Some of these directions apply to all iPhones, but some are only relevant to specific iOS versions. These differences are pointed out below. The most common way to keep apps updated on your iPhone is ...

Phone and Android users can reduce battery drain and data usage by restricting Background App Refresh to Wi-Fi connections ...

If your iPhone battery drains faster after updating to iOS 26, wait 24–48 hours for background tasks to settle. Then update to iOS 26.1, restart your iPhone, check and update battery-draining apps, ...

Closing background apps does not save battery life or make your phone run faster, let iOS manage your apps instead. Turn off Background App Refresh in settings to save battery life, and also consider ...

Not that it was super sucky before. The one glaringly sucky thing about it has been de-suckified, however. From Google’s blog: The app now fully supports background app refresh, which means your Gmail ...