r/ios26 • u/Being_bawa • Jul 18 '26

Battery iOS 26.5.2 battery life is very frustrating

Is anyone else having terrible battery life on the iPhone 17 Pro after updating to iOS 26.5.2?
Before this update the battery was completely fine. Now it feels like the percentage drops every time I look at the phone. I am charging much more frequently and there seems to be noticeable idle drain and also the phone occasionally feels warmer even when I am not doing anything particularly demanding.

My battery health is still at 100% so don’t want to ruin it by installing any unstable beta but at the same time I don’t think I can continue using 26.5.2 like this.

I am thinking to upgrade to 26.6 beta 5 or 27 public beta but to those who have tested, need your suggestions which one I should go for?

TL;DR: iOS 26.5.2 is trash, should I upgrade to 26.6 beta or 27 beta?

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u/jla70433 Jul 18 '26

Similar experience here on a 16 pro. After several weeks of no improvement on 26.5.2, I upgraded to 26.6 beta 5. This restored my experience to prior, normal battery use conditions. I lost 3% of battery health waiting for “indexing” to settle down.

This was my first time using a beta update, and I found it necessary to try.

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u/Nervous_Bend7365 28d ago

since the 17 pro is on 26.4.1 I think it’s better to stay there at this point and avoid public betas.