If you're still
painstakingly killing all your apps in the hopes of squeezing out some extra
battery life from your iPhone, you can officially stop.
Apple's iOS chief Craig Federighi has dispelled the
myth that force closing your iPhone apps will help save your battery. The
executive confirmed that killing apps isn't necessary for your battery and said
that he is not in the habit of closing his apps.
Federighi, who oversees iOS and OS X, was
responding to an email sent by an Apple customer to CEO Tim Cook when he made
the comments. In the email, which was first published by 9to5Mac, the
customer asked Cook, "do you quit your iOS multitasking apps frequently
and is this necessary of battery life?"
Though the note, dated March 6, was sent to Cook,
Federighi weighed in the next day with a simple answer. "No and no,"
he wrote.This is far from the first time this particular myth has been
debunked. Apple's own support page even states that "generally, there's no
need to force an app to close unless it's unresponsive."
That's because, as 9to5Mac and others have
pointed out, most of the apps that appear in the multitasking view when you
double press the home button aren't actually running in the background. From Apple:
Of course, it's always a good idea to check your
app settings every once in awhile to make sure that the apps that are using
your location actually need it — as location services tend to use up the most
battery. Also, disabling background refresh on apps you don't use very much is
a good idea. Some apps, like Facebook's, may be worse offenders at sucking your
battery dry than others.
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