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iOS 15.4 Features: Everything New in iOS 15.4

BuffaloTF said:
I guess I'm just floored by how well, and how easily, Universal Control works. I use MX Keys and MX Master 3, so the keyboard and mouse are bluetooth'd to it anyway, but this is just super convenient.
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Ugh, I wish I had the same success as you. Mine keeps disconnecting so it's useless for me. I've got a MX Keys Mini and a MX Master 2...
 
Jupeman said:
Although I do not know what my use case for Universal Control really is, I will say it is mighty impressive.
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For me if i am running something intensive on my (intel) mac then being able to go over to my ipad and browse or play music\video without it stuttering is really nice, if you have an M1 this prob isn’t an issue tbh
 
Hopefully some of the bugs around SharePlay have also been fixed. I spent over an hour trying to use it last month with my wife and it was a buggy mess.
 
In Safari on iPad the reload button is now there from the very beginning. Also no double functions (share menu and the menu in the search bar). And the OS is overall much smoother on my 1st gen iPad Pro.
 
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The notes function inside the enclave is one of the most welcome updates I’ve seen in a while. Allows you to place recovery keys and phrases along with passwords, making the whole experience much better. That being said, I’d also like them to drop the domain-based restriction for keychain on iOS as there are some things I’d like to keep in password as well, I.E: Personal Health Number which isn’t associated with a domain so I just use a dummy like phn.com, so I’d like to see the ability to add text-based entries as well.
 
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t0rqx said:
Any idea why the iPhone X(S) Max and iPhone 11 are left out from Face Mask ID? It’s hard to believe that they are not capable…
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Apple hasn't officially said anything. Any reasoning is really just speculation at this point. They very well could add it to more devices in a future update. No iPads have it either.
 
GtrDude said:
Once again Apple gives us another mostly useless update and acts like it's a big deal.

Personally I would like to see all the following asap from Apple.


1. redesign the notification center. It's ridiculous. At the very least add "Clear All" button immediately, even if there's only one notification.

2. after Face-ID recognizes you, go directly into the phone home screen. You shouldn't have to swipe up after the phone recognizes you. Or at least make it possible to turn this off and on.

3. make it possible to dismiss Calendar and any notification banner from any app if you're in another app. You shouldn't have to go back to the lock screen or be forced to tap it to get into the app sending it in order to dismiss it.

4. when you're running a count down timer in the clock app you can see on the Locked screen how much time is left, by all means make it possible to go directly to the the timer when you tap the time left on the Locked screen.

5. give us an LED visual for notifications in addition to sound and vibration. Allow us to change the colors of the LED light based on what the notification app is.
The fine folks who like things the way they are can just leave things as is.

6. give us an always-on screen for the clock. On the always-on screen we should also be able to choose if we want to see if we have any notifications (the amount and the app) or if we to just want to see the clock.
Once again, the people who don't like it should be able to turn it off. No more Apple forcing us to do stuff.

7. add haptic feedback to the keyboard and make it possible to customize different intensities to your heart's content.
It's beyond crazy that you have no feedback whatsoever if you're typing and the phone is on mute. Those who are concerned with battery or simply don't like this should be able to turn it off.

8. make it possible to adjust volume for independent apps and settings and not this general thing they're doing. Separate volume control for keyboard volume, music volume, ring volume, system volume.
I, for example, would like the keyboard clicks to be much louder than they are but without it affecting the volume on the entire phone or the ring and notifications volume. It's silly of Apple to force it to be like this.

9. add suggestions from the address book as you start a phone number.
Common now Apple, this has been available for the last 15 years on Android.

10. make it possible to customize the texting app in every conceivable way. Font size, bubble size shape color etc.

11. make it possible to schedule a text message to be sent at a certain time/date. This is a basic feature. Compose your message now and schedule it to be sent when the time is right. I used to use this feature all the time when I had to text people who are in different time zones when they have to get the text at a certain time in their time zone but it's way too late for me to stay up to send the text.

12. use an OS-wide clipboard and make cut and/or copy not expire until you, the user, cleans it.
You should be able to copy text now and paste it tomorrow if you want to.
And 12b make it possible to copy multiple copy entries ready to paste any one of them by long pressing, at least the last 10 cut/copies should be possible.

13. in Mail give us the option to NOT go to the next email when you are deleting an email but to go back to the inbox. Those who want to keep things the way they are should be able to turn this feature off.

14. make it possible to move the icons on the desktop anywhere you want to.
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Most of these sounds like you’ve come from android and want iOS to be like the operating system you’re used to.
 
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Hopefully some of the bugs around SharePlay have also been fixed. I spent over an hour trying to use it last month with my wife and it was a buggy mess.
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Hopefully a lot of bugs have been dealt with. In Mail, messages, safari. There were tons of bugs in the last version. Like when you click on a mail notification on the Lock Screen and it would just bring you to the mail app and do nothing. Just frustrating. And there were tons more. Wish they would have redesigned calendar app. It’s just been awful since ios7. Still is unfortunately.
 
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Is anyone else having issues with iPadOS 15.4 not being able to connect to Game Center? I updated my iPad and cannot connect to Game Center. My iPhone, still on iOS 15.3.1 connects to Game Center fine.
 
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Anyone experience a bug with Haptic Touch on the Setting and App Store Apps specifically? Long pressing pulls up the Haptic Touch menu, but I am unable to slide my thumb to an option, I have to lift my thumb off and then press an option. The expected behavior works for all other apps except these two. I even reset the phone but the issue persists. So strange. Speaking of reset, I had an impossible time resetting the phone as it kept getting stuck in "Backing Up to iCloud" so I had to reset it from my computer...thank god there's still a port on the phone!
 
LeadingHeat said:
Most of these sounds like you’ve come from android and want iOS to be like the operating system you’re used to.
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Yeah, right?! Was thinking the same thing. Like having the clock on all the time. Isn’t that redundant when all you have to do is raise it up and look at it and the screen comes on. It’s like people want a MySpace experience on the iPhone. Total customization options were a nightmare on that platform. Who would want the equivalent on their phone.
 

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howktk said:
Is anyone else having issues with iPadOS 15.4 not being able to connect to Game Center? I updated my iPad and cannot connect to Game Center. My iPhone, still on iOS 15.3.1 connects to Game Center fine.
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Yes. Same issue here and can’t fix it on iPad or iPhone.
 
Pre86 said:
Anyone experience a bug with Haptic Touch on the Setting and App Store Apps specifically? Long pressing pulls up the Haptic Touch menu, but I am unable to slide my thumb to an option, I have to lift my thumb off and then press an option. The expected behavior works for all other apps except these two. I even reset the phone but the issue persists. So strange. Speaking of reset, I had an impossible time resetting the phone as it kept getting stuck in "Backing Up to iCloud" so I had to reset it from my computer...thank god there's still a port on the phone!
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Actually noticed it happening with a random assortment of other apps too. Very strange.
 
Finally I get universal control. Works fine so far, though I’m not a ”scroll direction: natural” kind of guy but thankfully that is among one of the few toggles you can tinker with on iPad mouse settings.

I can see how this will be useful actually. I usually have my ipad put up beside my desktop screens and getting to it quickly (the seamless pairing being important here) will be great.
 
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