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Apple has brought big changes to the Battery screen inside iOS 26\u2019s Settings app, including a feature that can help prevent excessive iPhone drains.<\/p>\n
iOS 26 Battery settings has intelligent suggestions for excess drain<\/p>\n
Have you ever experienced a mystery iPhone battery drain? A day when your iPhone usage is more or less normal, but for some reason your battery\u2019s draining at an accelerated rate? Let\u2019s exclude the initial drain<\/a> after installing an update like iOS 26.<\/p>\n Force-quitting a bunch of apps might be your solution. Or perhaps visiting the Battery screen inside Settings to see what\u2019s happening.<\/p>\n Though the Settings app has always offered a host of data about battery usage, I\u2019ve never found it all that helpful for solving excess drain.<\/p>\n But in iOS 26, that\u2019s changed. Apple has added a variety of battery-related features in the update (such as the new AI-powered battery mode<\/a>). Among those changes is a revamped battery settings screen.<\/p>\n When an iPhone battery is draining faster than usual, iOS 26\u2019s Settings app now explicitly highlights the excess drain, and offers suggestions for what could be causing the issue.<\/p>\n As seen in the images above and below, there\u2019s a graph comparing your battery drain to normal usage. Apps and system activity with especially unusual drain are highlighted.<\/p>\n In prior iOS releases, you would need to sort through a long list of usage data to try identifying problem apps.<\/p>\n But with iOS 26, apps with unusually high drain get a special orange design that alerts you to potential issues.<\/p>\n This orange highlight isn\u2019t just based on total drain either. Rather, it denotes apps that appear to be using more power than they should.<\/p>\n For example, one night my Weather app was highlighted orange for draining 4% of battery. This is because I had very minimal on-screen and background usage. Instagram, meanwhile, spent 6% of my battery but wasn\u2019t marked orange because my usage justified that amount.<\/p>\n This iOS 26 feature is ultimately a small change, but I\u2019ve found it can make a big difference in stopping my iPhone battery from draining too fast.<\/p>\n Have you found iOS 26\u2019s new battery menu in Settings helpful? How would you want Apple to improve it further? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n Best iPhone accessories<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/battery-ios-26.jpg\")
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