Apple is warning users: the highly anticipated iOS 26 update may temporarily affect iPhone battery life 🔋📱.
After any major update, iPhones run a series of background processes, such as re-indexing files, updating apps, and syncing new system data. This additional effort may lead to faster battery drain and a slight increase in temperature, especially on the first or second day. Apple confirms that this is normal and the situation will stabilize once all syncing processes are complete.
Some early users have reported a battery level drop of between 20% and 40% within an hour, and this issue often appears in older models. Apple states that these effects are short-term and are part of the process to ensure that new features work smoothly once the system stabilizes ⚙️✨
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