Apple already innovate at a snail's pace. True I live with it because the products are solid and they work but I have nothing newer than an iPhone 6 and based on their new emojivation strategy that isn't likely to change.
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iOS 12 Said to Feature Animoji in FaceTime, Deeper Siri Integration, and Do Not Disturb Improvements
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i wish they would take the time to think about how they can make 3D Touch more useful. at this point it just adds to the complexity of the devices, without adding much functionality.
I think moves like this are evidence they're ordering to their audience. Enthusiasts aren't their audience. Young people are.
I can't say this is exciting to me but a lot of people constantly remind us, when talking about pricing and costs, that Apple is a business. My gut tells me they've done a little research into what sells and what people want. Apparently they've decided a good chunk of that is emoji style services.
I can't say this is exciting to me but a lot of people constantly remind us, when talking about pricing and costs, that Apple is a business. My gut tells me they've done a little research into what sells and what people want. Apparently they've decided a good chunk of that is emoji style services.
This is all I really want. Squashing those pesty bugs would be nice too, but Siri needs major improvement though.
While Animoji are not my cup of tea, I can easily see why apple would focus on it. It’s the teen crowd and snap crowd that eat that stuff up. And that’s a big market as they have 100% disposable income generally once they wheedle something from their parents/guardians/trust funds.
They kinda have it via "Shared iPad", but that requires Apple School Manager, Managed Apple ID's and a supported MDM.
It needs some work to make it possible and more work to keep it up and running.
Being able to make use of a multi-user iPad in a much more convenient way would help home usage and even schools.
To be clear -- Animojis in FaceTime will start as exclusive feature in the iPad Pro, because you know, professionals are begging to have conference calls as pigs and unicorns same as they like easy access to emojis on their MBP keyboard. Honestly, haven't Animoji's had their 15 minutes of fame? Why extend the misery? But if that is where Apple think's its core market is stop attaching "pro" to the end of it's models and instead use "Bieber" and "Selena Gomez."
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Improvements in Animoji will certainly help me sell it in the workplace.
When "Major" OS innovations are things such as tabbed finder and Siri now knowing about more sports scores, I can't see what less they could do....
Nothing has been innovative in iOS since 7 updated the UI.
Nothing has been innovative in iOS since 7 updated the UI.
You would think so, but Apple seems determined to attach Siri updates to major iOS releases. It’s infuriating.
We have reached the time that trying to imagine any new feature to an OS (desktop and mobile) is getting very hard.
Bug fixes and security enhancements are, obviously, always welcome, but that's good for a .x.x update.
More animoj while everyone is using Whatsapp etc. doesn't really make it a very worthwhile update.
I would love to see a new approach to device management... move away from xml-files push via a webserver (MDM) and move on to security and enhancements via user-authentication (akin iCloud)
Bug fixes and security enhancements are, obviously, always welcome, but that's good for a .x.x update.
More animoj while everyone is using Whatsapp etc. doesn't really make it a very worthwhile update.
I would love to see a new approach to device management... move away from xml-files push via a webserver (MDM) and move on to security and enhancements via user-authentication (akin iCloud)
Although at this point having a fix update has become necessary, it's disappointing to see Apple, the large company it is, have to delay new features to clean up the mess they made
I want new ways to use my phone and new things to do with it, and that's not going to happen anymore it sounds, who knows what the next big thing is going to be?
I want new ways to use my phone and new things to do with it, and that's not going to happen anymore it sounds, who knows what the next big thing is going to be?
Apple needs to help 3rd party App developers to update their apps to support the iPhone X. Over half the apps I use are not updated yet. It will get worse when the iPhone X plus is released
Why would multi-user support be restricted to iPads with more RAM? How is multi-user support a RAM-intensive feature?
Deeper Siri integration? They can't bury Siri deep enough.
I said this many times when it came up in a discussion that yearly updates have to stop including WWDC. Current features need bug fixing and some need to be expanded like "Do not Disturb". Some features do not work very well with VPN like copy and paste.
"a redesigned version of its Stocks app"
really - how is this a high priority feature?
really - how is this a high priority feature?
Do not disturb doesn’t silence alarms. I can see how this is mostly good behavior. But for me once it was horrible behavior. I got up early one Sunday and went to church early. Even though I had my phone on DND my morning alarm started going off in the middle of the service during a particularly quiet time. I felt awful, but at least it was the really gentle ‘First Light’ sound. So I’d kinda like a ‘Really Do Not Disturb’ option.
Just wanted to jump in and say thanks for posting something on the front page other than the Home Pod, I don't care how much Apple tries to polish that turd, it still stinks.
It would be nice if Do Not Disturb While Driving worked while you use your phone for directions. First of all, if I have Waze open it doesn't automatically put it in DNDWD. And when I manually put it in there, it still pops the notifications up.
1) These are just rumors. There could be more coming.
2) Referring to Siri as being the “weakest” part of their ecosystem — it’s that way *because* they put so little effort into improving it. The only way to make it a strength is to devote an entire version of iOS to it. Frankly, I hope they are planning to improve Siri’s AI, as well, since they just released a product that heavily emphasizes Siri. It just makes sense.
3) Less features, but with focus on polish right out the gate? That sounds like a winner to me. All the bugs of late are slowly but surely tarnishing their image of having great quality control — that’s the last thing they want. Plus, if iOS 12 is mostly bug-free at 12.0, they can then focus on delivering new features in .1, .2, and .3 rather than still struggling to fix bugs, as they have these past two iOS versions.
People love new features, but they can’t enjoy them if they don’t work well. So, people will gladly take a few less features if it means that the new ones that we get make for the smooth experience that we should expect from Apple. Save for all the complainers who just don’t get this logic, of course.
How about simply fixing what is broken such as photo syncing large photo libraries? What a joke.
I don't get the idea here. It's ok if Apple wants to take some time to right the ship, but what's all this focus on Animoji's?? I mean, everyone I know who has access to Animoji says its a novelty gimmick, but Apple now has three major releases for Animoji's??
You could use the silent switch. It doesn't prevent an alarm from going off but it will only vibrate instead of ringing.