Overview
- Users describe faint static, hissing, or crackling from the speakers that becomes noticeable when the phone is charging.
- The noise can be heard with audio muted or idle and, for some, even when scrolling webpages.
- Affected reports span wired and official Apple chargers as well as MagSafe, which many say makes the sound quieter; unplugging stops it.
- Device swaps have not reliably resolved the behavior, and severity varies, with some owners not noticing any issue.
- iOS 26.2 has not fixed the problem; one user says Apple Support escalated the case to engineers, and talk of a future software remedy remains unconfirmed.