{"id":174346,"date":"2025-09-22T16:52:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T16:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/174346\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T16:52:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T16:52:08","slug":"ios-26-problems-user-complaints-include-lag-and-clunky-app-redesigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/174346\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 26 problems: User complaints include lag and clunky app redesigns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple\u2019s new iOS 26 update<\/a> is finally rolling out to the masses after a months-long beta. Paired with the launch of the iPhone 17 lineup<\/a>, you\u2019d expect fireworks. But so far, the reception to Apple\u2019s so-called \u201cbiggest iOS update in years\u201d has been\u2026 meh. To be fair, that\u2019s par for the course with iOS updates. Apple can never please everyone. But if you\u2019re staring at that update notification wondering whether to pull the trigger, here\u2019s what you should know.<\/p>\n

What Mashable is saying<\/p>\n

As the proud owner of a battered iPhone 13 Pro, I went ahead and upgraded. My biggest gripe has been the battery life. It feels shorter than usual \u2014 though, to be fair, that might just be the “new iOS tax” while my phone re-indexes and chews through storage. I\u2019m hoping a few days (and maybe a little spring cleaning) will fix that. Beyond that, iOS 26 feels\u2026 fine. Nothing groundbreaking, just some quality-of-life tweaks dressed up as revolution. Apple\u2019s obsession with rearranging the furniture and calling it progress is, as always, a little maddening.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not alone, either. Tim Marcin<\/a>, our associate digital culture editor, loves the new charging feature that tells you how long it\u2019ll take to hit 80% \u2014 and he swears his phone charges more efficiently now. But he also finds the Safari redesign clunky and irritating.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Tech Reporter Alex Perry<\/a> summed up his feelings bluntly: to him, iOS 26 is basically Apple \u201cjust changing some colors.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n Mashable Light Speed\n <\/p>\n

What the internet is saying<\/p>\n

Over on Reddit, opinions on iOS 26 are mixed but leaning positive. Scroll through threads in the iPhone and iOS subreddits and you\u2019ll find the full spectrum: some users swear the update feels half-baked and laggy, while others report everything running smoothly and say they\u2019re loving it. As always, it kind of depends on who you ask \u2014 and whether they\u2019ve been living with the beta for weeks already.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m honestly disappointed with nearly every design decision they made. It seems Apple prioritized flashy mimicry over actual functionality, which feels like the least Apple-like direction I\u2019ve ever seen,” one user said<\/a>. Another on the same thread stated that<\/a> “My screen time has been cut in half with the same amount of drainage.”<\/p>\n

In other threads<\/a>, plenty of users were less than impressed. Some complained the update “feels almost exactly the same,” while others roasted the redesign, saying the “visual style was designed and approved by a bunch of people who don\u2019t use dark mode.”<\/p>\n

Still, it\u2019s not all grumbling. A chunk of users say they\u2019re genuinely enjoying iOS 26. And honestly, that tracks: with any big iOS overhaul, a lot of the frustration just comes down to retraining your muscle memory. Give it time, and what feels jarring today usually becomes second nature tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple\u2019s new iOS 26 update is finally rolling out to the masses after a months-long beta. Paired with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[165,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-174346","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}