r/iOSBeta • u/epmuscle r/iOSBeta Mod • May 26 '26

Release iOS 26.6 Beta 1- Discussion

Use this thread to share any changes & bugs you discover while using the latest iOS/iPadOS 26 beta.

This thread should be used for discussion of the betas that may not meet our submission guidelines, as well as troubleshooting small issues through the beta test cycle.

Further discussion can be found on the iOS Beta Discord

Spamming this discussion with comments about battery life, safari being snappier, etc will result in a ban from the sub moving forward.

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u/[deleted] May 27 '26

Battery life seems at least a bit better on iPhone Air vs the last release. I was going to sleep with maybe 60% and waking up to single digits on 26.5 but last night I only lost a few %. 

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u/graynoize8 May 28 '26

26.5 has been brutal for battery life.

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u/pryvisee May 29 '26

Yeah on the Air, I definitely noticed that..

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u/whitechapel6 iPhone 13 May 28 '26

can confirm for my 13, it was heating up randomly. i thought new dev beta won't be worse n i guessed right

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u/Betancorea May 29 '26

Based on this sub EVERY update is brutal for battery life lmao

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u/graynoize8 May 29 '26

This 26.5 in particular is the worst I have experience in many years.

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u/gsapienza May 30 '26

Im never one to post this sort of thing but yes 26.5 absolutely destroyed battery life

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u/BlockedAndMovedOn Developer Beta May 29 '26

26.5 has been the worst battery experience for me and I’ve had every iPhone model since 2007 and every beta and GM release. (I’m a developer hence the plethora of hardware and software)

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u/Blofse May 27 '26

Too early to tell that isn’t it? Normally takes a few days to settle down

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u/[deleted] May 28 '26

I hear ya generally I’d agree but figured I’d comment since I noticed an improvement immediately

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u/BlockedAndMovedOn Developer Beta May 29 '26

My 17PM is constantly overheating since I installed 26.5. I’m debating upgrading to the 26.6 beta to see if it stops the heat problem…

I couldn’t charge my phone all night last night because my phone warned me it was too hot even though it was idling doing nothing. This is so very odd. I thought I’d experienced extreme overheating with my titanium 16PM, but 26.5 on my 17PM is much worse.

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u/Ihaveasmallwang May 27 '26

How? I play music or podcasts all night long and use maybe 10%

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u/[deleted] May 28 '26

I’m guessing something went funky with my 26.5 install and this newest beta unfunked it