iPhone 16 Pro Battery Life Now TERRIBLE with iOS 26

[ThePinkChameleon]

Idk if it’s a placebo effect…I updated my phone yesterday to 26.0/1. Today my phone came off the charge at 7:43…here we are almost 14hrs later and I STILL have 24% left. I’ve used my phone as normal, I think Apple heard me complaining about battery life

I feel like this last update set my phone right again here’s to hoping….

 

[locksmack]

I feel like this last update set my phone right again

Likewise, it seems like my battery is back to normal since updating to 26.0.1. Thank god!

 

[Paddle1]

I might be seeing the same with 26.0.1. I took my phone off charge on Friday and I still have some battery left now on Sunday morning. I was able to get two days of use on iOS 18.

 

[Maskatron]

Before IOS 26.01 a 2 hr phone call would consume maybe 20% of my battery and now it's 60 - 65% of my charge on a 16 Pro Max.

 

[Fred Zed]

I find it more difficult with OS 26 to see what's draining battery more than the last 24 hours—culprit apps. It shows the app that's obvious as you've been using it, but it feels less transparent.

i wish there was a way to see what apps are killing it in background processes etc.

Yeah the new battery chart layout is confusing for me. Then again I haven’t really spent much time time researching it so far.

 

[BigDO]

FWIW, battery life is worse on 26.1b2 than 26.0.1.

 

[killhippie]

I have to say I have not really noticed anything that bad on mine, my 16 pro is still on 100% with 117 cycles after buying it at launch last year. So maybe a tiny increase but tbh imperceptible and it seems to be lasting just fine.

 

[Android is waste]

Yeah, same here on my iPhone 16 Pro. I’m running iOS 26.0.1 with 94% battery health and 322 cycles and when compared to iOS 18, it’s pretty bad. I take my phone off the charger at 95% (since that’s my charge limit) in the morning and at around 12:00, it comes down to 20%. So I’m having to charge it twice a day (afternoon and while going to bed). I’m currently not THAT worried about it because I know we are still in the early builds and it will get better with every update. But I am a bit annoyed about it when I had great battery life in iOS 18 no matter what I threw at it.

 

[judyg951]

I seem to be ok with my watch and 16ProMac phone, but my husband's watch doesn't last a day and his 16 Pro with minimal use is also running out of battery in less than a day. It's highly annoying.
He talked with Apple about another issue and was told that this app has caused major problems for a lot of people. They should have tested it more before releasing rather than using us to test it for them!!!