iPhones can be an extremely convenient and enjoyable tool, that is, until they begin to slow down on you, and you can’t quite figure out why.
When an iPhone begins to lag, it could be happening for a multitude of reasons. However, before epankicking and assuming you need to buy a new one ASAP, it’s important to evaluate a few things first. This includes your settings, what’s selected, and what’s not. Using info from tech experts, we’re listing two iPhone settings that can help fix a slow device. Read more about them below.
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1. Background App Refresh
If you speak to any tech pro with experience in iPhones today and ask how you can maintain them better, this setting may very likely come up. This setting, which essentially keeps your apps refreshing even when you're not using them, has a much bigger impact on your phone's performance than you think.
"Many apps constantly update themselves with fresh content in the background, even when people aren't actively using them," explains tech pro Aimee Simpson. "As you might expect, this can use substantial battery life for little improvement in user experience. By switching off the Background App Refresh setting, people can control which apps update automatically, improving performance and battery life. You might keep the setting on for frequently used apps like Mail and fitness trackers, but in most cases, having apps refresh in the background is not necessary at all because they update almost instantly when you open them again."
2. Reduce Motion
Similarly to Background App Refresh, in general, an iPhone's display can also dramatically change its performance. When there's too much going on with your device's display, utilizing a lot of fancy features, it can slow down, so tech pros suggest turning this setting on.
"This disables many of the visual 'parallax' effects and animations (like a special effect when opening apps) that make the iPhone UI feel smooth but actually require extra GPU power," explains tech pro Abbie Richie. "Turning this on can make the interface feel much faster and more responsive, especially on older models."
