If your iPhone battery drains faster after updating to iOS 26, wait 24–48 hours for background tasks to settle. Then update to iOS 26.1, restart your iPhone, check and update battery-draining apps, disable Background App Refresh, and turn on Low Power Mode.

The outages appear to be happening nationwide, with the most reported locations including Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Tampa, St. Louis, Chicago, Minneapolis, Detroit, Washington, D.C. and New York City.

The release of iOS 18.5 has brought several challenges for iPhone users, including rapid battery drain, overheating, MagSafe charging disruptions, and unresponsive touchscreens. These issues appear to stem from software bugs and resource-intensive features ...

“There’s no workaround or user behavior that meaningfully mitigates this risk,” says Keeper Security’s Darren Guccione. Upgrading is "the only effective defense. Once patches are public, the exposure window widens for anyone who delays updating.”

There are a lot of cool things you can do with the iPhone keyboard, like turning it into a trackpad or using a multitude of gestures to optimize your smartphone experience. That is, of course, when your iPhone keyboard isn't acting weird. Through the ...

A frozen iPhone is usually struggling to keep up with something happening in the background. Sometimes it is too many apps running at once. Other times it is a system task that has stalled. Low battery power can also slow the phone to the point where it appears stuck.

All new smartphones encounter issues at launch. Of the many thousands of things that can go wrong with a device, no amount of internal testing will catch them all. On that basis, the release of the latest Apple flagship has been relatively smooth.

Imagine being in the middle of an important call, or halfway through sending a crucial email, or possibly just playing your favorite game, only for your iPhone to restart out of nowhere. It can be incredibly frustrating, and even more so if it happens ...

Your iPhone’s battery may be draining much faster than usual, even with minimal usage. This can be caused by various factors, including demanding apps, background activity, outdated software, or a deteriorating battery. Your iPhone may take an unusually ...