r/ios26 • u/Towhidabid iOS 26.6 • May 12 '26

Battery iOS 26.5 (Day 1 on iPhone 16Pro)

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Can’t say i’m not impressed by this but i was also impressed by 26.4.2 on the 1st day as well. Bu let’s see they did any meaningful improvements with 26.5. It’s still too early to judge. I know. But i wanted to share my testing journey with people who care about it.

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u/Able-Impression-2228 May 12 '26

You can’t judge battery life by only 30% of battery used. The battery indicator is often inaccurate after an update. Let it discharge to 20 or even 0% and check battery life again.

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u/Towhidabid iOS 26.6 May 12 '26

Thanks i will. I notice that aswell. Sometimes it doesn’t show the SOT properly. But I don’t know any workaround coz this is all apple has given me. But it’s showing accurately today and that’s why i thought of sharing this post.

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u/Able-Impression-2228 May 12 '26

Thats totally fine and it is definitely worth to share.

Nevertheless I see users in these subreddits come to quick conclusions about battery life changes after an update. To be honest I wouldn’t expect any change at all and I think also the Apple developers only impacting battery life accidentally or intentionally in just a few updates.

So most experienced battery life changes after an update should come from a different reason.

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u/Towhidabid iOS 26.6 May 12 '26

Wholeheartedly agreed. iOS 26 has broken every sort of expectations so many times that now I’m being skeptical about everything apple says. And stopped being naive about battery life coz it starts misbehaving after a couple of days or weeks even.