iPadOS26.1: your opinion on this update.

[FeliApple]

The Feedback is more genuine once you’ve actually spent time to use the OS imo. Basing your opinion on other people without trying the OS itself doesn’t make me believe them especially if there already has been a fix for it.

The fix will never come. It will improve but it won’t match the original version. The current implementation of Split View is worse. Battery life is better than 26.0 yet seven times worse in animation battery consumption than iOS 18 (it was 13 times worse with 26.0).

I can’t try it if Apple doesn’t allow me to downgrade. But I can watch videos and read threads to have an informed opinion on the design.

I can’t exactly know how much is the battery life difference, that one is tougher. But I’m not killing my device just to prove I’m right on MacRumors, sorry.

Many people reported that they saw a 15-20% drop with the 16 series. They shared screenshots. Battery comparison tests showed a similar (yet slightly smaller) difference, with the caveat that they weren’t testing the animations, just playing content on-screen. So more or less add the animation drain and you get a 15-20% like people reported.

I don’t have access to another 16 Plus to test it fully and I’m not updating mine.

There were several reports on the A16 iPad, even iPadOS 26.1 doesn’t fix everything. It is an improvement apparently, especially in terms of battery life.

But it will never match iOS 18. Animations are too heavy. Hopefully iPadOS 26.2 keeps improving performance (which is quite poor on 26.0) and battery life (which has been severely affected).

 

[Mrbiggestman]

The fix will never come. It will improve but it won’t match the original version. The current implementation of Split View is worse. Battery life is better than 26.0 yet seven times worse in animation battery consumption than iOS 18 (it was 13 times worse with 26.0).

Bug fixes and better gesture navigation at to me I’m optimistic. The battery life is about average, its only when I update my OS version or use betas then battery life can decrease quicker.

I can’t try it if Apple doesn’t allow me to downgrade. But I can watch videos and read threads to have an informed opinion on the design.

Yeah true but your just not going to capture the full picture of what is better and what is worse when your using it, not when somebody else uses it.

I can’t exactly know how much is the battery life difference, that one is tougher. But I’m not killing my device just to prove I’m right on MacRumors, sorry.

Many people reported that they saw a 15-20% drop with the 16 series. They shared screenshots. Battery comparison tests showed a similar (yet slightly smaller) difference, with the caveat that they weren’t testing the animations, just playing content on-screen. So more or less add the animation drain and you get a 15-20% like people reported.

I don’t have access to another 16 Plus to test it fully and I’m not updating mine.

I can’t really speak for iPhone as I haven’t really used any modern iphone as a daily driver.

There were several reports on the A16 iPad, even iPadOS 26.1 doesn’t fix everything. It is an improvement apparently, especially in terms of battery life.

But it will never match iOS 18. Animations are too heavy. Hopefully iPadOS 26.2 keeps improving performance (which is quite poor on 26.0) and battery life (which has been severely affected).

Most issues were fixed in iPadOS 26.1 on my A16. But because I only used the full release for only a day (iPadOS 26.2 beta 1 released next day), I can only go off my RC experience and how good that was.

 

[transmaster]

For the first time I am noticing short reported battery life. My iPad M4 Pro 13” 1TB does not move around much. I have it set to charge to 80% and it stays plugged into a charger/Mac Studio. I had unplugged it to use in a different area and it seem to discharge much faster than before iPadOS 26. I know the battery percentage is in the software, and not necessarily reflected in the actual battery state but there is no way I can put one of my test instruments on the battery to see what is actually going on.

 

[Mrbiggestman]

For the first time I am noticing short reported battery life. My iPad M4 Pro 13” 1TB does not move around much. I have it set to charge to 80% and it stays plugged into a charger/Mac Studio. I had unplugged it to use in a different area and it seem to discharge much faster than before iPadOS 26. I know the battery percentage is in the software, and not necessarily reflected in the actual battery state but there is no way I can put one of my test instruments on the battery to see what is actually going on.

How short is the battery life now compared to when you last took it off charge.