Apple Releases iOS 12.4 With New Wireless Data Migration When Setting Up a New iPhone and Apple News+ Improvements

[NMBob]

I can’t believe they released News+ without the ability to delete downloaded issues.

And now that you can it looks like you have to Delete All? Is that all of the issues of all magazines, or all read issues of all magazines, or all issues of the magazine you are reading, or all of the read issues of magazine you are reading? I don't use any of this stuff. Just a programmer shaking my head.

 

[Alan Wynn]

The wireless migration feature was probably introduced to reduce crowds in Apple Stores.

Or the simpler explanation to improve the customer experience and cut bandwidth from iCloud.

When people upgrade to a new phone, they tend to hang around in the store until their new device restores from an iCloud backup, which could take 15-20 minutes or more. A direct transfer from the old phone to the new will allow this step to be skipped, moving along customers more quickly.

Apple has been working to improve setup with each release. Adding the option to restore from an iCloud Backup, allowing transfer of setting from one iPhone to another by tapping them together in the set up process, adding migration from Android, etc., all make the process easier, faster and less painful. Given that it is the first experience with a new device, it is an obvious place to expend resources.

This is just a hunch; I wouldn't be surprised if it was the main driver behind the feature though.

Given that most people do not migrate at an Apple store, I doubt that it was the main driver. Improving the experience overall was the reason to do this (getting people out of the store faster is a bonus).

 

[bluecoast]

Apple is creating the credit card because it helps them keep existing users tied to their ecosystem by making it harder to switch to another platform such as Android, and may even yield them some profits too. As to why people queue up for it, I think that's just a result of all the hype Apple creates around everything they do.

Also note that a credit card by itself doesn't necessarily get anyone in debt. People get themselves in debt because they don't use their credit cards responsibly.

True. Credit cards just make me feel uneasy though. We use them lots in the uk but it’s not as common to have credit cards from major consumer brands here.

 

[lartola]

That sounds weird. What does iCloud not backup for you?

I believe iCloud doesn’t backup health data or app logins and passwords, just like an unencrypted iTunes backup doesn’t either. The only way to do a 100% full backup of a device is on iTunes and encrypted. And apparently the new direct transfer option treats the device data the exactly the same way as the iTunes encrypted backup, but can only be used for the purpose of setting up a new device.

 

[Taschenrechner]

After updating my 6S (64GB) from 12.3.1 to 12.4 my free space went from 5,3 GB to 4,1 GB, so I lost 1,2 GB. Is this normal, has anybody else experienced something like that?

 

[ksec]

Does the wireless migration work between iPads?

The update shows in Settings > General > Software Update. I’ve just updated an iPod running the beta to the full version today.
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Yes, it’s directly from device to device, from what I’ve read.
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It’s been updated now. Also, at the end of the Transfer section you’ll see that there’s a wired option, too!

Not confirmed yet. But like Quick Start it uses Bluetooth for Verification. And then the Peer to Peer Wireless for Transfer Migration is like LTE HotSpot Shared via WiFi. It is similar to WiFi Direct in concept, but not the implementation. In that both devices does not need to be on the WiFi Network for it to work.

I hope there are people testing this out. In reality your iPhone WiFi Speed ( for 6s, 802.11ac 5Ghz 2x2 = 866Mbps ) , at this close proximity should actually be faster than theoretical lightning ( USB 2.0, 480Mbps ) transfer speed.

 

[threeonezero]

Apple will today release iOS 12.4, the fourth major update to the iOS 12 operating system that first launched in September 2018. iOS 12.4 comes more two months after the release of iOS 12.3, another major update that brought the new TV app.

The iOS 12.4 update is available on all eligible devices over-the-air in the Settings app. To access the update, go to Settings --> General --> Software Update. As with all iOS updates, iOS 12.4 is free to download, but it may take some time for iOS 12.4 to propagate to all iOS users.

During the beta testing process, there were no outward-facing features or major changes discovered in iOS 12.4. According to Apple's release notes, the update introduces a new iPhone migration option to directly transfer data from an old iPhone to a new iPhone, and it introduces enhancements to Apple News+. From Apple's release notes: The update was believed to include support for Apple Card, laying the foundation for Apple's new credit card, though the release notes make no mention of this. It could still add the underlying framework for Apple Card, which is set to be launching this summer and could come at any time.

Article Link: Apple Releases iOS 12.4 With New Wireless Data Migration When Setting Up a New iPhone and Apple News+ Improvements

Loos like you can ask Siri to play music from your HomePod without it turning on Apple TV

 

[Jimmy Bubbles]

It might be enabled remotely in a few days, have patience. I remember Apple doing that with Apple Pay Cash in 2017.
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Or maybe they will just turn on the Apple Card remotely in a few days for those who have already updated to iOS 12.4. That's exactly how Apple Pay Cash was released in 2017.
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I doubt we'll have to wait for another update. The card has been in internal testing for weeks now and testers are running iOS 12.4. They might simply turn it on remotely in the next few days for those already running iOS 12.4. Remember Apple Pay Cash? that's exactly how Apple handled it back in the day, so it wouldn't be surprising if they now do the same with the Apple Card.
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That article is just about what was expected from iOS 12.4. However, that's not what's happening so far. Let's hope Apple is planning to turn on the Apple Card remotely in the next few days for those who have updated, like they did with Apple Cash before.

Sounds like you must have the inside-scoop then, ghostwriter.

 

[lartola]

Sounds like you must have the inside-scoop then, ghostwriter.

I just look at Apple’s past history. They did turn on the Apple Cash Card remotely a few days after iOS 11.2 came out, back in 2017. They could do the same now for the Apple Card and remotely enable the option to apply for it in a few days for those running iOS 12.4.

 

[MrGuder]

I’m finding slightly better battery on 12.4 on my 6s

 

[Jimmy Bubbles]

I just look at Apple’s past history. They did turn on the Apple Cash Card remotely a few days after iOS 11.2 came out, back in 2017. They could do the same now for the Apple Card and remotely enable the option to apply for it in a few days for those running iOS 12.4.

I hear you. However, you make it sound like it’s so absolute. Have you ever worked on a development/engineering team within an agile work environment?
We’re all free to share our opinions though, so that’s one possibility.

on the other hand, they still have yet to resume functionality of Wallis-Talkie in watchOS 6 Beta. So if they could that remotely, that would be nice. However, the security vulnerability must have been in the codebase.

 

[bezoss]

I’m finding slightly better battery on 12.4 on my 6s

Is it too good to be true?

Watch this video

The guy reports amazing battery life

 

[MrGuder]

Apple really need to stop quoting 10 and 12 hrs of battery time on their new iPhones. The reality is that it’s 3 or 4 hrs.

 

[tennisproha]

iOS 12.3 broke Siri movie/tv show search and Safari CC autofill.

Why do there updates break previously working functions??

 

[SwiftcastFlare]

Sure, but it's useful for everyone else, too. Transfer your data in the car on the way home, without wifi! Transfer data from your broken phone to a working one while on vacation, without wifi! Give a new corporate-owned phone to an employee and transfer all the data, without wifi!

Now the bottleneck at the Apple store and everyone else will just be people who don't know/remember their own passwords, as has and will always be the case.

Either that or you get folks who don’t want to/don’t like to update their OS for whatever reason, then scream at Apple store employees to find a way to back to their data for them.

 

[rui no onna]

Sure, but it's useful for everyone else, too. Transfer your data in the car on the way home, without wifi! Transfer data from your broken phone to a working one while on vacation, without wifi! Give a new corporate-owned phone to an employee and transfer all the data, without wifi!

Now the bottleneck at the Apple store and everyone else will just be people who don't know/remember their own passwords, as has and will always be the case.

Reckon this also means reduced load on Apple's servers for iCloud Backup restore. Apart from the added convenience, I expect that's probably a bigger consideration than traffic at the Apple Store.