What to know
- Many users report the offset, Bordeaux and random seeds after update to iOS 26
- Problems include delayed application launches, lag of tactile inputs and animation freezing
- Current correction: Restart, reset settings, deactivate the background processes or reinstall iOS
- Apple has not yet confirmed a corrective, so these are bypass solutions suffered by the user
If iOS 26 feels lagging behind or glitch, you are certainly not alone. People on newer and older models – especially the iPhone 15 – have said that transitions are slow, stammering applications and that batteries are quickly drained after update. The new “liquid glass” design and additional system features use more storage and treatment, leading to more reported frame drops and slower reactivity on certain devices.
Why iOS 26 feels.
Many iPhone owners say that iOS 26 works worse than iOS 25. Complaints range from the response of the slow keyboard to home screen bins. For some, applications hang longer than usual before opening. Others say that scrolling is nervous, like frames of frame every few seconds. The update seems to reach harder older devices, but even new models are not immune.
How to repair iOS 26 lag
You will find below a progressive approach: start with the lighter fixes and go to those more disruptive only if necessary.
Restart your iPhone / Force Restart
- Turn off and remove (keep the power + volume, slide).
- On the new models, if they are frozen, force a restart (increased volume, decrease volume, then maintain the power).
This eliminates many transient problems and rinsing covers.
Leave it idling for a while (during the night, if possible)
- Let the phone sit down and connect to Wi-Fi overnight.
- The system must finish indexing, optimization of backgrounds and applications updates.
Many users note that after 24 to 48 hours, the worst shift decreases.
Close unused background applications
- Slide up / Press the house to see open applications and slide them.
- Although iOS is good to manage RAM, heavy applications or buggy can last cycles and worsen the delay.
Turn off the cooling of the background application
- Go to Settings → General → Refreshment of the background application
- Either deactivate it worldwide or deactivate it by application.
- This prevents the applications from “wake up” in the background and compete with the CPU.
Step 5: Activate movement reduction
- Settings → Accessibility → Movement → Activate Reduce movement
- This reduces certain animations, transitions and fantasy movement effects.
Activate transparency reduction / increase the contrast
- Settings → Accessibility → Text display and size → Activate Reduce transparency
- You can also light Increase the contrast or similar flip -flops
Users point out that this helps reduce stinging linked to the composer and the vagueness.
Use a simple wallpaper, default icons
- An occupied or dynamic wallpaper forces more recalculation of translucidity / blur under the elements.
- Get an icon style by default (rather than a special “dark”, “tinted”, etc.) to reduce graphic complexity.
Free storage
- Settings → General → iPhone storage
- Delete unused applications, large videos or the media
- Discuss the applications you rarely use.
- Low storage available is a well -known cause of slowdown.
Safari caches and data
- Safari → Clear data in the story and the website
- For applications that allow compensation for the cache, erase them. This reduces general storage costs and unnecessary storage “footprints”.
Update all applications / reinstall those problematic
- Access the App Store → Updates or individually in applications
- Optimized applications for older iOS versions may have 26
- If a particular application crashes several times, uninstall it and reinstall it
Check battery health
- Settings → Battery → Battery health
- If the capacity of your battery is considerably degraded, iOS can accelerate performance to avoid instability
- Battery replacement can restore better performance in extreme cases.
Reset all the settings (without the wiping data)
- Settings → General → Transfer or reset → Reset → Reset all the parameters
- This resets system settings (Wi-Fi, display, etc.) but keeps your data
It can remove the conformity errors that contribute to the delay.
Restore fresh via dfu and configure as new
- Save your data
- Use Finder or iTunes to restore via DFU mode
- Configure as a new device (rather than restoring a complete backup)
- Reinstall applications selectively
Why a delay could resist correction – and when a patch is your best hope
- If the offset is rooted in low level rendering regressions in iOS 26 (in particular on specific chipset + combos of specific models), no amount of rocking can fully restore peak performance.
- New visual features (vagueness, translucidity) can push the GPU or memory in an unptimized manner.
- Application developers may need to make updates so that their applications are entirely compatible with internal changes in iOS 26.
- Battery and thermal problems’ relationships suggest that power / heat management plays a role in the degraded performance of certain users.
As a last resort: reset or demotion of the factory
Some users find that the demotion to iOS 18 is more fluid for the moment, although this is only possible when the Apple signature window remains open. The reports indicate that new iPhones work better iOS 26 after about three days, while older devices can benefit from a little longer on a previous version.
If none of these strategies work, keep an eye on the official corrections of Apple Bugs in the coming weeks. User communities and Apple support collect comments and will soon be able to share additional bypass.
