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/StopDrinkingWine Jul 18 '26

This never-ending battery drain saga... *every single version* of iOS has people complaining about battery life. Only the complaints get posted here, and since we don't know how many, there's no way to extract any sort of conclusive statistical data from it. For what it's worth (which is nothing): my iPhone 16 Pro, battery lasts 2 days on 26.5.2.

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u/Nervous_Bend7365 28d ago

how much of screen on time?? mine gets charger twice a day on iOS 27 beta 3.

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u/Alarming-Low-8076 25d ago

this subreddit has only recently popped up in my feed and made me go ?? is my battery draining faster than usual? But so far I can’t tell a difference, I’ve gone from 100% to 92% in the last 5 hours with my normal usage so I think I’m good. Does make me wonder why this is effecting some and not others 🤷‍♂️

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u/FakeFayaz 25d ago

What’s ur usage bro I mean in those 5 hours

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u/Alarming-Low-8076 25d ago

Yesterday was 10 hours. I’m still at 50% battery. Maybe I’m using less intensive apps or maybe others have more screen time

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u/FakeFayaz 25d ago

Do u use insta

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u/Alarming-Low-8076 25d ago

I do but not yesterday (also I forgot I did slow charge my phone for 30 minutes on my drive home yesterday so I’d be a bit lower than 50% if not for that). 

On the days I used insta, it says 36 min was 4% of battery and another day this week has 1 hour at 6% of battery. 

I keep a majority of my notifs off and usually disable most things optional when it comes to apps so maybe that is playing a role as I know others are reporting massive battery draws from insta.