About this video

• Video Title: iOS 26 Settings You NEED To Turn Off NOW! [IMPORTANT]
• Channel: Payette Forward
• Speakers: [None specified in transcript]
• Duration: 16:17

Overview

This video provides a guide on essential iOS 26 settings to disable to improve battery life and iPhone performance. It covers visual effects, background app activity, notifications, and subscription management, offering practical tips for optimizing the user experience.

Key takeaways

• Liquid Glass and Visual Effects: The new "liquid glass" visual effect in iOS 26, while aesthetically pleasing, can drain battery life, especially on older iPhones. Reducing transparency can help conserve power.
• Motion Settings: While "reduce motion" is too drastic a sacrifice, disabling "autoplay video previews" and enabling "limit frame rate" (to 60fps) can save battery.
• Battery Settings:
  • Charge Limit: Setting a charge limit to 90% can help preserve battery health by avoiding constant 100% charging.
  • Clean Energy Charging: This feature, aimed at collecting electricity usage data, can be turned off.
  • Adaptive Power: This setting allows Apple to slow down the iPhone to manage heat; it should be left off unless the phone is overheating.
• Background App Refresh: This setting allows apps to consume battery and data by downloading content in the background. It's recommended to limit this to Wi-Fi only or turn it off entirely for most apps.
• Subscription Management: The video highlights how to check for and cancel unwanted subscriptions within the iOS settings to avoid recurring charges. It also points out potential ways to find cheaper subscription plans for services.
• Camera Settings: Disabling "prioritize faster shooting" ensures individual photos in a burst are of higher quality, even if fewer can be taken rapidly.
• Sounds and Haptics: Turning off keyboard "sound" and "haptic" feedback can save battery. The "lock sound" should also be turned off.
• Change with Buttons: This setting, when off, ensures volume buttons control media volume separately from ringer volume, preventing accidental silencing of alarms.
• Notifications: For screen sharing or recording, it's advised to turn off notifications for "screen sharing" to prevent sharing sensitive information.
• Always On Display: For iPhone 14 Pro or newer Pro models, disabling "show wallpaper" and "blur wallpaper photo" can improve battery efficiency while still allowing at-a-glance information.
• Game Center: Signing out of Game Center can save battery life by reducing background activity and tracking.

Here are the suggestions from the video, clearly listed and numbered:

1. Reduce Transparency: Found in Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size. Turning this off reduces visual effects and saves battery.
2. Autoplay Video Previews: Found in Settings > Motion. Disabling this stops videos from playing automatically.
3. Limit Frame Rate: Found in Settings > Motion. Turning this on caps the frame rate to 60fps, saving battery.
4. Charge Limit: Found in Settings > Battery > Charging. Setting a maximum charge (e.g., 90%) helps preserve battery health.
5. Clean Energy Charging: Found in Settings > Battery > Charging. This can be turned off as it's for data collection related to energy usage.
6. Optimized Battery Charging: Found in Settings > Battery > Charging. While it can be useful, if not using the charge limit, turning this off might be necessary for extra battery life.
7. Adaptive Power: Found in Settings > Battery > Power Mode. Leave this off unless your phone is overheating.
8. Background App Refresh: Found in Settings > General > Background App Refresh. Limit this to Wi-Fi or turn it off entirely for most apps to save battery and data.
9. Communication Preferences: Found in Settings > [Your Name] > Personal Information > Communication Preferences. Turn off switches for announcements, apps, music, TV, and Apple News newsletters to reduce unwanted notifications and data usage.
10. Cancel Subscriptions: Found in Settings > [Your Name] > Subscriptions. Regularly check and cancel free trials or unwanted subscriptions.
11. Find Cheaper Subscription Plans: Within Settings > [Your Name] > Subscriptions, users can sometimes find cheaper options for existing subscriptions by checking plan details.
12. Prioritize Faster Shooting: Found in Settings > Camera. Turning this off results in higher quality individual photos, even in burst mode.
13. Keyboard Feedback (Sound): Found in Settings > Sounds & Haptics > Keyboard Feedback. Turn off the typing sound.
14. Keyboard Feedback (Haptic): Found in Settings > Sounds & Haptics > Keyboard Feedback. Turn off the vibration feedback for typing to save battery.
15. Lock Sound: Found in Settings > Sounds & Haptics. Turn off the sound made when locking the iPhone.
16. Change with Buttons: Found in Settings > Sounds & Haptics. Turn this off to ensure volume buttons only control media volume, not ringer volume.
17. Allow Notifications (Screen Sharing): Found in Settings > Notifications > Screen Sharing. Turn this off if you share your screen or record it to prevent accidental display of notifications.
18. Always On Display (Show Wallpaper): Found in Settings > Display & Brightness > Always On Display. Turn this off to save battery.
19. Always On Display (Blur Wallpaper Photo): Found in Settings > Display & Brightness > Always On Display. Turn this off to save battery.
20. Always On Display (Show Notifications): Found in Settings > Display & Brightness > Always On Display. Turn this off for privacy and potentially battery savings.
21. Apple Games App / Game Center: Found by searching "Game" in Settings and tapping Game Center. Signing out of Game Center reduces background activity and tracking, saving battery.
22. Combine Gaming Activity: This setting is automatically turned off when you sign out of Game Center.

Note: The transcript mentions "iOS 26 Settings You NEED To Turn Off NOW!" in the title, implying 26 settings. However, the video content details and demonstrates approximately 22 distinct settings or related options that the speaker recommends adjusting or disabling. Some points are grouped (e.g., different aspects of Always On Display or Keyboard Feedback) and others are mentioned as related consequences (e.g., Combine Gaming Activity being tied to signing out of Game Center).