What Does Background App Refresh Actually Do?

[spcurtis81]

Looking for a bit of education here really...

I have background app refresh switched on for various apps such as Facebook and Mailbox however when I open said app, I still have to wait for the feed to update or for Mailbox to download my messages. I understood the point of this new feature was to remove this delay. Am I misunderstanding? Am I missing a setting which needs to be switched on other than the high level background refresh toggle and the individual apps toggle? Is there a possibility my software is not functioning as it should?

Would be grateful for any ideas.

 

[Just_Me_D]

https://support.apple.com/kb/ht4211

From my understanding, there's no set schedule, and not all apps take advantage of or use the app refresh feature.

 

[spcurtis81]

https://support.apple.com/kb/ht4211

From my understanding, there's no set schedule, and not all apps take advantage of or use the app refresh feature.

Cheers for that. Maybe the developers for these apps have not yet added the functionality properly yet. I read through both update histories and neither document adding the ability to background refresh. Just a bit strange that they were recently added to the background refresh list. I shall wait and see I guess

 

[lush242000]

It burns through your battery.


Sent from somewhere.

 

[antiprotest]

It burns through your battery.


Sent from somewhere.

Also freezes some of the apps when you return to them. The 5s and LTE are fast enough that I just turn the whole thing off.