Huge quality of life improvement. Haven't seen this mentioned on Lemmy yet!

Works well for me, no more waiting.

https://guides.cakewallet.com/docs/monero/#background-syncing

Background syncing

In Connection and sync settings, you can enable or disable background syncing for your Monero wallets. By default, all of your Monero wallets will sync in the background in Unobtrusive mode.

Cake Wallet uses native operating system background processes to preserve battery life, preserve device longevity, and mitigate user interference.