Apple Seeds Second iOS 8.4.1 Beta to Developers

[MacRumors]

Apple today seeded the second beta of iOS 8.4.1 to registered developers for testing purposes, just over two weeks after releasing the first iOS 8.4.1 beta and a month after launching iOS 8.4 with the new Apple Music service.

Today's beta, build 12H318, is available via an over the air update and it can also be downloaded from the Apple Developer Center.

No outward facing changes were discovered in the first iOS 8.4.1 beta, and it's a .1 update, so it's likely that it includes only minor bug fixes, security enhancements, and performance improvements designed to prepare the operating system for its upcoming retirement.

iOS 8.4.1 may be one of the last updates to iOS 8 as Apple is working on its successor, iOS 9. iOS 9 builds on many of the features introduced with iOS 8 and adds new content and underlying performance improvements. iOS 9 is currently in beta testing and will be released in the fall.

Article Link: Apple Seeds Second iOS 8.4.1 Beta to Developers

 

[JoEw]

Hope it fixes Apple Music bugs, hard to leave spotify behind with the current state of the app.

 

[GregoryMichael]

Goodbye Jailbreak? Can we get confirmation from one of the Devs on this?

 

[AngerDanger]

Here's to hoping for the eventual ability to turn off Music completely, returning the music app to its previous state of usually-working glory.

I really miss this navigation.

 

[VictoryHighway]

I wonder if they've replaced discoveryd with mDNSresponder in this version?

 

[iOSBry]

Installing now! Was only 56 or so MB's for me.

iOSBry

 

[Oblivious.Robot]

I hope this version comes out to general public soon, and it smoothens out the Touch ID lag that am facing.
Had to restore twice already! and that's not common for me to do on iPhone.
#Androiddevicenightmares

 

[The Doctor11]

The bug fixes and changes thread - https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/ios-8-4-1-beta-2-bug-fixes-and-changes.1904479/
Hopefully this one will be more interesting than the last beta.

 

[C DM]

I wonder if they've replaced discoveryd with mDNSresponder in this version?

Not likely something like that would happen in a x.x.x bug fix type of a release. The change is there in iOS 9 betas so likely coming with iOS 9 when it's released.

 

[that be me]

change log please?

 

[Aluminum213]

Hopefully fixes the countless bugs with Apple Music

 

[1961 Scout]

I wish I never downloaded 8.4 to begin with. The music app is way to complicated. Thank goodness I have an old ipod 4 on IOS 7 to play and navigate my music...

 

[batting1000]

change log please?

Betas don't have changelogs.

 

[spacemnspiff]

Surprised that Apple is still working on iOS8 and not allocating all the resources for iOS9. Maybe this does show that Apple is not happy with 8.4 and still wants to put effort towards iOS 8.

 

[BC2009]

So many bugs in the new Music app. Hopefully 8.4.1 will fix the scenario where I make a Playlist "Available Offline" but the songs in that place do not show with the "available offline" icon. Right now the music app will let me download the same song more than once. When I check "Manage Storage" I can see the song is there multiple times. They really need better awareness of when a song is already available offline.

The only way it works right now is if you specifically make a song available offline.

 

[jdoll021]

Here's to hoping for the eventual ability to turn off Music completely, returning the music app to its previous state of usually-working glory.

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I really miss this navigation.

Wow, makes me really, really, really glad I stayed with 8.3!

 

[batting1000]

Slow wake on iPad Air 2 not fixed

 

[OldSchoolMacGuy]

Every comment in this thread:

I hope this fixes.....

 

[C DM]

Surprised that Apple is still working on iOS8 and not allocating all the resources for iOS9. Maybe this does show that Apple is not happy with 8.4 and still wants to put effort towards iOS 8.

All resources don't have to (and generally don't) work on the same thing.

 

[RigoStar]

Here's to hoping for the eventual ability to turn off Music completely, returning the music app to its previous state of usually-working glory.

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I really miss this navigation.

And I really miss this one...

 

[spacemnspiff]

All resources don't have to (and generally don't) work on the same thing.

There is no point on working on a system that doesnt need to be updated and is going to be obsolete, if Apple was happy with 8.4 then they would leave it alone. Unless they can port over the improvements implemented in the current update to the new OS.

 

[taptic]

Here's to hoping for the eventual ability to turn off Music completely, returning the music app to its previous state of usually-working glory.

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I really miss this navigation.

Yeah, I really tried to get to like it, but haven't been able to so far... it just doesn't make as much sense.

 

[nepalisherpa]

At this point in time, they should just focus on iOS 9 instead. By the time the final 8.4.1 is released, it will be close to iOS 9 release.

 

[C DM]

There is no point on working on a system that doesnt need to be updated and is going to be obsolete, if Apple was happy with 8.4 then they would leave it alone. Unless they can port over the improvements implemented in the current update to the new OS.

Of course there is a point if there are some potential issues here and most people are still in that system and will be on it for some time still even after a new one comes out. There can very well be some security issues being addressed, some stability issues, some issues related to usability perhaps, some issues related to payments or services perhaps--plenty of fairly valid possibilities.

 

[C DM]

At this point in time, they should just focus on iOS 9 instead. By the time the final 8.4.1 is released, it will be close to iOS 9 release.

And what makes it seem that they aren't focusing on iOS 9? Because there is still a small team still supporting iOS 8, which is still the currently available and supported version? They aren't taking anything away from the team that's already working on iOS 9 and has been for a long time.