Battery Drain on iOS 26 and iOS 26.0.1.

I have the same issue on my Iphone 13 Pro Max. Not the newest battery, but no problem lasting a day and a half with quite a lot of use. Now it is all drained in 6 hours. Hope this can be corrected, Apple…. Quite dissatisfied at the moment.

The 26 & 26.01 updates are DRAINING MY BATTERY! I text all day for my work and from 7:30am-12pm my battery is down below 40% I can barely make it to 3:30pm without being under 15%. This is total BS and needs to be fixed ASAP! I don’t appreciate having to buy more power cords and blocks to now try and charge on my 30 min lunch break! Apple ****** me off. Let us decide what features we want. FIX THE BATTERY!

I did an update this week and I am having the exact same problem. I have an iPhone 15 that is one year old.

My battery health says it’s fine however my battery is draining after a few hours and I am not using it any differently than usual. Today I had to charge it three times and on a normal day I still have over 45% at the end of the day.

I don’t know dude, maybe you don’t have problems while others do. It’s not hard to understand. Why does a $800+ phone drain so much battery only AFTER a particular big update? It worked perfect iOS 18. But I’m sure it’s all 1 big coincidence that a plethora of users are complaining at once

the truth is ios 26 has battery drain issue ,some are saying use power save mode ,,why we use in power saver mode thats ios pblm not our pblm , i am facing huge battery drain in 26 ios then i update to 26.0.1 but still same issue ,, in have updated all apps and its been 20 days still facing battery drain issue ,, and there is no option to change to previous 18.5 ios ,, 70% battery when is restart it gets 64% ,, phone iphone 15 plus ,,,

I agree and have the same with a year old 16 pro. Battery is 100% health all apps closed and battery drains within 8 hours. My wife has the same phone and hers is worse son and daughter have 15 and 13 and theirs are worse. All on 26.01. Was on the beta and that seemed to have sorted it. Come on Apple not acceptable.

This is a problem that is also occurring on iPads. I have a fairly new iPad 9th gen, and before the iPadOS 26 update, I could use my iPad for like 2 hours and it would only drop 15-25 percent, but after the update, after using my iPad for 2 hours it dropped by 40 percent

I have an iPhone 13 Pro Max. It has been doing fine until this new iOS 26+ update. All apps updated & restart done. This happens every time a new iPhone drops. I went from having 91 battery health to 71. That’s a dramatic change in battery health. It’s like I’m being forced to get a new iPhone.

My battery health the day prior to upgrading (tongue in cheek) to iOS 26 was 100%. One week after the download my battery health was down to 88%. This seems to be the least transparent attempt by Apple to attempt to force me to buy a new phone. These kind of things are what cause brand loyal people like myself to consider other options. Time to admit you have a problem and get it fixed!

Same problem, I am also facing the battery. Train is super fast as compared to iOS update 26. After updating iOS 26 battery without using any single time of phone, the battery trains 95 to 20% in just 5 to 6 hours Before update iOS 26. The battery life is so good. I am not charged twice a day, but in after updating iOS 26 charging three times a day, even it is not fulfilled

Exactly! I have a 2 year old 13 with a strong battery that gets only nominal usage during the day (I typically see 3 days of battery life between charges) and is presenting the same symptoms you described. I was planning to upgrade to a 17 around Thanksgiving but, Im disinclined to invest further $$$ into the Apple rabbit hole. The promise that it will all be fine after a few days is false, and blaming non-Apple apps is a cop-out. My phone gets hot when making a phone call - is the phone app not an Apple app? Considering Samsung….Best of luck to you!

I have had the same issue. My iPhone 14 battery health was 86% before the update, after the update, in 3 days my battery health went down to 75%. Each day got worse my phone now dies at 98% turns on at 10% then dies again, I charge it and it take about 20 mins to go back to 100% then does the same process over again. I never had an issue before this update. My sound also goes up and down on its own.

i had a 7 plus years ago with battery health of 72% and never had this issue at all.

having the same issue on iPhone 14 Pro 512 with 86% capacity and iOS 26.0.1.

apps that show large percentage usage didnt use to behave that way, even though all of them are updated. moreover, apple native apps and HOME SCREEN also have unsatisfactory performance.

its crazy i have to charge my $1000 phone 3-4 times a day. apple, get busy.

Same issue is here. The idle drain is too much. I have purchased my new iphone 16 pro in August 2026 and I did the grave mistake to upgrade from ios 18 to 26 and now idle battery drain is just killing me even will reduce transparency on.

This needs to be addressed asap.

ps: i have upgraded my phone almost a week ago on 1st october 2026

I have the same crazy problem with my iPhone 13 Mini.. Battery draining after update to iOS 26 is crazy. And my battery was changed in November 2024, so health is 97 %.. This needs to be fixed ASAP, because i need to charge my phone twice a day and i am not using it at all..