Battery drain after ios 26.5, is it regular?

By Iconic, 1 August, 2026

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Hello all:

I have Iphone 17, i can not remember exactly, but may be after updating to ios 26.5, i have a hard battery drain.
i do not know if this is the OS, or an app that i downloaded or something, but my battery is not good.
the health is 94%, which i think not bad at all, but
is there away to know what app that can consume this huge amount of battery?

i went to the battery status and so on, but nothing strange there, just my regular apps.
so, any help willl be highly appreciated.

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By Magic Retina on Sunday, August 2, 2026 - 00:52

It's been at least a week, maybe two, and my battery is awful now. Phone constantly overheating, battery health has gone down, and the charge that used to last a full 12 hours maybe lasts 8 if I'm lucky. I'm not even using a phone that has access to any of the AI junk but I suspect I'm still facing the consequences of a bunch of rich people falling for a scam.

So, not sure if it's normal, but ignore the people who brush it off when it's not happening to them, because it's certainly happening to me and this iPhone 16e is barely over a year old.

By Don613 on Sunday, August 2, 2026 - 12:33

Asan iphone user, I have noticed a few times where the battery would drain but I was running a few apps at the time.

By Don613 on Sunday, August 2, 2026 - 12:33

Asan iphone user, I have noticed a few times where the battery would drain but I was running a few apps at the time.

By charles on Sunday, August 2, 2026 - 18:39

If you update to 26.6, that might solve the problem. I don't like the battery life of any of the E phones. It is short compared to the 16 or 16 pro.

By Brian Giles on Sunday, August 2, 2026 - 19:12

What do you see when you open battery info in settings?

When you scroll all the way down, what three apps does it say are consuming the most battery? Are any of the percentages unusually high?

I had horrible battery life on the last couple iOS 26 versions, and noticed that Safari was using way more battery power than it should. Thanks to @Brian and his epic tech support skillz, I found out that the culprate was my ad blocker. I uninstalled it but haven't yet tried a replacement.

By Iconic on Sunday, August 2, 2026 - 20:02

Hello all:
all apps that are using battery are apps that i allready using, like youtube whatsapp etc,
so, what will be the issue now?

By Brian on Sunday, August 2, 2026 - 21:38

Questions for you.
• Do you ever close apps that are running in your app switcher? Or do you always leave apps running or just sitting there?
• Under Settings, General, Background App Refresh, do you have every single app enabled? Is it for Wi-Fi only, or both Wi-Fi and data, or do you have this feature fully disabled?
• Do you have any widgets running? Either on any of your Homescreens, or in your Today View?

By jim pickens on Sunday, August 2, 2026 - 21:53

The 16e is in fact an Apple Intelligence compatable device so I'm afraid you've been scammed. If you'd like to avoid being scammed in future, I'd suggest not purchasing an apple intelligence capable device as their soul function is to drain battery for very goodreasons that have to do with customer metrics and the like, it's all very complex stuff, you wouldn't get it.