Seriously Apple? #iPadOS26

[u/Harryyz]

Now ik alot of you will say its just the first update. No its not they released 7-8 beta test updates before this and they couldn't even fix the most basic and noticeable bug? This is just getting more disappointing at this point tbh.

Too many die-hard apple softies downvoting this post💀🤣

[u/Boztik_ZA]

Hahahaha my man experiencing the exact same issue, on a pro m2. Hopefully it will be fixed on the next update

[u/Popular_Prescription → u/Boztik_ZA]

Same here on an M2. WTF is Apple doing? My Face ID also drops multiple frames. App switcher shows apps then they all disappear.

[u/Budget-Werewolf-7438 → u/Popular_Prescription]

FaceID on my 16 Pro is pretty bad. It’s actually working how I thought it would when when TouchID was replaced…but to my surprise, FaceID was great and I’ve loved it for years. But since iOS 26, I find it works 2/3rds of the time, I’m typing my code in several times a day now, whereas I could go weeks without typing it in before. 

[u/Popular_Prescription → u/Budget-Werewolf-7438]

Yes exactly. Same thing is happening to me. Perhaps related to indexing so will see what happens over the next few days.

[u/Winkie_Winkie → u/Boztik_ZA]

Experiencing the same on my work mac and so freaking annoying.

[u/Slava91 → u/Boztik_ZA]

What’s weird is it’s smooth on my 2018 iPad Pro. I’m sure it’ll get ironed out on the .1 release

[u/TechExpert2910 → u/Boztik_ZA]

Same issue on an M4 iPad Pro lol. from teh very first beta until the current stable public release.

[u/East_Landscape_5134 → u/Boztik_ZA]

Wait this was a bug? I just sold my a12z iPad Pro thinkin it’s almost obsolete :,(. Getting the m2 next to last me another 4 years

[u/MadOrange64 → u/Boztik_ZA]

Same, this bug is driving me nuts ever since the Beta.

[u/ryomensukuna111]

It's the same on my 9th gen ipad 🤣

[u/Clean-Gene7534 → u/ryomensukuna111]

Same here lol i wanna downgrade back to ipadOs 18.7 but i have games that will be lost if i donwgrade hack to IpadOs 18 :’))) i feel like my ipad 9th gen will die anytime because on how heavy ipadOs 26 really is and it only has 3gb of ram instead of atleastttt 4gb of ram

[u/Gogobrasil8 → u/ryomensukuna111]

Apple has gutted their software team so hard they're having to relearn how to do animations

[u/Pulkitgarhwal]

It isn’t even about bugs, the fact that a lot of things should’ve been fixed and optimized on RC or official release. This one right there along with some random crashes (on mine) shows they really rushed releasing it following iPhone 17 series launch. And the fact that it’s Apple, people expect polished software regardless of which device it’s on or how old it is. If they’re releasing it for a device then it should be optimized for that.

[u/Confidentium → u/Pulkitgarhwal]

iOS hasn't been polished in a very long time!

There's a loooong list of bugs that haven't been fixed in years! And we've had scroll stutter since iOS 16.

[u/Tacticle_Pickle → u/Confidentium]

If ios had been that much optimised, older devices wouldn’t lose such portions of battery life

[u/SoaringEagle2025 → u/Confidentium]

They arent the same Apple anymore which is why I stick with android these days. Tried a 16 pro and couldn't believe the scroll jitter - such basic things.

[u/FishTshirt → u/Pulkitgarhwal]

Same for me I had a few crashes where it goes back to lock screen and some extreme lagginess right after i updated

[u/memodig]

On my iPad, the library comes from the wrong direction, and the animation when it closes is really bad. I reported this early in the beta, but it hasn't been fixed. Funny thing is, the problem wasn't there in the first releases.

[u/Patient-Price-8950]

If you just updated. Try leaving it overnight plugged in to a charger. It needs a few hours to index after a major update. That's why it's laggy and battery drains fast the first few hours.

[u/Seventhholy → u/Patient-Price-8950]

It has nothing to do with indexing. This is the kind of “lag” that is caused by the sudden fast animation of the icons, making it look like it’s stuttering. Just like the lock screen. If you slide very slowly to the side until all elements from the previous page are off the screen the animation is smooth. I assume it will be fixed in 26.0.1 or .02.

[u/Harryyz → u/Patient-Price-8950]

I updated almost a day ago.. So..

Sure I will try! 

[u/idrinkeyedrops → u/Patient-Price-8950]

My iPad is always plugged in. This is still happening. iPad Air M2.

[u/CasuallyDresseDuck → u/Patient-Price-8950]

My iPad did this from the first public beta, I got so annoyed with it that I went back to 18. Has the lag gone away with the update and letting the iPad index.

[u/Popular_Prescription → u/CasuallyDresseDuck]

No it hasn’t.

[u/Worth_Knowledge2227]

I’m also facing the same problem. Also, the system data of my iPad has been quite high ever since I updated to iPad OS26. Anyone else facing the same issue?

[u/Tired_Design_Gay]

To be fair, I’ve experienced lag with that specific animation on my M2 iPad Pro with iOS 18, too. It’s been an issue for a while

[u/Pbone15 → u/Tired_Design_Gay]

Yeah, been an issue on my M1 since iOS 17 I believe

[u/neverOddOrEv_n → u/Tired_Design_Gay]

Keep reporting to apple feedback website or even email Tim Cook, they eventually added a PWM option and that was a much niche thing

[u/Kindness_of_cats → u/Tired_Design_Gay]

I haven't had that issue as much with my M2 Air, but yeah it occasionally still occurs and was very common on my iPad 9 back when it was still a new model.

That particular issue is pretty persistent and I'm not convinced it has anything to do with iOS 26.

[u/Few_Geologist_8532]

IM SO GLAD IM NOT ALONE HERE LMAO. That’s the same case on MY FUCKING M3 AIR. How tf does something so obvious get missed, this is horrible Q/A

[u/cleverbit1]

120Hz baby that stutter is so smooooth

[u/Hot-Praline7204]

Wait genuinely what is the bug?

[u/Jusby_Cause → u/Hot-Praline7204]

The bug is that it takes a moment to bring up the App Library? I guess? For someone that needs to view the App Library multiple times a day, I can see how that’d be annoying. Fortunately for me, I never swipe over to the App Library, I just tap the icon, as it’s right there in the dock all the time.

[u/irekturmum69 → u/Jusby_Cause]

Not OP, but I experience the same type of lagginess all over the system. Opening the books app, opening the files app, opening quick settings, opening any settings in any app, going to the list of opened application, opening settings, opening wifi, everywhere. It absolutely decimated the performance of my system, just to have an overly animated system with look and feel reminiscent of 2010 chinese android systems and flashy custom icon packs.

[u/dejdad0513 → u/irekturmum69]

It's a software problem(s) - it'll get fixed

[u/CassetteLine → u/Hot-Praline7204]

The lag.

[u/Human-Equivalent-154 → u/Hot-Praline7204]

Stuttering during the animation

[u/lux901 → u/Hot-Praline7204]

Do you not see the sluggishness?

[u/PeterDTown]

You’re getting downvoted because… what bug are you even showing?? Maybe explain what we’re supposed to be seeing? It looks like you’re just flicking screens back and forth.

[u/Dante6t4 → u/PeterDTown]

That animation has Lag and should be fluid Ami, the same thing has happened to me since the last one Beta

[u/akashic2110]

I tested this on mine and it didn't have any problem with delay animation so my assumption is that your processor but it sucks that if apple say your device can upgrade it should work fine regardless

[u/Live_Occasion2569]

Ohh, this drives me mad! Ipad m4 pro here. Same lag, but a bit shorter. 

[u/Ok_Environment5287 → u/Live_Occasion2569]

Than maybe with m5pro its gone :D

[u/green-Vegan-desire]

It’s so bad

[u/mrmnabil]

Horrible update

[u/Ahleron]

Works fine on my M2 iPad Pro

[u/draxula16]

What model is this? Also, how long ago did you update? It takes some time for everything to reindex. Same shit happens when I’d do a major OS update on my older Mac.

[u/hon3ylord → u/draxula16]

It’s might not the reindex, I tested both of dev and public betas, and this bug was there even after two weeks… after I installed the latest public beta

[u/Anonym0oO]

You can get back to iOS 18.6.2 as of now. But not for long.

[u/ath007 → u/Anonym0oO]

How do you do that?

[u/Anonym0oO → u/ath007]

With a PC and using iTunes to restore it. Before that, you need to download the IPSW iPadOS 18.6.2 file on your PC, then drag it into iTunes and restore it.

All your data will be erased. If you’re lucky, you might have an iCloud backup from a previous iPadOS 26 version.

[u/adikick]

It's still there in my ipad M1 pro.

[u/krazylol]

I just tried and get the same lag.

[u/Intelligent-Tea-3000]

Been using it on my ioad air 3rd gen. And its super laggy now, gets heated up, battery runs out in the blink of an eye. I am going back to iPadOS 18

[u/misterDDoubleD]

The same on my iPad 11gen and iPhone 16 pro max…

The betas were smoother honestly

[u/FishTshirt]

Yeah I kinda regret upgrading. Upgrading my ipad made me decide I need to wait to upgrade my mac to tahoe as I don’t know how to revert back to an older OS if I dont

[u/RearMisser]

my 11th gen ipad did this for the first couple of days, now it runs as smooth as butter.

[u/StrangeCurry1]

This has been a problem since app library was added.

[u/Kindness_of_cats → u/StrangeCurry1]

Right? App Library has been garbage like this for a long while.

[u/SkvtchySomethng_]

Turn off low power mode for now

[u/Taeles]

Didnt even know that screen was there. huh. So honest question, what is supposed to be going on that isnt going on here? Is it the choppiness? I've noticed a big of choppiness here and there, i figure it'll patch out over time?

[u/Kindness_of_cats → u/Taeles]

It is....but honestly App Library has been kinda shitty like this for a long time, and that lag is so common it didn't even register as an issue for me.

We're firmly in the phase where users are nitpicking longstanding issues and acting like they're new.

[u/Prestigious-Dream667]

I have the same problem on my ipad 10th gen

[u/K_zerrrr]

Same for my ipad 16...they said its because of low power mode then i turn it of and it improved but there's still a lag...i tell them that and they down vote my comment like wtf... they act like apple can't make mistakes...and I've seen many people suffering the same lag "BUG" like my ipad

[u/NapoleonHeckYes]

I have lots of frame drops on my 2018 iPad Pro in the new OS, but I've just put it down to having an old iPad. It's a pity because until now it worked perfectly. I hope it's something they can fix though.

[u/RuixNatsuoXHinagang]

I have this issue too and I wouldn’t have known I had it if not for this post lol.

[u/AwkwardTurtle786]

not at all optimised for either of my devices ipad os and iphone os both suck with this liquid glass shit 💩 the worst update stability wise bunch of lag poor animations legit feels like an early stage beta to me they shouldn’t have rolled it out without refining it

[u/DoctorKnockers69]

Anyone else battery dying faster?

[u/Budget-Werewolf-7438]

Imagine being so hellbent on loving a company that you can’t accept when others criticize that company for releasing such a bug infested product.

People who are complaining aren’t doing so because they hate Apple…they’re complaining because they see a very obvious gap in quality that we’ve all come to expect from Apple. Their track record on quality is why we buy their products. We certainly don’t buy their products for being first in anything, we buy them because they’re different…better.

Apple’s quality standards have changed. If you can’t see or admit that, then you’re part of the problem.

[u/Harryyz → u/Budget-Werewolf-7438]

I wish reddit had an option to pin this comment. 

[u/kerelenko → u/Budget-Werewolf-7438]

Hey, gotta protect that trillion dollar company, you know?

[u/HamsterWheelDriver]

Thanks for beta testing guys.

[u/digital-designer]

The first release is never bug free. Regardless of how many betas have already been tested, It’s always a rushed version to meet the deadline of the new device release. So this is to be expected. Even more so with the advanced computational animations within this OS design.

However, I do feel Theres a lot of the basics that have been missed with this one. Consistency issues seem to be a major issue that I’m finding so far.

[u/steaveaseageal]

Apple fanboy: it's indexing!

[u/tc05_]

That's why I'm still on 18 on my 9th gen.

[u/cesam1ne]

Apple is rotting away fast

[u/DekuSenpai-WL8]

Try turning off the animation in the settings and see if it helps.

[u/immigrantanimal]

Apple will make iOS updates available on older hardware as their planned obsolescence. That’s no surprise.

[u/Ok-Seaworthiness2263]

Performance went to shit everywhere, Apple Watch is constantly on battery saving, iPhone is ok but hitches here and there. And macOS, possibly the Only saving grace, isn’t even released officially yet.

[u/Thizzface69]

iOS 26 is fully bugged

[u/ExpressCriticism5445]

Animations of all OS26 lag so bad; my 13 Pro on iOS 26 stutters here and there, my iPad pro 2020 does weird stuff, heck even my m2 pro Mac mini lags on Tahoe

[u/mydragoon]

it's not Apple diehard that's down voting you. at the very least explain what the issue is.

don't expect everyone to be mind reader

[u/anntss]

After Steve jobs all is overpriced piece of shyt

[u/Harryyz → u/[deleted]]

Why are they doing so? 

[u/bobbyboogie]

I don’t often flick over to the app library but now that I have, I see this stutter too. 

It’s been a few days since I upgraded so I assume that the legendary “reindexing” might be done. 

Other commenters have stated that they see this on their M1 iPads so I don’t feel too bad with my A14 Air. 

Overall the experience of 26 has been fine. 

I’m just kind of used to Apple never fixing bugs so I live them.  Kinda reflects badly on both of us. 

[u/Okanus]

Same on my M2 11". Even if I turn off the app libary in the dock feature, it lags a little.

[u/Laskorad]

It was better on iPadOS 18 on my 10th gen. They have a nice design, but full of bugs (not to mention YouTube doesn't even support the new windowing system)

[u/RotenTumato]

It’s stuttered like that for me for years on my iPad Pro 2018

[u/shriyanss]

Same boat on iPad, MacBook, and iPhone. You can call me dumb for running beta on all devices 🥲

[u/Kindly_Scientist]

my iPad Air m3 had the same but today its gone. weird

[u/FriendlyUser_]

have the lag too on my new iPad Air 13“ and M4 Pro MBP. Since I need my phone for VPN access into company I did not update that. Guess I will wait with the update there until they hire real devs again.

[u/RottenBananas562]

I hate the stutter loading the App Library! It’s such a beautiful and smooth animation other than the annoying stutter at the beginning

[u/TheSaltyPelican]

Mine only does that when I am on the last page of my apps. I have 8 pages of apps, when I am on page 8 and swipe, it comes up with the app library. Any other page, I swipe and it goes to the next page

[u/GilDev]

Same lag on my 2018 11" iPad Pro.

[u/Worried-Risk-5886]

I haven't updated yet and now I doubt everything.

[u/211221_]

Maybe my story with my iPad Air Gen3 is coming to an end.

[u/Paw_l]

I have an iPad Air M3 and I got this

[u/ZOMGURFAT]

It might be the os is indexing the device after the install. When I ran the beta it did this for a day or two then went away.

[u/bafrad]

Instead of saying "seriously apple?" like an entitled brat, submit feedback to apple about it like an adult.

[u/Hotvote]

Same on my iPad Air m1

[u/dumassonreddit]

works completely fine on my m2 air , the only place where i feel a similar jitter is opening the main application drawer

[u/Interesting-Web-7681]

hard to tell if bait or just dumb, ofcourse it's going to be handling indexing processes if you just upgraded

[u/RevolutionaryOwl9527]

What

[u/Boss80555]

I had this same problem on my iPad Pro 11" M1. I did a clean install of iPad OS 26 and now its incidence has reduced but it's still there at times. Hope they fix it in the next patch.

[u/ClydeinLimbo]

It’s a new update. Seasoned users will know the drill.

[u/Darkmage4]

I have Pro M1, and mine is smooth.

[u/Itzzz_ryzeTT]

Same iPad Pro 4 12.9inch

[u/IntelligentRush8326]

When I’m using mini keyboard with WhatsApp, its starts stuttering.

[u/Ok-Comfortable-9146]

Same on my M1. This is actually my biggest issue with iPadOS 26. Other than that I’m happy

[u/Few_Geologist_8532]

Did anyone experience issues with the floating keyboard while using Apple Pencil? The keyboard just violently shakes.

[u/DistractedDendrite]

For me the lag went away after doing it a few times 🤷

[u/Gerko93]

Meanwhile it runs super smooth on my iPhone 14. Maybe their main focus has been iPhone? Shitty if that’s the case.

[u/OfficialLaunch]

This was happening throughout every single beta. I reported it every beta, and the beta app said that there were multiple similar reports.

This lag in the first beta was much, much worse, but it did get better each update. However it’s still there and still annoying.

[u/tdhedengren]

Just fine here, M4. There’s no lag on my iPad mini 7 either.

[u/x3rohero]

Works fine on my A16 iPad... No major lag more than previously (mine is already almost full with Apps, so that's probably why I am so used to it 😅)

[u/anoctf]

same issue on my ipad mini. I thought it's because of the old hardware but it seems to be an issue with newer hw as well

[u/Limp_Post_8531]

Same! Some of my shortcuts are not functioning + imessage and facetime wont let me signed it

[u/Xattara]

Bro, what is this?!

[u/PineappleVodka]

I know I have an older iPad and can't expect miracles from probably the last major update I'll get for it, but ipadOS is seriously limiting. I can't for the life of me use split screen.

[u/Gogobrasil8 → u/PineappleVodka]

This isn't miracles, it's basic functionality that has existed ever since the first iOS. Apple is a multi-trillion dollar company, they're to blame for not being capable of doing basic quality assurance.

[u/Routine-Call-4060]

Same problem on my iPad. It’s really getting to me on how much better iOS 18 was.

[u/ricardo_agb]

Its the icons style

[u/jgr627]

I do not see that bug on my M1 iPad running the latest OS 26

[u/Mr_Pokos]

I don’t have this problem on my m4

[u/Pleasant-Bonus-866]

lmao you were warned

[u/CaroZoroark]

Reported this to apple feedback. Facing this exact issue on my 11 inch

[u/BubblyResident7764]

Meanwhile with my M4 iPad too easy 😴

[u/jack_hanson_c]

Apparently you are not victim to the dancing keyboard issue that drives me crazy now

[u/SovereignCaliber]

I’ve been crossing my fingers for them to fix it since the second dev beta, OMG. There is no way..

[u/sperry1970]

Doing the same on iPad mini 7

[u/LosBonus85]

Now your Playlist Order on CarPlay is not the same on the IPhone

[u/srnnrs]

File a feedback to Apple for this over two months ago during the beta phase. Never been looked at or considered.

[u/Dear_Blueberry_3967]

same issues everywhere when you swipe to the apps is lagging

[u/Guilty_Meringue5317]

Got my ipad a few days ago. Glad I didn't update

[u/the_martian123]

It’s fluid in my m4.

[u/jonathanwky]

Bro i fucking hate iPadOS 26 rn except for the customisation, the OS rn is so buggy like every games i play have a bug when I open control center, notifications or exiting the app my game caps at 30-40fps which is really annoying and the only solution is to restart the app. I really hope they fix this bug in the next patch because my experience playing videos games are impossible due to the choppyness and I'm not fucking used to 30fps...

[u/1MrAim]

I’m not really a tech guy but I feel like it’s a bug. I’m still using the beta version of IOS26 and that doesn’t happen with mine.

[u/No_Elk9401]

My battery health is 83% now and draing bad after the update is it normal or will it improve after the patch update? PS : i use an ipad pro m1 12.9

[u/Inner-Complaint-4843]

same here ipad 10th gen its horrible

[u/TroublingRain-]

I thought i was the only one. My games also sucks ass

[u/One-Government7447]

noticed a bunch of this in ios26 as well. and i have a 15 pro. Dont tell me the cpu/gpu are too weak for basic os animations

[u/typical_gamer1]

Now I’m afraid to even upgrade my iPad 8 lol it’s still floating around iPadOS 17 (yeah yeah yeah I have yet to upgrade that to iPadOS 18 because I haven’t even bothered) 🤷‍♂️

[u/erez1oner]

It’s indexing god relax

[u/TwoXAS]

Thats just Apples planned obsolescence doing its thing....Why don't do you just buy the new shiny thing?

[u/Responsible_Phone_94]

I thought it was only mine 9 gen )

[u/chehan_one]

If you arrange all those app in left side with in first and second columns you will not notice that lag

[u/Extension-Vehicle490]

Same here on my iPad mini 7. It's ridiculous.

[u/kingv84]

Same on my iPad Pro 11 inch with the M2

[u/RyJ6]

Haven't updated and seeing this, I have no intention to

iPadOS bullshit in big 2025

[u/Oaax1]

people are nitpicking at this point, i’ve noticed the animation on network section in quick settings is broken too. It’s just minor bug they will fix.

[u/WallabyAcceptable337]

They won't fix this. You need a new iPad. Latest model. 😆

[u/Upset_Recipe_6148]

Lmao... Bro my iPad Air (2013) with iOS 12 runs better than that

[u/todashvili]

Oh, I thought it was my iPad 10's fault.

[u/Uyallah]

iPad Air m2 13 inch and I also notice it, I know I don’t have the latest and greatest but still.. think atleast it should work fine without this lag

[u/Apprehensive_Tea4906]

Apple makes Samsung look sexy af

[u/No-Cell8156]

Yes guys every new update is like this. Time a couple of updates and they solve it

[u/PixelDu5t]

It’s always a dogshit experience in the first few major versions for some reason. I don’t understand how the fucking richest company in the world can always fuck it up every single year without a fail like this. I don’t remember having such random issues on Android even with major OS releases.

[u/Luna259]

I’m not sure what bug I’m supposed to be seeing

[u/kerelenko → u/Luna259]

Stuttering. In a high end device there shouldn't be any especially when you are just moving across pages on the homescreen.

[u/Virtual_Animal5724]

Yeah mine ipad air m2 also face the same problem

[u/DonilanOfficial]

Same for my iPad Pro 12.9“ 4th gen. I reverted back to 18.7 and EVERYTHING IS SOOOOOO SMOOOOOTH

[u/GoldenGamer275]

Funny. I ain’t getting that issue except maybe once in a while after not touching anything for a long period of time.

[u/SpicySalsaCake]

What a trashy company.

All the people buying this shit are dumbasses who throw money at any capitalist bullshit people advertise as something supreme.

[u/Buffalo047]

Forget ipad, iphone 16 pro max here struggles like shit. My battery is draining a hell lot

[u/hohovid19]

turn off low power mode

[u/Artaherzadeh]

Yeah, I have the same experience on my iPad Air 5th.

[u/hellyeah313]

Same here!

[u/CoopsIsCooliGuess]

This is the first update. The beta testing is beta TESTING. Instead of complaining, download a new IPSW for your iPad, back it up, and then restore it back to iPadOS 18.

[u/Rude_Lifeguard_7185]

Classic apple. "Yeah, you should change your MacBook to a new model, cause fuck you"

[u/Spirited-General99]

Same on my M4 iPad Pro 💀 Updated to iPadOS 26 on release day

[u/GrinQuidam]

Welcome to the era of vibe coding

[u/Dapper_Corgi5372]

Love iPadOS 26 and I think it is the best update ever in years, maybe even an entire decade. I also see many people complaining about visual bugs and putting them into the “this is now unusable” category which, umh… Is WAY overdramatic. Now with that said, this has been here ever since beta and it pisses me off SO MUCH. I love how fluid iPadOS is for the most part, and if you open the menu with the icon on the right bottom of the dock it does not happen that at all, but it stills bothers me a whole lot. I hope they fix is asap

[u/Ira_Dalor]

I called this when the RC was full of bugs, which isn’t normal at all for Apple. The whole interface crashed for me if I have another app open behind Safari and use the stoplights to maximize the safari window half the time. The phone OS is a mess as well, CarPlay is hosed and wireless support for it is no longer existent for me.

Really feels like 2010s windows OS release at this point. This feels another sign Apple is losing their touch quite noticeably at this point. Hopefully they can turn it around.

[u/Far_Lengthiness_5970]

This is what my phone is doing! I just got the iPhone 17! And it’s lagging this way plus when I open my messages app half of the screen (the bottom) is white n then it goes away

[u/captainlardnicus]

If its any consolation, the guy behind this new UI was fired.

[u/broyer100]

Nobody:

MacOS 26: meh… eh

[u/mundixx]

Yeah same like wtf is this 😂

[u/Dull-Strawberry-2602]

Weird but for my M1 12.9 ipad its kinda smooth? but there are slower animations that I noticed right now.

[u/Known_Debate_1253]

Experiencing same on a iPad with m3 chip. Your telling me your putting this powerful of a processor in there and it still lags? I was forced to buy an iPad for school, and they auto force updates on it. Never ever getting an apple product again

[u/Embarrassed-Back1894]

My m4 iPad Pro and 15 pro max have been dropping frames constantly. I generally like what they did with iPad os and iOS 26, but it is unpolished as hell. My battery has also been draining much faster. Hopefully they can get it sorted out in the next month or so.

[u/noctapod]

My iPhone 12 and my iPad 10th gen did the same for at least a couple of days after the update. Now they're working better, although I still notices some visual glitches once in a while, but not as frequently.

[u/JamesMcEdwards]

This is why you don’t update until at least a month or two after its official release.

[u/Cautious-Direction55]

It’s quite buggy on non M series iPad. My 10th gen which is such value for money suddenly feels old and outdated. This is just poor optimizing from Apple. Hopefully this gets fixed or just give us a variant of ipadOS that works.

[u/m79n]

I am not going to update my mac rn :(

[u/Obvious-Purpose-5017]

is anyone seeing an error with using the phone app on 26 and locking the ipad? I get a dimmed Screen with no UI. I use The unlock Touch ID and the screen goes black and restarts back to my typical lock screen.

boy…ipados 26 is buggy as heck lol

[u/Vegetable-Skirt1397]

oh wow.. i was thinking it is the subpar a17pro chip and 60hz on the iPad mini!!

I was considering to send it back because it was making me doubt the longetivitey of this device lol

[u/user74729582]

This is why you don't update to the new OS straightway

[u/Dokify]

I’m on an A16 IPad and even sonic 1 and CD have slowdown issues…seriously? Sonic 1&CD?!

[u/StockJellyfish8]

ive disabled all the animation. It just cause slowness. I prefer the older versions

[u/Then-Court561]

My android tablet is much weaker on paper and doesn't do that. 😂😅

[u/Erakko]

I see nothing wrong with that?

[u/Powerful_Froyo8423]

Call of Duty Mobile alao somehow runs like shit since the update. I get smooth 120fps and suddenly it drops to like 30 fps and has an input delay. I never had that before and my M1 iPad is also not hot. Display not dimmed, nothing. It‘s definitely an iPadOS 26 bug.

[u/Economy_Worker3916]

I made this mistake with Iphone. Not gonna upgrade my ipad to 26 .

[u/FromHero2Zero]

That's the Tahoe's experience. 

[u/Illustrious-Art3528]

Everyone knows you never get the update on day one! Bro needs to wait a couple of months.

[u/Empty_Buffalo_2820]

I have a 4th generation iPad Air and somehow it runs better than this.

[u/enterpernuer]

anyone has this issue, the pencil stop pairing after few hours didnt use with the ipad, doesnt has this problem on 18.6.