>Installed mobile access control apps are designed to be energy-efficient \u2014 they don't have the power demands of, say, streaming music or recording video. Mobile access control apps are designed to use as little memory and processing power as possible. They are highly efficient, with minimal impact on battery life.<br \/>For example, in a series of mobile app tests, we found that during a two-hour test in which the phone was used to open a door once per minute, battery consumption was as low as 0.0025%.<br \/>This means you could use the app hundreds of times without seeing any noticeable loss in battery life. Users don't need to worry that using a mobile access control system will drain their phone's battery, or otherwise affect device performance in any way.<br \/>Let's compare the efficiency of HID's mobile access control app to a Ferrari. We've built an efficient, flexible mobile access control app system paired with smart cards that share similar characteristics. It runs quickly within the operating system at a controlled level of efficiency to deliver ultra-fast results. We're not asking the mobile access system to drive a bulky SUV and sacrifice efficiency \u2014 we know our customers prefer the speed of a Ferrari.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43f12bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"43f12bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3819f8 elementor-post-navigation-borders-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-navigation\" data-id=\"c3819f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-navigation.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation\" role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Post Navigation\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__prev elementor-post-navigation__link\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.twpro-link.com\/en\/prolink-mrq-hid-global-mobile-access-personal-information\/\" rel=\"prev\"><span class=\"post-navigation__arrow-wrapper post-navigation__arrow-prev\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-angle-left\" viewbox=\"0 0 256 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M31.7 239l136-136c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0l22.6 22.6c9.4 9.4 9.4 24.6 0 33.9L127.9 256l96.4 96.4c9.4 9.4 9.4 24.6 0 33.9L201.7 409c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0l-136-136c-9.5-9.4-9.5-24.6-.1-34z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Prev<\/span><\/span><span class=\"elementor-post-navigation__link__prev\"><span class=\"post-navigation__prev--label\">Previous<\/span><span class=\"post-navigation__prev--title\">Mobile Access Control: Does It Leak Personal Information?<\/span><\/span><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__separator-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__separator\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__next elementor-post-navigation__link\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.twpro-link.com\/en\/prolink-mrq-face-recognition-access-control-faceme\/\" rel=\"next\"><span class=\"elementor-post-navigation__link__next\"><span class=\"post-navigation__next--label\">Next<\/span><span class=\"post-navigation__next--title\">How to Build an Access Control, Attendance, and Security System with Integrated Facial Recognition<\/span><\/span><span class=\"post-navigation__arrow-wrapper post-navigation__arrow-next\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-angle-right\" viewbox=\"0 0 256 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M224.3 273l-136 136c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0l-22.6-22.6c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9l96.4-96.4-96.4-96.4c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9L54.3 103c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0l136 136c9.5 9.4 9.5 24.6.1 34z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Next<\/span><\/span><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 In our article \"Can Mobile Access Control Leak Your Personal Information?\" we discussed working with a reliable mobile &#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":358,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_angie_page":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mrq"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twpro-link.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twpro-link.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twpro-link.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twpro-link.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twpro-link.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.twpro-link.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1963,"href":"https:\/\/www.twpro-link.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361\/revisions\/1963"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twpro-link.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twpro-link.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twpro-link.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twpro-link.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}