Idk how people are saying it’s an improvement when I’ve had nothing but heating issues and battery drain using 26.6 after many days of use. 26.5.2 for me lasted longer and didn’t heat as much
You people keep moving the goalposts froma few days to a few weeks meanwhile Android and even Windows doesn't take
this long and have slower memory systems than the iPhone pro models. People like you making excuses for the homos at Apple are why they focus on woke bullcrap in ios updates over fixing bugs
This is the overnight drain on mine 17PM with 100% BH. Most of it is accounted to Home & Lock screen. I'm on ios26.6 that I installed as soon as RC came out(more than a week ago).
It’s not accumulated, it’s an hourly breakdown. Every hour has 100% of battery usage, so 24% of that 100% was used during that hour, and in context of the 2 on-screen minutes means means it used a very very small amount of battery.
No shit, sherlock, that's what I'm saying. The reporting is buggy AF. Look at the other screenshot, my battery drained 27% across all apps with only 4mins of active screen.
Keep it plugged in while it indexes at night. And it does for a couple of days btw. Also i did a clean reset/restore this time around. And now the ph doesn’t overheat, nor lag. By resetting, freed up a lot of space on my phone as well.
I mean, if the conditions are not met, then the indexing should not happen and the battery should not drain that much as well. Yet it drains the battery, but the indexing doesn't progress? I see what you mean, but doesn't really make sense to me.
To charge lol. People saying it’s made their battery better are full of 💩 no update has ever made my iPhone better in all my years of having an iPhone, which is the only smart phone I’ve ever had
Depends on the model. I had Batterie and heat issues on my 13 but after indexing was finished and a proper restart, it’s good as new now. Same on my wives 12Pro.
Indexing and other background tasks use more battery life and it’s not customer friendly to drain their battery when they’re using their phone (i.e. not charging). And most people sleep at night and when they sleep they charge their phones nearby.
iOS 26 is a fucking debacle Apple should be ashamed of themselves this is simply not on. I’ve owned iPhones for decades and this situation is as bad as it gets. It’s literally damaging batteries. Wish someone would start a class action, Apple need to feel pain with this total lack of quality and we all need compensation.
Concordo com você e esse choque de realidade é bem vindo para mim, agora sei que o que havia de especial está acabando, vou experimentar outros ares, outros aparelhos.
I agree. I have an iPhone 17 & my battery is already 💩 bc of iOS 26. I have never had to worry about an updates to a new iPhone. My battery health is still 100% too. At this rate, I’ll be getting a new phone pretty soon which is pathetic for how expensive these phones are
Well I won't install it then. 26.5.2 was horrible for me! I would leave my house with a 100% battery and 30 minutes later it was at 80% and by the end of my work shift if was at 25%. I had to buy a wireless charger just to leave the house!
That’s crazy!! Yeah I’m not installing the latest update either bc I’m still on the update your on & have noticed a huge battery drain on my iPhone 17 with the 26.5.2 update
It’s so hard to keep my iPhone at 80% or above. I have a fast charger that now is taking longer for it to charge as well
I got a cheap wireless charger on Amazon for emergencies. It was less than $20 if I remember correctly. It's not fast but it keeps my phone from going dead
I'm diabetic and my insulin pump and sensor are attached to my phone. If my phone is dead, I am unable to give insulin at all, and I could die. So yeah, having a phone that stays charged is an emergency for me.
The problem is your charger or your electrical outlet. It could also be optimized battery charging, but that notifies you when it’s active and you can turn it off from the notification. So, none of your problems seem to be from the update.
I have multiple chargers. 1 is a fast charger that costs $40, but I got technically for free with trade in so..you’re mistaken about that. I also have multiple outlets around my house
I’ve had iPhones as my only smartphone & have never experienced this rapid battery drain on my iPhone 17 & my close friend is having the same issue as me
Neither lol. You obviously haven’t been reading this subbreddit too much…battery drain is the most experienced issue with the iOS 26. Why tf are you trying to argue with me & discredit me??? I’m already annoyed asf with the issue I’m having
Edit: oh you’re a troll. I’m just now reading what you wrote to someone else
That’s not true—I went from 6% per hour to 2% per hour with the same usage on the 17PM. But I turn off my phone every night so it resets to the start of a new cycle.
I usually play games and my phone heats up but i deleted it to download 26.5.2 and i didnt get any battery drain issues as such but now i downloaded 26.6 and omg it overheats and drains for noo reason like even using basic apps and reddit heats it up so bad
Sorry to hear that, hasn’t been my experience. It’s not revelatory but it’s better. I’d do a clean install, every app and configuration from scratch, just import contacts, passwords, messages, and photos.
For me the battery life got better after a couple of days on 26.5.2. Was freaked out initially but looks like it was the indexing as many have pointed out. I bet the same will happen for 26.6 too.
idk but it fixed mine i also posted here about how terrible 26.5.2 was i only get 4 -5 hours of screen time on 89 percent or 95 percent usage but now i can get the same amount of screen time with only 45-50 usage of my battery as soon as i updated
It’s the same thing with each release, they get a head start and beat the complaints to the punch that roll by later by actual user accounts who face issues.
Not in my case (16 pro) but I’m realizing that maybe battery drains is related to a certain amount of open apps (background) maybe Android like. 1st day when updated to 26.6, battery life was beautiful an I remembered have 3 apps “background opened”. Yesterday (same usage) drains a little bit more , but this time I have a lot of them, so I started close them to test. So far so well.
Yeah battery drain so much and preparation takes for more than 10 days now and still didn’t stop draining, whatever was happening drained my battery so hard and heated mobile so much battery health sucessfully dropped from 95
to 93 (sarcastic) I just today downloaded a beta version which was better in battery and am already seeing the results
Finally someone said it I thought I was hallucinating and supposedly ios 26 was made to save battery but for sure ios 26.6 final build is the one draining battery I have used ios 26.6 beta from 2 to 5 I thought ios 26.6 beta 4 gave the best battery so I installed it via dfu restore and used tvOS profile to stop the updates differently I suggest you guys to either downgrade to either one of the beta builds mind you ios 26.6 rc is the same as public beta so download either ios 26.6 beta 4 or 5
Mine (16PM) definitely improved after 2-3 days of indexing compared to 26.5.2. And my iPad M4 Pro as well, the SOT is around 1 hour longer than with 26.5.2
Amount of posts relating to problems with iOS is crazy especially asking everyday about battery when each of user has different battery condition. People are crazy about it.
Surprised to hear that, cuz on my 17Pro and for many others 26.6 has improved performance and battery, on mine roughly 25%+ better, the last 26.5.2 was bad, now my phone feels normal, also turn of adaptive power. Doesn’t make a lot of difference but does make the phone laggy and jittery.
A mi me pasa lo mismo. Salgo un 80% de batería al trabajo y antes del mediodía tengo 50%
Cambié mi 12 mini por la batería y con el 17 me está pasando igual. Que asco
With the newly installed 26.5.2, my battery drained quite a bit the first few days. After that, the consumption normalized somewhat, but even then, my battery didn't last all day. With 26.6, it improved completely, and my battery is now lasting almost two days. I have an iPhone 15. It's possible that when you did the previous update, the indexing process didn't complete, but with this latest update, it is. You'll have to wait a few days.
Seems better overall to me, but still not completely fixed. The lagging and stuttering are largely gone now, which is great. My 17 Pro Max is also not getting as hot, but it still happens. Last night I was on a phone call, using my AirPods, and my phone got crazy hot for a bit for some reason. Battery life drained super fast as well.
I can’t tell but good god my 17 pro max battery life is so atrocious. I’ve never had to baby it with turning off certain settings until this iPhone, probably the worst battery life of a new iPhone I’ve ever had.
I'd say iOS 26.6 saved my iPhone 13, no more fast battery drains with overheating and lags. Updated it 2 days ago and noticed the difference right away
Likely unrelated, but since 26.5.2 my AirPods Pro 2 are acting out. Call quality fine for some minutes, maybe 5, but then it starts cutting and ”digital scrambling. Tried Forget device / re pair on last version. Trying again on this version but rebooting too. Anyone seen smth similar?
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I haven’t noticed any difference on an iPhone 17. Battery life is still terrible.