Apple confirms that closing apps that are open on your iPhone doesn’t save battery life.

Many iPhone users believe that Deleting applications that are left open in the background It helps conserve battery life, but Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, insists it doesn’t help.

Apple’s iOS operating system is designed to suppress system resources. with applications that are open in the background This means that apps that are left open won’t affect battery life when not in use. Unless it’s an app that’s running in the background, like GPS tracking or playing background music.

On the contrary The user goes in and closes the app that is still open. Instead, the device uses more energy than it lets on. This is because closing apps causes your iPhone’s CPU to work.

Additionally, the support page on Apple’s website states that closing an app or forcing it to quit should only be done if the app stops responding or freezes.

Source – TweakTown