Apple SVP of Software Engineering Craig Federighi has replied to an email about whether or not iPhone users should be regularly quitting apps through the iOS multitasking switcher.
The email was originally sent to Apple CEO Tim Cook but Federighi intervened.
Here's the exchange...
----- Hey Tim,
Do you quit your iOS multitasking apps frequently and is this necessary for battery life? Just wanting you to put this controversy to rest!
-Caleb
P.S. I'm rooting for Apple in the FBI case. -----
----- Hi Caleb,
I know you asked Tim, but I'll at least offer my input:
| Do you quit your iOS multitasking apps frequently and is this necessary for battery life?
No and No.
:-)
Thanks for being an Apple customer!
- craig -----
It's become common practice for many iOS users to manually clear out their multitasking switcher in hopes of improving device performance. As Federighi's email reveals, this should not be necessary. However, apps can perform background tasks and may have bugs or other issues that prevent them from operating as Apple intended. For example, Facebook 'unintentionally' playing silent audio in the background and keeping its app alive until users took notice.
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Mang Domeng - March 11, 2016 at 2:37pm
If you go to settings>battery>battery usage, Facebook is the most power hungry app. In the Facebook app I only use update manually by swiping down instead of turning auto update on every time a new post comes. This will save you some juice. You can do it with other apps that has auto refresh if the app isn't necessary.
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Chahine atallah - March 11, 2016 at 7:46am
Yes I see specially when I close Facebook app, Facebook app sometimes slower the phone and sometimes my phone doesn't wake up when I press home button, so I need to wait for a while like 30 s, this happens rarely but I noticed it happens only when fb app is in background
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MannyG - March 11, 2016 at 5:02am
I do see it perform better when I quit the apps, especially the larger ones like Facebook and some games. Like someone else said also anything with gps drains the battery and makes my phone freeze. It's been happening a lot more lately. The battery also lasts a bit longer when you quit these apps, even though it still sucks and we shouldn't have to compromise so many phone features to extend its life.
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KoCMoHaBTa - March 10, 2016 at 11:10pm
I only quit apps that are using GPS in the background after i'm done with them. Basically nothing else. And i can say that kill apps actually sometimes leads to worse performance on the device.
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Tech Jedi - March 10, 2016 at 11:04pm
I disagree. Try leaving Waze or Apple maps up and feel you iPhone heat up and battery drain. I can understand if it's the calculator app or camera. But not GPS.
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gamerscul9870 - March 10, 2016 at 8:39pm
I knew my sister was wrong!
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AverageReviewer - March 10, 2016 at 6:28pm
... Battery life already socks on my 6S ... Force quitting after I'm done using my iPhone definitely helps rather than leaving them open. It's not a coincidence that when I leave apps open it drains battery and when I close them my battery life is better.
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AverageReviewer - March 10, 2016 at 6:29pm
Sucks*
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Noob - March 10, 2016 at 6:19pm
I guess they don't play clash of clan.
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Butterspider - March 10, 2016 at 6:47pm
Haha. Yes! Ikr!
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Butterspider - March 10, 2016 at 4:56pm
I have had apps that devour battery % showing as being off screen. When video app shows that it took 20 % of battery and 3 mins on screen..... That sucka needs some force quit!!!!
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Nightshade - March 10, 2016 at 4:45pm
the reduction in data consumption is rewarding enough, i will continue to clear my multitasking apps
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