Apple to Release iOS 12.1 Tomorrow With Group FaceTime, New Emoji, Dual-SIM and Real-Time Depth Control

[archvile]

Rather then add 70 new emoji's, I would prefer if they used that spent resource to fix something that actually needs fixing - like the LTE/Cellular issues maybe??
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Is this actually in the release notes etc, or been confirmed?

I've been following the beta threads and yes the modem firmware is updated, I do not know for exactly which models but I know for sure the XS/XSM is getting a firmware update.

 

[themick4u]

I still think 12.1 beta needs much more work. Still experiencing irregular bugs on my XS Max. Let's hope that if they they do release it today, it encompasses the reported bugs.

 

[McTaste]

Newlyweds and we both have the gift of gab.

Get any work done if you are talking six hours a day?

 

[DrJohnnyN]

Get any work done if you are talking six hours a day?

Plenty, the majority of the talking is during our commutes.

 

[boswald]

I really hope the update fixes battery life for my X.

 

[DrJohnnyN]

I really hope the update fixes battery life for my X.

Got a free replacement battery from Apple last week -- sitting pretty at 100% health.

 

[dk001]

Lol. Do you mean that buggy poc which makes calls but it never rings in the other side? I was so frustrated with Skype a few weeks ago that I deleted it. For good.

Actually I have not had a lot of issues with Skype. Yes, Facetime works better but my audience is a mix of iOS and Android. Facetime is not an option.

 

[ugahairydawgs]

A new app? I showed my parents how to use Skype back in 2004 when I was spending a few months abroad. Later that year we set it up for my grandparents so they could keep in touch with my uncle who is living in another country. That was three years before Steve Jobs presented the first iPhone. There is nothing new about Skype at all.

But if it's new to your parents/grandparents because they didn’t know about Skype’s existence, then all those years they missed the opportunity to have video calls with their children/grandchildren before Apple implemented FaceTime in 2012 are on you. Which makes your whole argument about the significance of video conferencing for families seem kind of hypocritical.

Congrats on showing your parents Skype in 2004. My family didn't do that.

Why this seems to bug you so much is probably something you should try to flesh out with the help of a trained professional. You seem very agitated by all of this.

 

[dk001]

There are options out there aside from Facetime. If (likely never) Apple ever extends Facetime beyond iOS (like Android / Windows) it could grow into a mainstream solution.