Want Better iPhone Battery Life? Adaptive Power in iOS 26 Is Secretly Boosting It

Several factors contribute to better battery performance, and in the latest system update, Apple added a background tool based on Apple Intelligence.

Have you noticed since updating to iOS 26 an uptick in the amount of power left on your iPhone at the end of the day? Some of that is due to more efficient code, and also, we can't discount the physically larger batteries in the iPhone 17 Pro. But another technology is at work behind the scenes to squeak out a bit more battery life, even on many older iPhone models.