iOS 26 battery life thread.

[oMc]

Battery life has been solid for me on this beta 6. Hard to say without proper measurements and comparison but it feels like it’s as good as it was with 18.5.

iPhone 15 Plus with 92% battery health.

 

[Shelly74]

I switched from 18.6.1 to 26 Buplic Beta 3 and lost a lot of battery during the night, from 61% to 48%.

 

[Stiille]

I switched from 18.6.1 to 26 Buplic Beta 3 and lost a lot of battery during the night, from 61% to 48%.

Let it process the update for a few days, my battery life is quite good on the beta

 

[Shelly74]

Too late i am back to 18.6.1.

 

[Travis299]

Battery life has been solid for me on this beta 6. Hard to say without proper measurements and comparison but it feels like it’s as good as it was with 18.5.

iPhone 15 Plus with 92% battery health.

15PM.

 

[Stiille]

15PM

 

[goldmac2006]

15PM

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I’m one cycle above you… weird how we are 3% of battery health apart.

iPhone 15 Pro on iOS 26 beta 7

 

[ATmahe]

I‘m 300 cycles above you and only 1% of battery health apart.
iPhone 15 Pro on iOS25 Dev Beta 7.

 

[goldmac2006]

I‘m 300 cycles above you and only 1% of battery health apart.
iPhone 15 Pro on iOS25 Dev Beta 7.
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in between battery health but you got HIGH cycle count. I seen someone in the iOS 18 battery life thread went all the way to 800+ and hit the 80% capacity

 

[ATmahe]

Bought at release, together with the bad battery life of the 15 Pro, I wouldn’t say the cycle count is high.

 

[goldmac2006]

Bought at release, together with the bad battery life of the 15 Pro, I wouldn’t say the cycle count is high.

Got it. That’s why it decreased slower than I thought it would be at that point.

Any heat issues or battery preservation settings that you use on your iPhone?

 

[ATmahe]

I just use it.

 

[Apple_Robert]

I am averaging 2.5% / hour.

 

[goldmac2006]

I just use it.

Same here.

 

[IslesFan]

Has anyone noticed mail causing a drain on DB 7? iPhone 16 pro max.

 

[goldmac2006]

I am averaging 2.5% / hour.

Beta 7, right?

Has anyone noticed mail causing a drain on DB 7? iPhone 16 pro max.

My 15 pro does get a % drop of 3% if it fetches emails, like a ton.

Had the settings to fetch HOURLY only as an Apple Genius has advised me to to slow the battery health degradation at most, so the drain is intermittent.

 

[Apple_Robert]

Beta 7, right?



My 15 pro does get a % drop of 3% if it fetches emails, like a ton.

Had the settings to fetch HOURLY only as an Apple Genius has advised me to to slow the battery health degradation at most, so the drain is intermittent.

Corect. I am on beta 7.

 

[James6s]

Only day 2 but battery life public beta 4 has been surprisingly good on my 16 Pro. Certainly no issues with unwanted battery drain.

I do find the new battery interface in settings a little cluttered.

 

[MCKLMT]

Battery life on beta 7 is a little better over the previous.
I don’t like the new battery interface.

 

[FeliApple]

Only day 2 but battery life public beta 4 has been surprisingly good on my 16 Pro. Certainly no issues with unwanted battery drain.

I do find the new battery interface in settings a little cluttered.

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This interface is so pathetic, they have now made it impossible to determine screen-on time since last full charge. It’s the one thing that matters and they removed the imperfect - but usable - method we have on iOS 12 through 18.

I don’t know who made the decision, but this is not only change for change’s sake, the person or team that implemented it has no clue.

What is this showing? Battery percentage used per day, percentage remaining throughout the day, and screen-on time since 00:00.

Before we had the hourly screen-on time breakdown which allowed us to add individual bars to obtain the most important aspect of information: screen-on time since last full charge.

Apple removing this after adding usage time on iOS 5 is pure regression.

 

[huanbrother]

The 16 pro’s battery life was greatly improved in beta 5 and beta 6 (2nd revision), but again worsened in the current beta 7. Craig, what the heck?

 

[chrisf60647]

I installed the beta last night on my 15 Pro Max. I think that battery life is not as good as it is on 18.x. That being said, I also installed a beta and am not surprised.

 

[Stiille]

I installed the beta last night on my 15 Pro Max. I think that battery life is not as good as it is on 18.x. That being said, I also installed a beta and am not surprised.

Battery life is really good - you should wait a few days until you can judge

 

[MCKLMT]

1% of drain by hour this night.
Not bad?

 

[Stiille]

1% of drain by hour this night.
Not bad?

Installed beta 8 on my 16e yesterday evening. Took it of charger after midnight and slept 7 more hours - was still 100%, so pretty darn good i would say !