Slow performance and lag after iOS 26 update on iPhone

Hello Apple Team,

I recently updated my iPhone to iOS 26, and since the update, I’ve noticed that my battery is draining significantly faster than before. In addition, when using the Facebook app, scrolling through photos has become noticeably slow and laggy.

I’ve tried restarting my phone and closing background apps, but the issue still persists. Please look into this, as it’s affecting my phone’s overall performance and user experience.

Thank you for your attention and continued work on improving iOS.

bryn203 wrote:

Hello Apple Team,

I recently updated my iPhone to iOS 26, and since the update, I’ve noticed that my battery is draining significantly faster than before. In addition, when using the Facebook app, scrolling through photos has become noticeably slow and laggy.

It is always a good idea to read the posts before adding another comment and provide the details from what you have learned in those posts.

This site is a user to user forum, so Apple is not here to read your post. If you would like to address Apple directly, then it would be best to use their feedback link:

Product Feedback - Apple

For any app specific problem, that will have to be addressed by the Developer.

Two weeks have passed since the update. Have we been indexing since then, or what's going on?

Why can't they release an update without messing up our phones?

iphone 13 128 gb.

Apple can you patch this mess up? I would like to use my phone.

Beyond a joke now.

Still extremely laggy (iPhone 14 pro max) battery died during the night from 25% it has never done this before.

thankfully my contract is up and I will go over to Android. Apple customer service has been awful to deal with this issue.

Has anyone found a way to fix it as yet? Done everything that has been advised, thus far.

Please do not blame jailbreaking, dropping heat etc. I upgraded as required to use new apple watch and immediately after upgrade iPhone 13 connects to wifi but not internet. Even if only on cellular, it is very very slow and almost useless.

AdB1973 wrote:

Apple should fix this!

iOS 26.1 is currently in beta and we cannot comment on the issues that have been resolved in that update as it is a violation of the terms for being a beta tester. If you have tried all the recommendations here then waiting for that update may be your only option to compare your results. I assume you have already Factory Reset your device using a computer to reinstall the OS in case of data corruption.

There is no reason for strong language, we are all civilized human beings that are perfectly capable of communicating with each other without any name calling, whether you feel it is appropriate or not.

Do they test older devices before releasing an iOS update? How far back do they go? For example, did they test iOS 26 on iPhone 11? Is there any interest on fixing these significant lagging and battery drainage issues? It seems to me that all they need to do is have the option to disable the heavy operating system's demands. I have more than 115 GB free and have tried every possible suggestion I find in here and on the internet, plus I have waited a few weeks, nevertheless nothing has improved for my phone performance. I’m at the point where I really wish I never updated.

I have already disabled Apple Intelligence and Transparency and the performance still feels like an Android device. It was super snappy, on the point, every single aspect of the phone was blazingly fast, even on my old iPhone 11 Pro was super fast, now i'm on an iPhone 15 Pro with a very odd and bad performance on the iOS 26 even after more than a month.

gowtham132 wrote:

My iphone 13 getting lag when i use to play efootball game and very slow

Any issue with a single app would need to be resolved by that developer. There was an update to that app 16 hours ago in the App Store where the Developer said they have resolved a number of bugs and issues.

My Xs max never hanged in 4 year as well 14 plus but in 15 pro max I m struggling same..after buying expensive phone we get lags because of updates and which stop me to buy next expensive phone again.because os remain same for all.

thanks apple

It’s been a while since the new IOS 26 update rolled out. My iPhone 14 Pro which is on IOS 18 feels wayy smoother than my iPhone 16 pro on the iOS 26. While it has it perks, it’s mostly all downhill since it lags a LOT! It is literally one year old and it lags like crazy. I can’t even roll back to iOS 18. Please fix it ASAP as it is really annoying and frustrating to use specially since the phone is ONLY ONE YEAR OLD

Is Apple going to fix these issues in their eco system? Because my apple watch and my iphone 13 pro max now perform like 5 years old Xiaomi. I mean, the Apple phones was always a thing - you buy and you can use it several years and it will work perfectly, but now, it's not.

Yup it’s true I have a 16+ 4 months old iOS 18 was working perfectly. And soon as I installed iOS 26 the fps dropped during any type of gameplay. And how nice of apples sorry decision to force the update and unsign iOS 18. They should’ve left the option to downgrade til they perfected iOS 26.

It's pretty clear to me that most of us are experiencing unacceptable performance issues, along with significant processing delays, and that we didn't have these issues before updating to iOS 26. I don't know how long it will take Apple to fix these, but one easy and immediate solution they could implement is to allow users to revert to the previous version of iOS. Once they have an acceptable solution, we'll be able to update to the latest version. What do you all think?

After updating my iPhone 15 to iOS 26, WhatsApp started lagging and freezing during chats. The new sent msg getting disappear with keyboard. I tried reinstalling and updating, but the issue remains. Please fix this in the next update.