Background Process - Smartphones

Smartphones

Many newer versions of smartphone & PDA operating systems now include the ability to start background processes. Due to hardware constraints, background processes on mobile operating systems are often restricted to certain tasks or consumption levels. On Android, CPU usage for background processes is bounded at 5 - 10%. Third-party applications on Apple's iOS are limited to a certain set of functions while running in the background. On both iOS and Android, background processes can be killed by the system if they are using too much of the system's memory.