Slow performance and lag after iOS 26 update on iPhone

I have an Iphone 13 and my available storage is 132GB. My battery health is 91 even after 3 years of usage which means i have been taking care of my iphone pretty well. Still after my Update my Iphone faces many lag and few apps are not responsive at times.

Thank you for this comprehensive overview of all the issues. However, I have an iPhone 13 and iOS 26 brings me lots of problems in terms of software. It is impossible to take a picture or record videos, to scroll the app on the home page, sometimes the phone unlocks with face ID, but a black screen appears, and even locking is impossible. It is impossible to record the screen and show the error because, as said before, the iPhone crashes as soon as I press the button for taking pictures.

This is very frustrating, and it is not just about the cases you've shown. In this case, the software is not performing well enough and lots of bugs should be reported and managed. Before iOS 26, my device worked perfectly.

Before updating, my iPhone was running smoothly without performance issues. However, after the iOS 26 update, the device now feels unresponsive, and simple tasks take longer than usual. This is especially disappointing given that I rely on my iPhone for both personal and work-related activities.

I kindly request Apple to look into this matter and provide guidance on resolving the performance issues caused by the update. If this is a known issue, please advise whether a fix or patch will be released soon.

I have always trusted Apple for its quality and performance, and I hope this matter will be addressed at the earliest.

Thank you for your attention and support.

I have the same problems. It even goes to an extent where the screen brightness suddenly significantly drops down, and I am almost unable to read anything.

I am running an iPhone 13 Pro and considered, switching back to my old Pixel 6 since this phone handles all the updates perfectly fine

Just had Apple delete my previous post because I mentioned it might be a scam for us to buy a new phone well to whoever deleting my post I wouldn't think it's a scam if my phone was performing the same as it was before the update just seems a bit convenient

I have iPhone 16 pro max and after updating to iOS 26 my device has significantly slowed down. I am experiencing lag and sometimes the screen gets stuck for a while. today morning I even had my Bluetooth disabled and It was not letting enable it. I am attaching the screenshot

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they will tell you battery & storage & other excuses, but in reality all my friend and brothers and me have the same issue, they just release unfinished product, also AI not here Apple just become bad in the recent years…

Same here. Just booted up the new iPhone 17 with the new iOS and it’s significantly slower than any iPhone/iOS I’ve ever had. Like everyone is saying, switching apps and navigating screens is incredibly laggy, unlocking with Face ID/passcode takes a few seconds, even scrolling up/down a page has noticeable latency, battery life for a brand new device is surprisingly bad (lasted less than 20 hours of spotty usage on a full charge). How the heck do I undo this garbage update? APPL YOU NEED A RELEASE FIX ASAP!!

My iPhone 13 Pro after updated has to slow n lag…even I can’t make any call or answer someone call…I was shocked my iPhone became an Android phone…. Service inconvenience…I missed my iPhone 4! Disappointed ios26

Amazing! That really worked like magic ✨🙌

My iPhone 16 Pro has been SUPER lagging the past 10 days, since I updated to iOS 26. FaceID has been extremely slow at loading and registering my face every time I've picked it up, since the last update. But after using this "hack" it seems instantaneously more responsive at registering my face!

I didn't turn it "off and then on again" though, as mentioned. I turned it on, restarted the app, and then turned it off again. It seems like it has improved the speed and responsiveness for sure. Doesn't make much sense to me why that would work, but I'm happy it did 🙃🤷‍♂️🤔

(iPhone 16 Pro, 512GB, 223GB free storage)

Same here. After 10 days my device is slow to open from the lock screen, and very laggy, probably thanks to all the pointless animations and “dynamic” nonsense. I’ve done my best to switch as much of them, and rubbish Liquid Glass, off as I can but it’s still there. Not to mention how iOS26 has killed Safari…

I’ve experienced the lag as well. I also experienced a lot of issues with my bookmarks. I’m being forced to log in to sites I always left open. Also, they are taking h longer to load. Yesterday I was experiencing the failed to send text messages as well. I wasn’t aware that an update could take 3-5 days to settle. However, I’ve experienced these issues long after the update

Add me to the list of users suffering from severe lag after the update. I noticed it with just trying to move apps into folders - completely unresponsive when I try to move apps. I so hope they are working on fixing this, since the issue is so severe!

Jesseadrian wrote:

Just look at the reddit threads,

Yea, that is the answer. You will also learn the earth is flat! Are there any other conspiracy theories that you have found there? When you speak of misinformation, you really need to consider your sources.

After updating my iPhone 15 pro max to iOS 26, my phone’s battery performance has become terrible. Before, it easily lasted around 14 hours, but now it barely goes 8 hours, My battery health is still 92%, so this clearly isn’t an old battery issue.

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