iPhone 16 Pro Max iPhone 16 Pro Max - overheating when scrolling through FB/IG

[UnifiedMelody]

hello team,

I'm on iOS 26.2 && iOS 26.3 beta v2 [we use both phones, my mom and I - I run beta software] for both 16 Pro Max's

noticed on iOS 18 the phone was perfectly fine when initially the 16 Pro Max came out, never overheated [an improvement over the 15 Pro Max] and had phenomenal battery life. it was perfect

As soon as I was on 26.2/26.3 beta v2, either phone has a lot of unusual stuttering rendering promotion kind of redundant and the phone would heat up very quickly. I do have transparent mode off because personally not a huge fan of the gimmicky Liquid Glass they're promoting of i want it simple. not only that it would overheat on simple apps like FB/IG or even Notes app... which wasn't making sense, Notes doesn't even need data but I noticed the phone would heat up unusually which kind of was the reason I skipped the 14/15 Pro Max && waited for the 16 Pro Max.

anyone run into similar situation? This was on WiFi only, not even on Mobile data [disabled] and signal was very strong. and what to do in cases like this... im not sure if i really want to bring my phone into apple store in case they run some idiot diagnostic and still charge me. the phone is only ~1 year 4 months old...

my 11 Pro Max managed to last from launch day 2019 till 2024 while it heated a bit due to aging hardware/battery its nowhere as close to as bad as the 16 Pro max now which is even hotter, had to run it in cool water for a bit.

 

[Tsepz]

When it comes to FB and IG, I know they can be quite reckless in how the apps are optimised…I would recommend possibly checking if they are pinging your Location more than they should? I have turned off Location services on both IG and FB, as META seemed to be doing a lot of location tracking in the background.

 

[UnifiedMelody]

When it comes to FB and IG, I know they can be quite reckless in how the apps are optimised…I would recommend possibly checking if they are pinging your Location more than they should? I have turned off Location services on both IG and FB, as META seemed to be doing a lot of location tracking in the background.

so you suggest just disabling location tracking for almost everything [except maybe google maps which is imperative] and some food dining apps

 

[FreakinEurekan]

15PM and to a lesser extent, 16PM will really heat up. I don’t personally use social media (MacRumors excepted) so my 15PM doesn’t bother to me.

I’m told by friends who are Social Media addi… um, “fans” that the 17PM vapor-chamber cooling “got it right.”