{"id":69315,"date":"2025-09-17T09:26:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T09:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/69315\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T09:26:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T09:26:13","slug":"iphone-users-claim-ios-26-draining-battery-faster-apple-says-no-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/69315\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone users claim iOS 26 draining battery faster, Apple says &#8216;no problem&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758101173_592_ios-26.jpg\" alt=\"iPhone users claim iOS 26 draining battery faster, Apple says 'no problem'\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/apple\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple<\/a> just released iOS 26 and is already facing a new wave of criticism. Customers are now reporting significant battery drain issues and expressing frustration over new features. Citing several users, a report said that the problems emerged almost immediately after the update was released. Users took to social media, particularly X, to voice their concerns about their phone&#8217;s power consumption.<\/p>\n<p>What iPhone users are saying about iOS 26 release <\/p>\n<p>One user claimed that their phone&#8217;s battery dropped from 100% to 79% in less than an hour, while another claimed their \u201cbattery health just fell down to 80%\u201d since installing the new software. A third user noted a substantial drop to 50% battery life with less-than-usual morning usage.Some users claim that the stable version is buggy and takes time to render animations. One of the iOS 26 users in The Times of India team said that it takes some time for the phone to go back to the theme they chose. <\/p>\n<p>What Apple has to say<\/p>\n<p>Apple addressed the complaints in a support document, assuring customers that a temporary impact on battery life and thermal performance is \u201cnormal\u201d after a major update. After \u201ccompleting an update, particularly a major release, you might notice a temporary impact on battery life and thermal performance.\u201d\u201cThis is normal, as your device needs time to complete the setup process in the background, including indexing data and files for search, downloading new assets and updating apps,\u201d the company said.It also noted that some new features may require additional resources, which could cause a temporary impact on performance and battery life for some users.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple just released iOS 26 and is already facing a new wave of criticism. Customers are now reporting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[257],"tags":[311,48155,18,19,48154,48157,48153,17,279,48156,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-69315","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-apple","9":"tag-apple-support-ios-26","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ios-26-update-problems","13":"tag-ios-26-user-feedback","14":"tag-iphone-battery-drain-issues","15":"tag-ireland","16":"tag-mobile","17":"tag-new-ios-features","18":"tag-technology"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}