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Apple Seeds iOS and iPadOS 14.6 Release Candidate to Developers

poseidondev said:
Welcome to software development. Where there's always a bug and fixing one could cause 20 more to pop up.



I can see why that feels that way from a user's perspective, but during the beta process, most beta versions (and subsequently the actual release) include a lot of technical improvements and fixes that are generally not communicated with users presumably because users are not interested to know/wouldn't understand, but they are communicated with developers.
Almost all of those improvements don't serve a commercial purpose, other than making the lives of developers easier.

See attached for a very poor example, poor, because they only list the improvements since the prior beta version and this was for 14.5 RC. The stuff between the beta versions isn't accessible anymore, but those are generally longer.
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I appreciate the perspective and like to know the tidbits you just mentioned. But yes, from an end user perspective it really looks like Apple is dropping the ball. In the end I dont care what other extra stuff was patched......if the everyday stuff we use is constantly getting gimped, un-gimped, re-gimped.....thats what matters to most.

Again though, thanks for the extra insight.
 
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Another point of confusion is....will this be a server side update mostly and 14.6 is coming next week to get people ready? Since they said this stuff wont be ready till June. Yet we have an RC today.
 
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jonnyb098 said:
Another point of confusion is....will this be a server side update mostly and 14.6 is coming next week to get people ready? Since they said this stuff wont be ready till June. Yet we have an RC today.
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I would think 14.6 has to come out by next week since it also has code for Apple Card Family and that is supposed to be out yet this month. The new Apple Music features are probably a server side update in that case.
 
jonnyb098 said:
I appreciate the perspective and like to know the tidbits you just mentioned. But yes, from an end user perspective it really looks like Apple is dropping the ball. In the end I dont care what other extra stuff was patched......if the everyday stuff we use is constantly getting gimped, un-gimped, re-gimped.....thats what matters to most.

Again though, thanks for the extra insight.
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Understandable and you make good points.
I appreciate your good faith reply.
 
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It’s there but behind a feature toggle. See this screen now has more info on bitrates, obviously the other options will appear below
 

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Eorlas said:
is any of the hifi audio available in the RC or only when the service upgrades in june?
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some music videos seem to say it already, and spatial audio seems to be active on a few too
 

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Carlson-online said:
It’s there but behind a feature toggle. See this screen now has more info on bitrates, obviously the other options will appear below
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I guess I misunderstanding. So the higher quality will only be for streaming. Through cellular? Not through Wi-Fi?
 
Jay Bly said:
I guess I misunderstanding. So the higher quality will only be for streaming. Through cellular? Not through Wi-Fi?
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Wifi has always streamed at the highest quality available already. Apple just lets you control Cellular streaming quality because there are some people who don't have unlimited or may have throttled plans at certain GB's.
 
Anyone report back if green tint on the 12 series has been fully fixed? 🤦‍♂️🥺
 
munpip214 said:
Wish they would fix the email reply bug. Still get empty content half of the time I try replying to emails. Have to force quit and try again.

Glad they are fixing these though:
- Reminders may appear as blank lines
- Bluetooth devices could sometimes disconnect or send audio to a different device during an active call
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Do you happen to have a blank space selected in the mail you are replying to?

I have not experienced the problem you are unfortunately suffering with.
 
I feel like Apple should have an option to hide your email address like they do for “sign in with Apple” on the airtags so you’re not giving away your personal information.
 
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jonnyb098 said:
- ‌iPhone‌ may experience reduced performance during startup

REALLY!? Is there anything more apple can do with each of these updates to gimp phones……wonder what 14.6 will do? Maybe it’ll wait to reduce performance 45 min after startup. Apple software QA is GARBAGE the last couple years
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I agree. The Apple greed gets even bigger for more money more money more money more money. Very sad.
 
krfr said:
I feel like Apple should have an option to hide your email address like they do for “sign in with Apple” on the airtags so you’re not giving away your personal information.
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Its okay you can put my email in it. LOL
 
peterpea said:
some music videos seem to say it already, and spatial audio seems to be active on a few too
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wow. im not sure if you know me or something, but i'm definitely hopping on that release client just to hear the weeknd with dolby atmos.

thank you for this.
 
peterpea said:
some music videos seem to say it already, and spatial audio seems to be active on a few too
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not sure if i have to wait for it to drop in for me, but i dont see the quality and atmos tag in spite of setting the highest quality in settings
 
Really wish Spatial Audio worked on music I have downloaded on my iphone. Since I don't use streaming music on my iphone.
 
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I am not sure if I am the only one experiencing this, but the music app will crash in CarPlay. I can play music if its in the combo Map+Music mode, but if I try to go to "Now Playing" or the directly to the Music App, it crashes for me. :/
 
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