I have turned off background app refresh for "YouTube" & "Chrome". But when I check activity inside Battery app, I can still see some background activity draining battery. My current OS version is IOS 16.1.
Can someone help why is this happening and anyway to stop it?
iPhone 12
NThusitha wrote:
I mean if user turns off background app refresh, iOS should stop these rouge apps refreshing from background isn't it.? Is that not clear?
If they are "rogue" apps, then that means they won't do what they're supposed to do.
Google built their business on the lack of privacy for its users. It doesn't surprise me that these two apps are using power when you know that they shouldn't be. I'm positive that's not all they are using.
If it was me, I'd delete both of the apps and since you don't need an app to get on youtube, that one for sure.
Get your privacy back and save your battery, ditch Google.
YouTube is not an Apple Product. Contact the app developer here --> App Support or YouTube Help - Google Support
Google Chrome is not an Apple product. Contact the app developer here --> App Support or Google Chrome Help - Google Support
I fail to feel the logic of your statement. Just because the iOS is flagging the results of a problem, it doesn't follow that the iOS is causing that problem.
Yea that's what I did.. Thank you !
Well this not the type of answer I am expecting. I have already asked this question in Google forum and no one replied yet. But if we disable "Background app refresh" and you see an app still sucking juice and it's shown under Battery app, I mean this is an iOS issue. Because either what iOS (16) shows inside the Battery app is not correct then or something fishy happening in the background which iOS does not account for.
You can find lot of similar issues online reported like these.
Anyone who knows technicality behind this can better answer I guess.
But you don't understand what I am trying to say... I am just asking is there anyway in iOS 16 to take back control on the background app refresh - stop any apps consuming energy if the background app refresh is turned off...
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I mean if user turns off background app refresh, iOS should stop these rouge apps refreshing from background isn't it.? Is that not clear?
Standard troubleshooting advice for third-party apps is to delete them from the phone and then re-install. If that doesn't help, contact the developer of the app.
Chrome and Youtube Apps has background activity even background refresh is turned off
