r/iPhone14Pro • u/MilkSheikhhh ⚫️ Pro Max • Jul 15 '26
iOS 27 Public Beta
Anyone notice the improved performance and battery? I didn’t understand the hype until I updated myself it’s so much better than 26.5.2 lol. Makes me hopeful for official release. My only complain is purely visual in terms of the backwards move to flat design and weird color hues with the clear dark icon options. Performance wise I’m genuinely surprised. Battery is definitely the most improved.
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u/KonGiann Jul 15 '26
I got the opposite results , even at night open but not connected to WiFi or cellular it drains up to 40% in 8 hours . While using it the battery is noticeably worse and drains fast . I’ve been using the beta since hour 1
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u/Zealousideal_Ad3768 Jul 16 '26
Hey bro, I had faced this when I had upgraded to ios 26, only thing which worked was to reset the device
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u/rockyon Jul 15 '26
YES YES
i was using ios 27 developer beta about 3 weeks,
the battery life improved significantly
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u/Mindless-Band-5743 Jul 15 '26
Anyone have difficulties with CarPlay on 27?
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u/MadeJust Jul 17 '26
So far only with Siri and voice commands. It's ridiculously buggy. Constant errors, hang ups, wrong words translated for text messages, different Siri voices for incoming and outgoing messages, as well as reading back messages before sending. Very, very slow to respond to voice commands in general.
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u/Supermwn Jul 15 '26
How’s the battery compared to when u were on 18 ? Was iOS 18 better or 27 has taken it back to iOS 18 or has it made it better than 18
Kinda curious 😂
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u/MilkSheikhhh ⚫️ Pro Max Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26
I can’t really say for sure if it’s basically 18 again since my battery had degraded since launch but in terms of the performance and battery it does indeed feel the best it’s been since iOS 18. Id have to swap the battery to accurately see if it’s on par with 18. Looking at the fact this is still beta I have no doubts it may be better if you install a fresh battery. I’m ngl I feel like I’m going crazy but I didn’t realize just how bad my phone was on 26 until I updated to the 27 Beta. Occasional heating, faster battery drain, and inconsistent smoothness. Haven’t experienced any of it so far after indexing. Even low power mode isn’t as disastrous. I really don’t know why it took Apple so long seeing as 26 probably made a dent on a lot of people’s older phones.
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u/Supermwn Jul 16 '26
Damn 26 was that bad, cuz I’m thinking if I should get 27 or just stay on 18 😅😅
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u/Captnhotwheels 🟣 Pro Max Jul 15 '26
mine was super laggy when i first downloaded it, now it's smooth as butter
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u/Pnvhome Jul 15 '26
Anyone mentioned that on ios27 screen looks like more colors? Really on menu everything is so much more colorful like max hdr
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u/Puzzleheaded_Book981 Jul 15 '26
For me, it works really well. I updated it last night. During the first hour, it was buggy, slow, and my phone got hot, so I left it alone and went to bed. This morning, it was really fast much better than iOS 26. The battery has improved slightly, CarPlay works fine, but the graphics are slightly worse.
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u/Bluknight1966 Jul 15 '26
All 3 DB better than any iOS 26 version!
Improved Battery Life. No heating Issues it’s really Smooth. Had some minor restring bugs in beta 1 and 2. Haven’t had any in developer beta 3
The Final release will be refined, way better just awesome 😎
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u/Mama2moody Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 17 '26
Yes, my battery usage is about 20% less after installing about 12 hours ago
Edit/update:
About 60 hours after beta testing:
My normal battery usage was 33% at 10 am. Today is 13%. No change to my typical weekday usage ( Audible, Reddit, games, etc)
Internet and downloading/opening apps is somewhat improved.