Apple Seeds Seventh Developer Betas of iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1 With Apple Intelligence [Update: Public Beta Available]

[Reeneman]

How does this compare to iOS 18 public release on stability, performance and battery? Thinking of making the jump now we’ve had 2 ‘a’ beta releases

For sure it can vary between several devices and usecases but for me on my 15 Pro it’s great.

 

[Realityck]

How does this compare to iOS 18 public release on stability, performance and battery? Thinking of making the jump now we’ve had 2 ‘a’ beta releases

I had no real issues with it with my 14 Pro's, if you want to play even safer wait a week for the RC.

 

[mango316]

Is it just me, or have they genuinely eliminated the annoying notifications whenever Shortcuts are running in this beta version? Please keep it like this!!!

 

[xxFoxtail]

Does 8.1 offer anything of interest other than AI?

If you’re really into printing, then it’ll show you your printing progress on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. I haven’t really found anything else on my 14 Pro that might be interesting.

 

[cocky jeremy]

*yawn*

18.2!!!

 

[avanpelt]

Keenly awaiting hearing aid functionality !!!

My Oticon hearing aids have been working fine in 18.1 on the Public Beta channel.

 

[rjohnstone]

My Oticon hearing aids have been working fine in 18.1 on the Public Beta channel.

This...
My ReSound hearing aids work perfectly with 18.1 developer betas. No issues with any of them.

 

[hagjohn]

I assume we are not going to get anymore 18.0 bug fixes and we will jump into 18.1 and accumulate more?

 

[Devyn89]

I assume we are not going to get anymore 18.0 bug fixes and we will jump into 18.1 and accumulate more?

18.0.1 had bug fixes that I believe were integrated into last weeks beta. Someone correct me if I’m wrong though.

 

[hagjohn]

18.0.1 had bug fixes that I believe were integrated into last weeks beta. Someone correct me if I’m wrong though.

I'm sure but there is a good number more that should be fixed.

 

[IIGS User]

Im really hoping the networking issue is resolved. Seems Wifi or Cellular is inconsistent at times. Notice it a lot with App Store results are very much delayed when searching for specific apps or just getting blank screens. I also have a non beta iOS 18 iPhone 14 PM that is not experiencing this issue. Only appears on 18.1 dev beta on an iPhone 15 PM.

I noticed some network issues with the last beta version as well. Just downloaded and running the 7th now. Keyboard seems better.

 

[Devyn89]

I'm sure but there is a good number more that should be fixed.

Oh for sure! I just think some were fixed last week.

 

[Stromos]

Wonder if MS Teams is still a complete mess with this beta. Only fix is to completely disable Apple Intelligence (not just the app) and it still can bug out after a couple days.

WatchOS 11 (non-beta) is also a mess. Outlook Calendar is using black text now if any watch face is set to colorful. If you switch to a rainbow background or pick a single color the text shows up fine otherwise you just get black on black.

 

[mxrider88]

I assume we are not going to get anymore 18.0 bug fixes and we will jump into 18.1 and accumulate more?

Yep, that’s the roadmap

 

[dypeterc]

Hope Apple improves battery performance the close to public release. Since moving to 18.1 betas, I’ve been barely able to make it through a day of work (6-8 hrs active screen time)

 

[CloneBB]

This...
My ReSound hearing aids work perfectly with 18.1 developer betas. No issues with any of them.

I think the poster is referring to using AirPods as hearing aids. That is the new feature, not traditional ones like my Rextons.

 

[Eurisko2]

Wonder if MS Teams is still a complete mess with this beta. Only fix is to completely disable Apple Intelligence (not just the app) and it still can bug out after a couple days.

To be fair, MS Teams is a complete mess on Windows...

 

[cutlub]

Hope Apple improves battery performance the close to public release. Since moving to 18.1 betas, I’ve been barely able to make it through a day of work (6-8 hrs active screen time)

Same here. I've barely been getting 5-6 before hitting 20%. It seems to drain juice when it's off!

 

[N0ughtsAndCr0sses]

Keyboard issues are still present. Ugh.

Care to expand on that?

My issue was in the YouTube app

That’s gone now

Edit: gone since beta 6

 

[Realityck]

Does 18.1 offer anything of interest other than AI?

Sure, its not like the marketing by cell carriers and Apple that AI is the only attraction that 18.1 brings.

15 New Things Your iPhone Can Do in iOS 18.1

Apple is set to release iOS 18.1 in October, bringing the first set of Apple Intelligence features to iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16 models. This update...

www.macrumors.com

5 Non-AI Features iOS 18.1 Brings to Older iPhones - TechWiser

Here are all the non-AI features that are coming to all iPhone models that are eligible for iOS 18.1 update. Plenty of good stuff.

techwiser.com

 

[btrach144]

The end of October cannot come soon enough!

 

[TheDrakeMan]

Well the last 6 updates didn’t really offer Siri context between requests but sure sure this one will.

It works for me.

 

[Jay Bly]

All right, I’m trying to research this. I’ve noticed twice when I’ve gone quickly through the Photos app that a little HD logo comes up that could be toggled on and off. But not every time I open up does it come up? Is this a bug?

 

[Robert.Walter]

My Oticon hearing aids have been working fine in 18.1 on the Public Beta channel.

Meant for the Air Pods Pro 2 ... (my original post now updated to reflect this).

Am glad 18.1 is working well for your traditional aid ... my 92yo mom is about to replace her 7yo ReSound (has MFi 1, with simplex streaming) with a BICROS, and is very much looking forward to the upgrade to duplex streaming.

 

[Baritone_Guy]

Wonder if MS Teams is still a complete mess with this beta. Only fix is to completely disable Apple Intelligence (not just the app) and it still can bug out after a couple days.

WatchOS 11 (non-beta) is also a mess. Outlook Calendar is using black text now if any watch face is set to colorful. If you switch to a rainbow background or pick a single color the text shows up fine otherwise you just get black on black.

Teams has been fine for me on my phone and iPad. Use it both places quite regularly. AI is enabled.