As many of us know, an update for the Facebook for Android application was available yesterday and although it brought a make-over to the application to resemble its iPhone application, the application is taking quite a toll on the battery. The app included a “partial wake lock,” which means that when your device appears to be sleeping, but the application is still running in the background killing your battery.
Help is on the way! Facebook has acknowledged the issues in their latest update and has stated that a fix is “coming soon.”
Hi folks, a number of you have commented on seeing a battery drain on your device since installing the new Facebook for Android app. We have identified the bug that is causing this battery drain and are working on a fix now. As soon as the patch is ready, we will push out an update. Thanks for the quick feedback and for your patience as we get this fixed
You best option right now could be to revert back to v1.2 or to just logout completely until the application gets fixed.
Source: Droid-Life
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