I was on wifi – cell service was disabled in fact (I switch it off automatically at home). It was heating up lots as well.
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iOS 26 battery life thread.
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Dang. High brightness? Indeed some heavy video streaming causes battery issues.
Heard iOS 26.1 beta 4 contains changes and features that interest me, so I’m going to update to it and transition off the public release for a bit. 🤏 will report back in a bit for battery life!
On 26.1 public beta 4 with iPhone 16 Pro Max and noticing the battery % is going down very slow. But when I restart the device, the battery % drops lower. Not sure what’s going on.
give it 24 hours to stabilize, my 15 pro did drain a bit when it booted after installation, but its due to update finishing in background.
The brightness is fairly high, but I don’t get the same battery drain with Netflix or iPlayer. Think I might just cancel Prime.
Yep. I did have to use freevee from prime video one time to watch a history movie for my history class.
It is so ridden with ads more than Apple TV+.
I never subscribe to prime video. Never at all.
What about battery health? Actual %, not SOT.
No iPhone, but my iPad Pro 11 M4, not even a year, and since 26 have watched the health drop precipitously. Not even a year old and at 87%.
Seen some postings and vids where users are complaining about health.
No iPhone, but my iPad Pro 11 M4, not even a year, and since 26 have watched the health drop precipitously. Not even a year old and at 87%.
Seen some postings and vids where users are complaining about health.
