Facebook is easily one of the most popular third-party iPhone apps on the planet. As it turns out, it might also be one of the biggest culprits of iPhone battery drain, according to recent findings brought to light by a former Apple Store Genius. The good news, however, is that it is remarkably easy to stop Facebook from eating up your iPhone’s battery, and in this post we’ll show you how.
First things first: Why is the Facebook app killing your iPhone’s battery life?
According to ComputerWorld, Facebook runs several processes in the background for a few reasons, the most interesting of which may relate to an upcoming effort to launch a new mobile VoIP calling service tied to its app.
Whether or not that’s the case — the more obvious answer may be that the background processes relate to Facebook’s in-built messaging service — a former Apple Store Genius ran some tests and confirmed that the Facebook iPhone app regularly runs processes in the background and eats up precious battery charge.
But don’t despair, iPhone users. There’s a simple fix.
As is the case with any app that might be a drain on your battery when it’s not in use, adjusting two simple settings will completely eliminate the background battery drain.
First, go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services and disable the toggle next to Facebook. Then do the same for the Facebook listing in Settings > General > Background App Refresh.
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