Why “swiping up” to close your apps might do more harm than good (VIDEO)

If you use an iPhone, then you might be in the habit of double-clicking the home button and swiping up on the apps (i.e. force closing) in order to save battery life. But, according to a video from Apple Insider, this might actually be counter-productive.

According to this advice, double clicking on the home button doesn’t actually show you all the apps that are currently open; it shows recently used apps. Therefore,

But there are still other ways to save battery. Here are three alternative tips:

1. Lower the screen brightness.
2. Turn on “Low power Mode.”
3. Disable the background refresh feature in the settings.

You can learn more about this in the video above.