Slow performance and lag after iOS 26 update on iPhone

I updated my phone around 2-3 weeks ago and i’m still getting significant lag throughout apps, the most noticeable being Roblox, Discord and my work app. However i am using an iPhone 13 which could be the case but the phone was working perfectly fine before updating.

Im having the exact same issue! I have the IPhone 15 Pro (honestly this phone’s camera is so bad I shouldn’t have chosen this one but alas) and I’ve experienced more hardships than advantages with the new update. Had anyone experienced any of the specific issues below? I wish I could undo it.

1. The first is that I have trouble finding photos using search and my pics and videos don’t sync onto the cloud as easily or frequently. With the old version I could search for something and find what I was looking for but now the results are warped.
2. The second is that I have experienced significant battery depletion. My battery health is normal yet with this update, I feel like I am bleeding battery all the time
3. The third - GLITCHING AND LAG IN ALL APPS. So much lag on across all apps and specifically glitches with messages app. When I type it’ll just glitch and spaz out. I can say this has ever happened before.
4. connectivity to internet too. The fourth thing I’ll add is that my MacBook Air and iPad both connect then disconnect to the WiFi. I know it’s the update that’s causing this because as soon as I updated my MacBook, my Internet stopped working as it would connect then disconnect connect disconnect so thinking my computer was broken. I got out my iPad, which did not have the new update and no issues however I did update my iPad to double check and see if the same thing would happen and sure enough the same thing happened.

What do I do?

Honestly, there’s no need to be a smart Alec. We all know how to update our apps. I am still having lag and battery issues after the second update and I have an iPhone 15. I update my apps every couple of days. What’s your solution now?

even after the brand new iOS update 26.0.1 I am still having severe lag and my calendar widget will not show scheduled appointments that are definitely on the calendar. This is getting to be bad enough for me to start looking for other devices that are not Apple. And I have been a solid Apple user for years.

I am facing same issue with my iPhone15 too as phone is drastically slow post upgrade. Is this is upgraded OS or a way to force users to buy new phone. Never felt that Apple work in the way Android generally does to slow down performance using OS upgrade.

I downloaded iOS 26 on my 16pro and it is unbearable to use. I can’t Apple Pay as while it is thinking the app times out. I tried to open a website on Safari. I took a shower and it was still trying to open it.

How do I get 18 back?

After update i cant block cookies or java scripts

if i block the reading web page collapses

adds comes on top of the page and cant read anything

some times I can’t close the pages ,there used to be a kill button to close all tab

i feel like the web page is controlling our settings

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Definitely Lagging issues. Apples performance over the years has been slowly dropping. More crashing apps, lagging speeds even with new devices and regular updates. We have all come to know Apple how it is today and put up with it. Newer tech which is fun and lifechanging, but still the glitches we just get use to. AirDrop between my devices is something I am used to these days. It sees the device, it says to send then it’s a waiting game or you have to back right out and try try again.

Ive been using the ISO 26 updated and still experience issues with majority of things. And my phone is only a couple of months old. But like many things, you get used to the problem and it feels like it has gone away.

Nope My phone is still laggy and mind it it was running perfectly all this while just after the update my phone started hanging up soo bad. I ve started to hate iphone as even my m3 ipad after the update is facing the issues its brand new …. the apps suddenly closes and more on my iphone14 plus maybe apple just trying to make people buy their new models scheme.

Wasanapplefan85 wrote:

Definitely Lagging issues.

Definitely no lagging issues for me (and millions of others, or they would say so). So you need to troubleshoot the problem with your phone rather than making blanket false statements.

Hello Apple Team,

I recently updated my iPhone to iOS 26, and since the update, I’ve noticed that my battery is draining significantly faster than before. In addition, when using the Facebook app, scrolling through photos has become noticeably slow and laggy.

I’ve tried restarting my phone and closing background apps, but the issue still persists. Please look into this, as it’s affecting my phone’s overall performance and user experience.

Thank you for your attention and continued work on improving iOS.

bryn203 wrote:

Hello Apple Team,

I recently updated my iPhone to iOS 26, and since the update, I’ve noticed that my battery is draining significantly faster than before. In addition, when using the Facebook app, scrolling through photos has become noticeably slow and laggy.

It is always a good idea to read the posts before adding another comment and provide the details from what you have learned in those posts.

This site is a user to user forum, so Apple is not here to read your post. If you would like to address Apple directly, then it would be best to use their feedback link:

Product Feedback - Apple

For any app specific problem, that will have to be addressed by the Developer.

Two weeks have passed since the update. Have we been indexing since then, or what's going on?

Why can't they release an update without messing up our phones?

iphone 13 128 gb.

Apple can you patch this mess up? I would like to use my phone.

Beyond a joke now.

Still extremely laggy (iPhone 14 pro max) battery died during the night from 25% it has never done this before.

thankfully my contract is up and I will go over to Android. Apple customer service has been awful to deal with this issue.

Has anyone found a way to fix it as yet? Done everything that has been advised, thus far.

Please do not blame jailbreaking, dropping heat etc. I upgraded as required to use new apple watch and immediately after upgrade iPhone 13 connects to wifi but not internet. Even if only on cellular, it is very very slow and almost useless.