High battery drain with Google Photos?

I am having battery drain issues of late. Am noticing that Google photos is using a heck of a lot of battery power,even though everything is already backed up.

I have a Google photos widget in one of my homescren folders.

Am noticing that there's a higher battery drain when this is on.

Can this be true? Or is that a red herring?

Any thoughts, suggestions greatly appreciated.

• Goto a folder.

• Add widget

• Select Google Photos/memories