When you have installed iOS 26, checking and (possibly again) switch off these 5 functions is a good idea without a doubt!
You must immediately disable these functions in iOS 26
The new iOS 26 adds all kinds of new functions to your iPhone. In addition, it also happens that functions that you had previously switched off after the installation are switched on again. We have collected a number of functions for you that it is best to check and (again) switch off.
1. Change with buttons
This function has to do with the volume buttons on the side of your iPhone. You use it as standard to adjust the volume of something that you play. If this function is on, you can also adjust the volume of the ringtone with it, or that of your alarm clock. That may sound useful, but in practice many people accidentally explain the sound of the ringtone and the alarm clock completely, with all its consequences. This way you ensure that the function is on:
- Open the app settings;
- Scroll something down;
- Tap ‘Hearing and feeling’;
- Switch off the ‘Change with buttons’ option.
2. Refrigerate in the background
This function uses unnecessary energy and may also use unnecessary mobile data. By default, many apps are refreshed in the background, so that the moment you open one of those apps, you don’t have to wait a few seconds. With the majority of the apps, that is completely unnecessary. This is how you switch it off:
- Open the app settings;
- Tap ‘general’;
- Scroll something down;
- Tap ‘refresh in the background’;
- Tap ‘Verders in the background’ again.
Set the option to start here on ‘WiFi’. This already prevents you from using mobile data inadvertently. Then go back to the previous screen with the arrow at the top left. In the list of apps that you see now, you only leave the apps on which it is important that they are always completely up-to-date. For example, that could be Microsoft teams if you use it for your work. Switch off the rest and save battery life!
3. Announcements and apps, music, TV and more
Whether you also want to disable this function in iOS 26 is a bit personal. We assume that you already receive enough e-mails. By eliminating this function, it is getting a little less. You can find the option as follows:
- Open the app settings;
- Tap at the top of your name;
- Tap ‘personal data’;
- Scroll something down;
- Tap ‘communication choices’.
Turn off the option ‘Announcements’ and the ‘Apps, Music, TV and more’ option here.
4. Give priority to faster recordings
This is a function that lowers the quality of your photos to be able to take more photos in a short time. Situations are conceivable that this is useful, but there are many more situations in which you don’t want this. Therefore, switch off the function! You do it like this:
- Open the app settings;
- Scroll something down;
- Tap ‘camera’;
- Scroll down;
- Switch off the ‘Give priority on faster recordings’ option.
5. Game Center
Game Center is useful for anyone who actively uses the service. If you only play a game once in a while, you don’t need it at all. As long as you are logged in here, energy will undoubtedly be used and your data may be used without you realizing it. So it is better to log out and at least save some energy again. You do it like this:
- Open the app settings;
- Scroll all the way down;
- Tap ‘Game Center’;
- Scroll all the way down;
- Tap ‘Log out’;
- Tap ‘Log out’ again.
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