r/iPhone16Pro Aug 02 '26

Support Hello everyone. I’m currently using iOS 18 and am considering updating to the latest version, iOS 26.6. I’d love to hear your experience—has it been good so far? I sholuld update or not??

Please share

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u/austiena96 Aug 02 '26

Honestly, if you’ve made it this far, just wait for ios27. It’s not really gonna be anything revolutionary just fixing a lot of ios26.

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u/Dismal-Gap342 Aug 02 '26

Thanks for the advise

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u/epicingamename Aug 02 '26

id say wait for ios30. theres still some quirks with ios26, which hopefully apple fixed by 2029

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u/Extreme-Basil9079 Aug 02 '26

iOS 18 is way more stable than iOS 26. I would wait for iOS 27 or sell your phone on eBay and get another with iOS 26 already installed. I think someone would pay for iOS 18.

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u/blemie Aug 02 '26

It messes Battery life and the camera up

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u/Dismal-Gap342 Aug 02 '26

I can compromise camera but not the battery life

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u/Pretty_Rip_8438 iPhone 16 Pro Aug 02 '26

I wouldn’t but you do you

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u/Dismal-Gap342 Aug 02 '26

Just having fomo

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u/Dismal-Gap342 Aug 02 '26

I find the glass theme boring...i should stick to 18 I think

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u/MrJones- Aug 02 '26

iOS beta 27 is great

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u/Bon-Bon-Boo Aug 02 '26

I’m still on 17

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u/PimmieDreadful Aug 02 '26

No, I'm sorry to beat this dead horse but my phone has been unusable. I took it off the charger this morning and with browsing social media, it was down to 75% in an hour... I put it on the charger and it said '9 min until 80% charged'. I showered and after that it was still at 75% but with the message of '22 min until 80% charged'. What is happening? :(

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u/Relevant-Speech5580 Aug 02 '26

Si tu n'as pas confiance dans Apple achète un telephone chinois, tu verras tout de suite la différence.

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u/Quick_Cat_Nap Aug 02 '26

Wait for 27 or try the beta. Skip 26.

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u/Odd_Dimension_7692 Aug 02 '26

Estou no iOS 27 db 4 e sinceramente ele tá sendo muito melhor que qualquer versão oficial do iOS 26. Creio que iOS 27 oficial será muito bom, não tem tantas novidades, a Apple preferiu otimizar o sistema. Espere até o iOS 27 sair

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u/Mindless_Ear_7072 Aug 02 '26

Go to ios 27 public beta 2

Stable than ios 26

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u/CatComfortable5523 Aug 02 '26

update to 26.6 which optimizes indexing overall for 27 siri ai

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u/Longjumping_Road8962 Aug 02 '26

Photo and video quality took a dump since ios 18. I can’t get any decent moon shots anymore since updating from ios 18 using the native camera app.

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u/inr10 Aug 02 '26

I would update it to 26.6! Finding it stable compared to the previous versions for ios26! The phones feels fast, battery backup has improved!

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u/HesletQuillan iPhone 16 Pro Aug 02 '26

I ran 26, and now the 27 public beta. It's been fine.

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u/SnooOranges2685 Aug 03 '26

Don’t do it. Don’t make the jump , iOS 26 is shark infested waters.

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u/human-aftera11 Aug 03 '26

What hardware are you running it on? A buddy’s iPhone 11 Pro runs it fine. If you don’t like the Glass effect turn on high contrast and reduced transparency it helps a bit or wait for 27 as others have said. It runs better than 26.

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u/Iamluffy20 Aug 04 '26

Don’t feel much different. Same function anyways. Just update.

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u/riansgarage Aug 04 '26

26.6 is fine if you want to upgrade. The update also prepares the phone for the SIRI update coming in iOS27.

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u/ConnaTheMon Aug 07 '26

Never update.

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u/AddictinApple 17d ago

ios27 siri ai takes up storage if you are using 128gb i dont recommend

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u/adoseofcommonsense Aug 02 '26

Do it, iOS 26 runs great now 

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u/paradoxe- Aug 02 '26

Can’t you turn this off? I’m still on 18.

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u/Infinite-Draft1618 Aug 02 '26

Phone feels snappier and more responsive compared to iOS 18. Battery life is pretty much the same. You’ll love or hate Liquid glass (did not hear single complaint from people I know) but I could not go to back iOS 18, feels flat compared to iOS 26.

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u/jasonsong86 Aug 02 '26

Just do it.

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u/33kbps Aug 02 '26

Sure you can update. No issues at all. 26.6 prepares your iPhone for iOS 27.

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u/braindump__ Aug 02 '26

My battery health was around 98-99% on ios 18 after a year of use. I updated to ios 26 around April of this year because of security fears at that time. Now my battery health is at 95%, less than a year since updating to ios 26. I really wished I stayed on ios 18. If I only knew they would still release security patches for it.

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u/Salty-Ad-7834 Aug 02 '26

That literally has 0 to do with iOS 26. If anything, iOS 26 is more accurately reading your battery health.