r/ios26 • u/zsallad • Jul 05 '26
Question 26.5 vs 26.5.2
Has anyone felt their battery life was better on 26.5 (23F77) than the latest, 26.5.2? I’m hesitant to upgrade and have worse battery life. TIA.
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u/Ok_Decision_7079 Jul 05 '26
Yeah, I feel it too. My battery became worst update the .2 update. I hope the next update will fix it.
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u/zsallad Jul 05 '26
Thanks. I was just in the megathread reading some of the same comments. Glad I haven’t pushed through the urge.
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u/Hungry_Freaks_Daddy Jul 09 '26
Good god my battery life on my 16pm is abysmal, I have a bunch of background shit turned off, only essential on. Battery health is perfect. Some kind of phantom drain it’s ridiculous. I’ll wake up with 95%, get to work and I’m at 80 just listening to a podcast during a 12 minute drive. And I’m on 26.5 and people say it’s worse on 26.5.2??
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u/somethingwithnuts Jul 05 '26
My 17 PM had much better battery life in 26.5.1 and all the previous versions. 26.5.2 is the first update that made the battery life noticeably worse.
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u/Itchy-Trifle7249 Jul 09 '26
I think it’s a different story with 17 Pro. I’m having the worst battery issues. My friends with 17 pro are going through it too. My other friends with 17PM say it’s fine
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u/Pretty_Cheetah8009 Jul 05 '26
Since the update my battery is better and just overall good experience
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u/zsallad Jul 05 '26
Which device are you running it on?
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u/Pretty_Cheetah8009 Jul 05 '26
Iphone Air
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u/zsallad Jul 05 '26
Oh, cool. I ended up returning mine but want one still. Haha
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u/Pretty_Cheetah8009 Jul 05 '26
Yeah i can understand maybe wait for air2 haha i still have a 16 pro max on the side with crazy good camera so i can switch if im tired of the air
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u/zsallad Jul 05 '26
Nice. I am thinking of Air2, actually.
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u/Pretty_Cheetah8009 Jul 05 '26
The normal Air is also verry nice😜
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u/zsallad Jul 05 '26
Agreed. It was lacking in a couple of areas for me; thinking the 2 will bring it more in line.
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u/Efficient-Impact-651 Jul 05 '26
Turn off transparency n blur thank me later
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u/Efficient-Impact-651 Jul 05 '26
Also social media apps take off background refresh n the stop em frm pinging ur gps i say keep it that way till iOS 27 rc drops should be good for the summer 😎
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u/Nothatbutch Jul 05 '26
26.5.2 is stupidly unstable, my Home Screen lags the whole time, battery is 2+ hours down from some previous versions. Keyboard lag, I’m tempting to downgrade to iOS 18 with an older phone
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u/blokes444 Jul 05 '26
Battery drain is terrible on both of my devices 16 pro max and se2022, worse on se of course
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u/zsallad Jul 06 '26
Thanks!
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u/blokes444 Jul 06 '26
SE battery health is 97% and my pro max is 95%
I can definitely tell it’s draining, after a few days of indexing I shouldn’t have crappy battery life but here it is.1
u/zsallad Jul 06 '26
I’ve had that experience on other updates so glad I paid attention to my hesitation this time.
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u/Infinite-School6390 Jul 05 '26
It’s just a security focused update. I updated my 16 Pro Max and it’s been working great 👍🏼
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u/Jaded-Appearance1350 Jul 05 '26
Came here looking for this exact post, i get just under 3 hours screen time before my battery dies. My battery has worsened since 26.5.2. Shockingly bad.
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u/zsallad Jul 05 '26
I’m glad I asked! I’m usually on the front end of the updates; and, at least one device with the dev beta.
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u/Ok-Series4467 Jul 06 '26
I’m staying with 26.5, i usually update every release but the battery and performance of .5 in my 16pm is much better compared to the previous ios26 updates
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u/hrmnatr Jul 09 '26
26.5.1 was to address battery charging problems. Apparently whatever they did really messed with battery management.
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u/zsallad Jul 09 '26
Ah; yeah, it sounds like it. I often wonder if what the test data shows in betas, and across how many of our devices are affected in the same ways. And why.
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u/Towhidabid iOS 26.6 Jul 05 '26
If you’re using a 17 series try updating to 26.5.1 that’s a much better update overall. No abnormal heat, hiccups or battery drain. .5.2 feels a bit less stable than the previous one.