This Is Why You Should Never Swipe Up To Close WhatsApp On Your Phone

We all think that if we close all of the apps on our phone that it will make our battery life last longer or our phone charge a lot quicker.

When you double tap your home button to swipe up and close apps, you may not want to close your WhatsApp one.

Apparently a lot of people are getting alerts from the app saying that closing the programme will in fact stop you from receiving notifications.

This is what people are getting:

So if you want to keep receiving notifications, you might want to avoid closing the app - just in case.

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