While its not crazy to think so, its simply a lie weve all been living.
Closing background apps does nothing because those apps arent actually running.
The impact on your battery life is negligible.
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The same can be said for Android as well.
In fact, closing your background appsactually uses more battery than just leaving them open.
Apps can still collect your data even if theyre closed.
Contrary to popular belief, apps can still track you even if you force quit them.
The key misunderstanding here is that force quitting an app is different from turning Background App Refresh off.
Turning off Background App Refresh in your configs is the most surefire way to address all these problems.
I am pretty sure EVERYTHING is running in the background, replied another user.
However, its clear this misconception has occurred for many users since the beginning.
On a computer, having too many tabs or applications open can make it run slower.
That much is true, but an iPhones operating system is fundamentally different.
This distinction was never made clear by Apple.
Apple has never claimed that closing background apps improves your phones performance.
The company has alwaysquietly maintained you should only force quit an system if its frozen.
But still, millions of people are wasting their days, and their batteries, closing their background apps.
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