This application enables you to cut your carbon footprint substantially when video streaming and also when your device screen is off. We are in a climate emergency, with 2 degrees of global warming by 2050 almost a certainty. Streaming video at high bitrates is wasteful of energy and also of your data allowance. This is because the human eye can only process so much information displayed on a small screen device.
Watching a video on a standard smartphone in any format other than SD or HD-Ready cannot be processed by the human eye. This does not prevent manufacturers displaying HD and UHD formats at higher bandwidths on high density screens just to sell the latest and greatest gadgets. You will not be able to tell the difference from SD or HD-Ready, while at the same time you are contributing to the destruction of the planet.
So if you are interested in preserving the planet as a liveable space for yourself and your children, Greenstream can make a contribution. Selecting LOW carbon footprint allows you to stream at 1.5Mbs in landscape mode, which is equivalent to SD. Selecting MEDIUM carbon footprint allows you to stream at 3.0 Mbs, equivalent to HD-Ready. Remember that by doing this you are not just saving your battery, but also saving substantial energy in the mobile network, which does not have to transmit the extra data in the first place.\n\n The app also allows you to block Apps from consuming data when the screen is off. Many Apps call home in the background and can waste a substantial amount of energy/data in doing so, with questionable benefit to you. Blocking background data transmission should not affect the Apps functionality, as they can still call home when the screen is on. Communication Apps such as email and messaging should not be blocked in background, as you should always receive timely updates for these.