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We got a first look at iOS 26 on Monday. And since all the attention has been on the Liquid Glass UI, some interesting updates to Battery Settings went largely unnoticed.
As MacRumors reports, Apple redesigned the Battery Settings page in iOS 26 to offer improved battery usage statistics and a new feature to extend battery life.
Now, when you enter Battery Settings, you are no longer greeted with options to enable Battery Percentage and Low Power Mode. You’ll instead see your current battery percentage at the top. If you have plugged in your iPhone to charge, the same menu will show the time required to charge your battery to full.
Based on the images shared by MacRumors, the screen auto-lock feature has also shifted from Display & Brightness to Battery.
Next are battery usage statistics. In a move away from iOS 18, Apple will now display weekly numbers instead of 24-hour and 10-day numbers. At first glance, the chart looks similar to what you see on Instagram. You can also tap on each of the previous seven days to see how much battery was consumed each day, MacRumors says. The daily stat will show when you charged your iPhone and for how long.
Apple has retained the Battery Health section, which displays information about your charge cycles, maximum battery capacity, and optimized charging limit. However, it has introduced a “Power Mode” section, which houses the Low Power Mode setting previously located on the front page and a new Adaptive Power Mode.
When enabled, Adaptive Power Mode will let your iPhone make subtle performance adjustments to extend battery life, such as reducing screen brightness or slowing down some activities. Android’s Adaptive Battery feature pretty much does the same thing.
All of iOS 26’s features will be made available to developers this week. If you are eager to check out the features, you can install a public beta next month or wait for a stable release this fall.