I get notifications from apps like Snapchat or Facebook Messenger. Does turning off Refresh affect these notifications?
Background App Refresh – Impact on Notifications
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Best Answer
Background App Refresh allows apps to download information in the background under certain conditions.
Apple says:
Notifications are pushed from the server to your device at the time of an event (new email, message, whatever) and are unrelated to Background App Refresh.