A special investigation on the heat transfer by applying viscous dissipation and considering the Newtonian heating condition in magnetohydrodynamic Powell–Eyring fluid has been attempted. It is regarded as the flow in an axisymmetrical direction over a radially stretching surface. The converted governing system of equations is solved to obtain a closed‐form solution using the Keller‐box technique. The skin‐friction coefficient's influence fully developed local Nusselt number is then presented graphically, and temperature profiles are sorted out for the pertinent parameters. The fluid overshoot towards the plate surface with rising magnetic field strength, hence, both the fluid velocity and the hydrodynamic border line layer thickness will fall, though, the skin‐friction coefficient will increase. Various relevant results of the energy indulgence have been discussed from heating and in view of viscous dissipation phenomena. The decision with minimal cases from previous studies in the literature received confirmation of the findings.