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Apple Seeds First iOS 9.2 Beta to Developers

Does this mean that in 9.1 webcontrol, Extensions were pretty much "opt-in" (the developer had to change something to add them), but in 9.2, the webcontrol defaults to Extensions, and the developer would then need to "opt-out" to prevent them from loading?
 
Has anyone completely restored? How about WhatsApp ... working? 9.1 betas had it broken for a while..
 
Does this beta align Samsung and TMSC processor on same battery drain to get rid of the complains?
 
TC03 said:
Confirmed: iOS 9.2 is still laggy.

Boost your game, Apple.
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1. Beta
2. Beta
3. Not laggy for me
4. Always wait for update
5. Are you guys actually reporting your issues? Every hiccups I mention in the Feedback Assistant or Bug Reporter gets fixed in the next build. Maybe you should help them out.

Keirasplace said:
Another over the top "how the word's most valuable company" comment, like it has any bearing on software bugs that may only apply to them. Good grief... I'm so tired of those comments!
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Unfortunately there is no MacRumors rule for trolling or annoying comments. If that was the case 30% of these member would be gone.

TC03 said:
The reason doesn't matter and is not worth discussing, imo.

We know for a fact that the iPhone 6 and 5s perform worse with iOS 9.1 than 8.4.1. If this is deliberate, that is worrisome. If it's not deliberate, it means Apple is somehow incapable of improving or maintaining performance of older devices, which is worrisome as well. Either way, it's bad.
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It's not a fact per say. My iPhone 6 and iPad Air 2 are faster than ever. iOS 8.4.1 was ok.
 
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Music has been changed. IMO for the worse. New icons to show more clearly what is in the cloud and what is on device but removing from My Music has been made harder, also option to show full albums when you've only added some tracks is missing.

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Arabic is now available in Siri! Sorry if someone already mentioned it.
 

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kingpushup said:
Apple's strategy actually requires that prior models retain value! This enables the high initial phone price and the continual trade ups each year, and this ensures the massive iTunes/App store marketplace with relatively cheap app prices (vs hardware). That innovation and marketplace dynamic is what sets Apple apart.

When I had a prior model, updates improved speed. Initial software launch was for new hardware, but then subsequent updates were for optimization across all models. I have heard similarly from friends and colleagues over the years.

By contrast, planned obsolescence is exactly why Android's software upgrades require customers to buy new hardware .. or else do without.
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I've got a Nexus 5, which is 2 years old and it runs flawlessly with Google's Android 6.0 Marshmallow. I don't know where you see planned obsolesce there. Maybe if you buy a crappy Samsung or HTC that lack support from their OEMs.

Google's phones (Nexus devices) are 20x better than Apple's devices. Last week I picked up my Nexus device until the lag on my 6 Plus is solved, and... oh boy, I really missed Stock Android from Google.
 
Rogifan said:
What is specifically for iPad Pro?
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Odds are most of the needed system changes to support the pencil input, and the higher resolution.

Looking at Apple's dev cycle from the outside, I'm guessing they've moved closer to a feature branch model, starting with iOS 8 and OS X 10.10. On iOS, this seems to be tied to the expanding hardware lineup and now the split into TvOS/iOS/WatchOS.


iOS 9.0 was in the pipe mostly to support the new iPhone 6s
iOS 9.1 I'm guessing was mostly focused on the new Apple TV
iOS 9.2 for the iPad Pro

By keeping this stuff off in a feature branch away from the mainline code base, it can allow for more flexible schedules. It's clear the AppleTV is running a little late compared to their targets. Due to that team working of an iOS 9 branch on TVOS, they had isolation to help them slip their ship date. This process also helps minimize leaks of what's in the pipeline a bit.

Along the way, these iOS releases are picking up the general updates that apply to the whole lineup of past and present products. Stuff like the new emoji update, misc bugfixes, etc.
 
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First beta of a new OS version, which has probably got tons of debug code enabled, is possibly slower than released version of prior OS version.

Wow, news, right there.

Hope it doesn't affect your app-testing endeavours too much....
 
TC03 said:
Yes, the 40+ page thread on this forum is solely filled by posts from me.
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To be fair, most of those 40+ pages aren't new people talking about experiencing lag, it's a lot of back and forth discussion between just a smaller group of people, and only part of that group is experiencing lag.
 
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LovingTeddy said:
Doubtful... We are in last week of October. And there is no announcement yet.
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You won't need an iOS update to support it. The configuration is held Apple server side.

When it launched in the UK Apple updated their config script to display Pay support in the Wallet/Passbook app and its associated settings. There was no iOS update needed.
 
Deleted immediately after it automatically downloaded without permission. Still running iOS 8 happily.
Waiting for Apple to get their act together and support their own desktop computers.
 
I've been able to add 1Password to my Sheet in safari in forever. Why is this new in 9.2?
 
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