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iOS 26.6 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

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Finally........finally.........FINALLY a halfway decent & stable iOS!!!!
My M1 iPad pro is - with minimal use - at 65% after ~10 hours off the charger. Previously, under almost ANY other version of 26, it would be down to at least 40-30% by now.

My iPhone 16 pro; I basically had to just constantly keep it on a charger on my desk. Whenever it came off the charger, I would be at ~30% within 2 hours, MAX.

SO FAR, iOS 26.6 seems ACTUALLY stable, does NOT cook my phone, battery is normal......and oh; it's definitely faster, smoother, more fluid - as iOS SHOULD BE and has always been known for......

Holy Cow apple, never do this again. I'm going to be a LOT more careful before upgrading to major iOS versions in the future.....
 
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corruptdream said:
Hi. I have an iPhone 15 Pro running iOS 26.5, which has been very stable. It doesn’t overheat or have any issues. If I update to iOS 26.6, is it just as stable?


Thank you!
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I'd leave it.
I've never had nearly as many issues with ANY prior version of iOS, as I have with 26.
I keep thinking to myself; "how much worse can it get? It CAN'T get any worse...."
And with each update, Apple keeps proving me more & more wrong.

If you do not have any issues and are happy with how your device is running on 26.5; LEAVE IT.

I'm FINALLY happy, as 26.6 seems to have FINALLY shaken off the awful overheating issues, ridiculous battery drain, and overall garbage theme.

IF it ain't broke, do NOT fix it. iOS 26 is NOT the version to be experimenting with.
 
ahmede said:
"Performance and battery improvements " has to be a typo.
Aprox 10 days in ( installed RC ) and my phone is running like poop.

Stutters , glitches , battery life sucks
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Let's be real; iOS 26.0 was not even alpha software. It should never have been publicly released, let alone as so-called "production" software.

I have never complained as much - but I've never had nearly as many issues - as I have about iOS 26. Each version keeps introducing new bugs and apple has found a magical way to make each update worse & worse & worse.

FINALLY with 26.6, my phone isn't cooking itself, the battery lasts longer than ~3 hours, and it actually runs smoothly, as we've come to expect from iOS.

If you aren't on the actual final public version of 26.6, I'd install that. Apple is clearly high AF as to what constitues publicly appropriate software, so the fact its an "RC" in reality (for 26) means it's alpha software.

Good luck.
 
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Populus said:
I, despite being eager to jump to iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27, I’ll wait until the 27.2 or 27.3 version…

I’ll perform clean installs of iOS 26.6, iPadOS 26.6, and macOS 26.6, and stay there until holidays, when I’ll jump directly to the 27.2 or 27.3 version.

Although, if the reports of the early versions are good, maybe I’ll do the upgrade with 27.1 instead. I still don’t know.
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Same.
I'm optimistic about 27, and the very little reading I've done affirms that it's largely a "bug fix, polish, improve what we've got" release and not any really major new features.

Still; iOS 26 has been so utterly awful for me, I'm definitely going to also wait until at least 27.2 or .3 before I upgrade again.

Each version of 26 kept getting worse & worse & worse.
 
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corruptdream said:
Hi. I have an iPhone 15 Pro running iOS 26.5, which has been very stable. It doesn’t overheat or have any issues. If I update to iOS 26.6, is it just as stable?


Thank you!
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iOS 26.6 is more stable than 26.5 for sure (iPhone Air) The last few 26.5.X releases were poor. I’d recommend everyone update!
 
Populus said:
I, despite being eager to jump to iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27, I’ll wait until the 27.2 or 27.3 version…

I’ll perform clean installs of iOS 26.6, iPadOS 26.6, and macOS 26.6, and stay there until holidays, when I’ll jump directly to the 27.2 or 27.3 version.

Although, if the reports of the early versions are good, maybe I’ll do the upgrade with 27.1 instead. I still don’t know.
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I might jump onto iOS 27 at the end of August. It does seem it’s going be a mainly stability improving release and not many new features, I’m ok with that after the car crash that has been iOS 26.
 
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