The primary purpose of tuning app opening animations is to customize the user experience and the perceived performance of your device:
Faster/Off Animations: These settings make navigation feel instantaneous because there is less or no time spent on the visual transition effects (e.g., fading in or sliding in). This is useful for power users or those who prefer immediate responsiveness over visual flair.
Slower Animations: This provides a smoother, more polished visual experience, which some users might prefer for aesthetic reasons.
Performance: While it doesn't make the phone's processor work faster, reducing or disabling animations can improve performance on older or less powerful devices by reducing the graphical processing unit (GPU) workload required for rendering those effects.
Battery Life Impact
Setting animations faster, or disabling them entirely, can offer a minor benefit to battery life.
Minor Battery Savings: Animations require the CPU and GPU to render the visual movements, which consumes some power.
Negligible Effect: The amount of power saved is generally considered insignificant compared to major battery drains like screen brightness, screen-on time, or background app usage.
In short, the main advantage of faster animations is a snappier user interface, not significant battery savings.
