How to close apps on iphone x with ios 12

When Apple launched the iPhone X, back in October last year, it also introduced a whole host of new gestures that change the way we were used to interacting with our iPhone devices. One of these changes was the one that activates the application selector (App Switcher) and the way in which the applications are closed; This new gesture was somewhat, or much, more cumbersome than the simple swipe-to-close action that is available on devices that include a Start button. Well, well, with iOS 12 the process has been simplified. Let's see.

Closing apps on iOS 12 and with iPhone X

To close an app on iPhone X running iOS 11, you need to open the App Switcher, finger-tap an app until the red “-” symbol appears in the corner, and then tap that symbol to close it.

As we anticipated at the beginning, with iOS 12 the process has been simplified and, again, it is a swipe gesture that will allow you to close apps. Here is how to do it:

• On the iPhone X home screen or while in an app, swipe up from the bottom of the screen while holding your finger on it… When the app picker appears, swipe across different app cards to find the app you want to close. Now swipe up (the usual one) to close the app.

With this gesture you will exit the application in question and it will close it completely, which is effective if you need to restart an application for any reason. In general, it is not necessary to close the applications to improve performance, since Apple has integrated management systems that make it easy to manage all the applications that you have open on your device.

According to Apple, closing an app will also not improve battery life, quite the contrary, since you force the device to reload the app.