Without wanting to generalize and extend it to absolutely all users, the truth is that many tend (we tend) to perform the same action several times a day. We refer to closing all open applications. Often we don’t even stop to think about it because we adapt it as one more routine and even think it’s good because it saves battery. But no, could cause you to consume more battery and even mobile data if you are not connected to a WiFi network.
And it is that, in older versions of Android, it was even a recommendation. However, closing apps these days does not speed up the mobile or save battery. Not generally, let alone noticeably. At the end of the day, this gesture can be counterproductive.
See which apps you use most often and don’t close them
Every day, we often check our messaging and social media apps, along with a few others like banking or email. Keep them open in these cases brings more benefits than closing themstarting with much faster content loading.
Android system is responsible for managing apps while they are running in the background they are therefore ready as soon as you open them. And, in the same way, try to keep the battery consumption of these as low as possible and, in any case, lower than that which occurs when opening them after closing them.
And it is that closing them and opening them continuously ends up producing a consumption peak which in the long run can end up draining the entire battery. Therefore, although there will always be consumption, it is much more practical to keep them open even if we are going to spend a while without using them.
Different is the case in less frequent applications; those you use sporadically and it can even take several days without you opening them. In these cases, it is advisable to leave them closed, because you are not going to use them often and therefore there will only be a sporadic peak in consumption when you do, thus preventing it from running in the background (due to low battery consumption).
If you’re not on a WiFi network, that’s an even bigger problem.
Keeping frequent apps open, in addition to faster loading times and less battery consumption, also helps when connected to the internet via mobile data. And it is that, as we already anticipated at the beginning, it will allow you to save data about your rate.
If you are connected to a WiFi network or have an unlimited data rate, this point will not matter to you. But otherwise, opening the app also consumes more data because you have to reconnect to the servers and load all the content. At least in applications that require the use of the Internet, because in others it is indifferent.
Say goodbye to myths and fads: keeping apps open frequently is more beneficial than harmful.
Anyway, and far from the old topic that exists on closing applications, it is a habit of little benefit for the general performance of the mobile. Well, it’s not like there’s going to be a disaster closing them, but you’ll notice how when you stop doing that with the regular apps you get arrive at the end of the day with more battery and without having spent so much mobile data. Appetizing, right?
