I updated to iOS 26. I didn't install any beta, just the official. one. And this iPad is lagging so much. It's not like it's freezing completely, but some animations are just clunky and uncomfortable to watch (exiting and entering apps). I don't know what to do. Should I go back to iOS 18? I don't even know how. Should I wait for Apple to release something to fix it?
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Original Title: My iPad lags on iOS 26
iPad Air, iPadOS 26
Or, just give it 3-4 days to finish indexing the files from the update that are being performed in the background. There is also optimizations work going on for your photos with object detection algorithms. Those background processes do consume CPU resources, but that should be completed shortly. Best to leave it plugged in when not in use.
Happening to mine
Since recent iOS update my iPad is lagging. I’ve shut down several times, cleared cache etc.
it freezes and lags . Not a great experience.
not sure what to do next. Help
No problems here… iPad, Apple Watch and iPhone all work perfectly on iOS 26.1.
Four days have gone by, and I expect the problem of slow performance should resolve itself by now. Photo app, especially, is very slow. The same is true with several other apps.
No it happened to my iPad too happening hit now as I type downloaded iOS/ipadOS 26 on my phone and iPad on phone it’s completely fine but iPad is really not great
It's been weeks and it's still not fixed
babablu wrote:
Apple when are you going to fix the problem?
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My iPad is slow and laggy after iPadOS 26 update
