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Apple Seeds Release Candidate Versions of iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2
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Likely because It was tested internally for months against Apple cloud drive, and this end-to-end encryption announcement coincides with todays RC releases.
Hopefully, Apple will release iOS 16.2/iPadOS 16.2 on 14 December 2022, one day after the monthly security patch release for Windows 10 and 11 versions.
I pegged it for Monday 12th barring there is nothing found today thru Friday. Occasionally if that occurs they will issue a RC2 this week.
The AirDrop feature should be optional, as there are certain situations that would warrant a quick AirDrop transfer. Like students in a class and co-workers that don't want to exchange numbers
I am trying to install it, but I keep getting "Software Update Failed. An error occurred downloading iPadOS 16.2" on my iPad. The iOS 16.2 RC installed just fine on my iPhone.
Can’t wait for the final release (hopefully) next week. The new Home Architecture and E2E iCloud have me very excited.
100% agree. At work we often have to airdrop to other company devices. These certainly aren’t in my contacts because there are hundreds of them.
This is going to be an absolute nightmare for the non-tech savvy employees.
If anything add the 10 minutes as another option.
Anyone know during testing if this new Home architecture breaks third party products like HOOBS or Starling?
Is this just a Home app bug or does it also affect other apps like Controller when saving scenes?
Is it possible that the behavior Squuiid is mentioning is related to the new architecture and happens when you update the architecture in the app on the device being used for the betas/RC and needs to have all other devices on 16.2 or 13.1? Maybe the issue clears once all devices that are used for the Home app are updated.
True this first incremental release is always an important one that people want, but for the devs/PB testers, the RC is usually the same build against what the general release will be for tomorrow.
Unless Apple and Microsoft are feeling trigger happy, Tuesdays are usually release days. It’s a tradition that goes back to the Stone Age.
Except in 2021 and 2020 the December iOS .2 and .3 were Monday.
This year it appears it won’t be today.
Yeah I thought the one day less compared to last year was tight. Hope it happens, so we can move on and see what 16.3 beta brings us.
I can't remember the last time we had an update on Tuesday. Updates have typically been on Monday (sometimes Wednesday) in recent history...
iOS 16.1 | iPadOS 16.1 | macOS 13.0 - 24 Oct 2022 (Monday)
iOS 16.0 - 12 Sept 2022 (Monday)
iOS 15.7 | iPadOS 15.7 | macOS 12.6 - 12 Sept 2022 (Monday)
iOS 15.6 | iPadOS 15.6 | macOS 12.5 - 20 July 2022 (Wednesday)
iOS 15.5 | iPadOS 15.5 | macOS 12.4 - 16 May 2022 (Monday)
iOS 15.4 | iPadOS 15.4 | macOS 12.3 - 14 Mar 2022 (Monday)
iOS 15.3 | iPadOS 15.3 | macOS 12.2 - 26 Jan 2022 (Wednesday)
iOS 15.2 | iPadOS 15.2 | macOS 12.1 - 13 Dec 2021 (Monday)
iOS 15.1 | iPadOS 15.1 | macOS 12.0 - 25 Oct 2021 (Monday)
iOS 15.0 | iPadOS 15.0 - 20 Sept 2021 (Monday)
Even if you include the z updates (x.y.z), they have been typically been on Wednesday or Thursday, and sometimes Monday. I have not seen any updates on Tuesday for quite awhile, but correct me if I'm wrong.