Potential issues with iOS 26 update

This recent update has been a nightmare. It has drained my battery excessively over a short amount of time, and most frustratingly, there are moments when I can't make/receive texts and phone calls. The screen occasionally freezes as well, causing me to restart my phone over and over. Lately, there have been a number of older texts that I deleted more than a year ago that are showing up as new. I thought at first that my phone was crashing out on me and that I was being manipulated by Apple into having to purchase a new one, but I'm coming across a ton of video about this recent update and the similar problems others are having. Being unable to make phone calls at times followed by a "call failed" note, I want to take a moment to thank Apple (strong sarcasm) for selling me a very expensive radio.

Then I suggest that you do like I did and provide feedback to Apple about the problem. Use this link. Product Feedback - Apple

The battery is draining much faster after updating to iOS 26 compared to the previous version.

just update to IOS 26 and when I scroll through facebook photos it lags significantly and I have also seen other people experiencing this please fix it ASAP.

My phone signed me out of my google account after updating it to iOS 26 and now I can’t text I really need to text I can’t use the email I have to sign back in

After updating ios 26.0.1 in iphone 16 pro. I am facing face id issue while unlocking iphone. after unlocking app icons are not showing. Heating issue,battery health become 100 to 96%.

Make an appointment at the Apple Store / Genius Bar or take the phone to an authorized Apple service shop.

You can find a list of authorized shops in your area by using this link:

Find Locations

I updated to IOS 26.0.1 and my Magic Keyboard can longer delete Outlook emails from the Delete key. This was a feature I used frequently and I have tried all troubleshooting suggested.

I’m using an iPhone 11,updated with IOS 26.

Black horizontal line on my screen still spreading,lagging,battery reduced

battery health is on 93% was working perfectly before update,overheating too

I updated my iPad Pro 11 M2 to iOS 26 without issues as well. I always do a Force Restart after doing a major iOS update and my only issue has been at times the Calendar when opened when Week is selected, it will still appear as Month. It seems to have corrected itself today, so no issues.

Just updated to iOS26 yesterday night. When I’m on the home screen and I try to swipe through the windows, it just randomly restarts. Sometimes it doesn’t restart completely, sometimes it completely shuts down. Basically I can’t look for apps manually because of this but only by writing them on the search bar. Please fix this.

I do not use haptics except on silent so I noticed that my phone had silenced post-update immediately. I know you said your case muted the phone, but my case isn’t anywhere near the buttons. I still flipped it off and on just to be sure but it was still vibrating. I assumed it was something new but after an unsuccessful tour of the settings, I gave up. About an hour after the update, I turned the ringer off and then on again…then it worked. What I am not seeing is reports of the phone sleeping right away. My battery charge is fine, and I checked my settings to see if I was in low battery mode. Nope. Suuuuper buggy.

A Force Restart did not fix this issue - the Calendar app always opens in the Month view even though the last time I used it was in the Week view. I have an iPad Pro 11” 3rd gen. My wife has the same issue with her iPad Air 2nd generation.

When i scroll down for search at the main screen the search appears, and at the right side of the screen there are some strange pixels appearing and moving when i rotate the phone in my hand

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iPad Pro 4th gen. Updated to iOS 26 with no issue. Restores backup and then reboots and stalls at an Apple logo. Tried 5 times. Tried and older backup. Can’t do it. iPhone 14 worked albeit it stalled a few times. Working decently now.