If your iPhone runs slower in iOS 16 than in iOS 15 we have the solution, this is what you should do.
09/13/2022 12:05
There is no doubt that iOS 16 is one of the best iPhone updates in recent years. We are facing a system loaded with new features, among which the new lock screen stands out. However, early versions of a system may contain some bugs and make your iPhone run slower than usualor consume more battery.
However, you should keep in mind that After installing a new operating system with as many new features as iOS 16, it is normal for the iPhone to feel somewhat slow during the hours or days after its installation. Even if you don’t see it, tasks are still running in the background.
If iOS 16 is running slow, here’s what to do
The installation of a new operating system is not limited to waiting a few minutes for the progress bar to advance, there are many more tasks in the background. The iPhone must index many of the files that we have on our iPhone, and this is a process that can take a while, from a few hours to a few days. I mean, even if you don’t see it, after updating to iOS 16 your iPhone is doing things in the background that can slow down certain tasks.
Apple itself talks about this process on its support website, so it is common. Simply wait a few hours or a couple of days and your iPhone will perform as before.
How to speed up a slow iPhone with iOS 16
If after a few days your iPhone is still slow, you may have to resort to some tricks to improve performance. Here are some of them:
Free up storage space
When iPhone is low on storage space, everything from the interface to launching apps slows down. This is because there is part of this memory of storage used temporarily by the system and apps. Therefore, your iPhone can run really slow if the storage is almost full.
You can check your iPhone storage from Settings > General > iPhone Storage. From there you will see what is taking up the most space on your iPhone and you will be able to make decisions.
You can see how much free space you have left and which apps take up the most
The system itself suggests some actions such as optimize photo storage or review large files and downloaded music. And something that always works is to delete apps that we don’t use.
clear the cache
It is something quite little known and that can solve performance problems on your iPhone. We have a complete tutorial to clear the cache of your iPhone, a quick access memory in which temporarily save recent data so we can get them back quickly. Basically this is how you can free it:
- Go into the Settings of your iPhone or iPad.
- Scroll down to the bottom and locate the app you want to clear the cache for.
- You will see a setting that allows you to activate the deletion of data that is stored in cache.
- In case this option is not available, in Settings> General> iPhone Storage you will see the data stored by each app.
- Enter the app in question, and touch Delete app.
- Reinstall the app from the App Store.
Limit apps running in the background
Some apps run for a short time before going to sleep. On iOS, apps that are in sleep state are not actively in use or open and are not consuming system resources. But if we turn on Background Refresh, suspended apps can check for updates and new content.
This can cause them to consume resources and slow down the iPhone, especially if the device is old. To avoid this, go to Settings > General > Background refresh and activate only the apps that you want to work in the background.
If you don’t use that app, delete it from your iPhone!
The truth is iOS 16 has turned out to be a fairly fluid system since its first betas, but perhaps on older devices there is a performance problem. Perhaps it is something that will improve in future updates.
