Before you decide whether to activate or disable this option for applications, it is recommended to understand exactly what Background App Refresh means on iPhone or iPad.
Background app refresh is not a feature only of applications on IOS or Ipados, but also from Android, Windows we find applications with this feature.
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What does background app refresh
Is a function by which Applications update their contents to certain periods of time, even if they are not open by the user. The updating in the background refers strictly to the content of the applications, not to the update of the application itself.
For example, if you have the News application installed, it will update its content periodically, so that when you open it, you will immediately have the last news. Social media, localization, weather status or bank applications work.
In the default settings of iOS and iPados this function is implicitly activated for all the applications that request it. Applications that check in the background if there are content updates and which to perform this process must connect to the Internet. And useless battery consumption If we have some applications whose content is not important to be updated in background. However, the application will update the content as soon as it is opened by the user.
After you see what it does and what Background refresh means on iPhone and iPad, we will show you how to disable this option for all applications or only for some. Selective.
How do you disable background app refresh for iPhone or iPad applications
1. Go on iPhone or iPad in: Settings → General → Background App Refresh.
2. At the first option you can completely deactivate the refresh of applications in the background or leave only when iPhone or iPad is connected to a Wi-Fi network.
This option is useful if you have a limited mobile data plan and you do not want the applications to consume you from mobile data traffic when updating.
3. At the bottom you have a list of applications that request background running. You can leave this feature active only for certain applications. For example, for token applications, bank applications that require Push Notification for Payment Authentication and Authorization, Weather.
In “Low Power Mode"This function is automatically deactivated to reduce battery energy consumption.
To increase the iPhone battery use period, deactivating background app refresh is recommended when the device is in the mode "Sleep“.
