PRIORITY_LOW_POWER vs PRIORITY_BALANCED_POWER_ACCURACY for google play service v2

Question

I\'m wondering for the fused location, does any of the above use a combination of gps + wifi network together? what is the difference in terms of provider (does any of it us

Answer 1

The new fused location providers take a slightly different approach compared to previous methods. Developers now choose how much battery power is used to calculate a location instead of which device components are used to calculate it. It uses any available combination of GPS, Wi-Fi, mobile networks, and onboard sensors to calculate the location.

The LocationRequest priority settings are now:

• PRIORITY_NO_POWER (passively listens for location updates from other clients)
• PRIORITY_LOW_POWER (~10km "city" accuracy)
• PRIORITY_BALANCED_POWER_ACCURACY (~100m "block" accuracy)
• PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY (accurate as possible at the expense of battery life)

Google describes the LocationRequest class here: https://developers.google.com/android/reference/com/google/android/gms/location/LocationRequest