@CaroCrow
Not all Android apps support all features available in the browser.
The official Mastodon app isn't great. I've been liking Tusky. I've heard a few people say they like Fedilab.
In some apps, there's a preference setting for "enable slow mode" that keeps your feeds from updating until you swipe down to refresh. Might also check to see if that's defaulted to "on."
@jeb Thanks for the recs, I am hearing good things about @Tusky but hadn't plunged into it yet. Big learning curve to the #Fediverse my departed spouse would have loved this digital jungle.