iOS 16.2 Beta 1 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

[COBRASVT]

Holding off till my DAWGS whoop up on the Gators! Don't wanna be out of town with bad battery or a bug I can't live with. 😀

GO DAWGS!

 

[redbeard331]

Happy beta day my fellow devs of culture

 

[sorgo †]

Happy beta day my fellow devs of culture

And my fellow dev LARPers 😉

 

[reycat]

Well Freeform keeps asking me to sign into iCloud when I try to share something.

Same here.

I like the app but can't find how to rotate a shape.

 

[Cbarnett202]

Same here.

I like the app but can't find how to rotate a shape.

Try CMD while mouse is on corner of shape. Works for me!

 

[Gathomblipoob]

Pretty sure the software version number in General > About is bolder and brasher, like BAM! 💥

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Pretty sure the software version number in General > About is bolder and brasher, like BAM! 💥

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General>Software Update?

 

[sorgo †]

General>Software Update?

Yeah, yeah, whatever 🙂

 

[Gathomblipoob]

Animations feel super quick and fluid even with Reduce Motion/Prefer Cross-Fade Transitions enabled. Actually this thing just feels way faster than 16.1 now that I really think about it/look at it 🤓🤩

I had never enabled Cross-Fade Transitions until your post. I like it!

 

[RSmith2023]

Battery has been pretty bad. I’m out now and I’m following the battery as I’m near 50% and I’ve been waiting for the profiles. The battery has dropped with 20% for about an hour and a half with only music and light Safari usage. I have to charge my 14PM twice a day and that’s with light usage cuz I work and I don’t use it much during the day. So things have been really bad here.

Odd… my battery usage on iOS 16.x betas has been very good. Easily getting a full 24 hours before even thinking about charging. I intentionally do NOT charge overnight anymore so that it’s not topping off and sitting on the charger while I snore. Very little battery loss overnight.

I might even turn AOD back on. One thing that made a big difference for me was cutting OFF background refresh for the Spark (email) app. It checks fast enough when I open it.

 

[gwhizkids]

I had never enabled Cross-Fade Transitions until your post. I like it!

Where is that setting?

 

[sorgo †]

Where is that setting?

Settings > Accessibility > Motion

 

[gwhizkids]

I had never enabled Cross-Fade Transitions until your post. I like it!

I can see how people would like this, but I just tried it and it's not my cup of tea. Cool effect though.

 

[sorgo †]

I can see how people would like this, but I just tried it and it's not my cup of tea. Cool effect though.

It pairs best with Reduce Motion, hence the organization in Settings. As an easily motion-sick weenie I personally love it.

 

[atiffarooq]

I had never enabled Cross-Fade Transitions until your post. I like it!

Just tried it myself. I think I prefer this - feels snappier! Thank you.

 

[dannyyankou]

Pretty sure the software version number in General > About is bolder and brasher, like BAM! 💥

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I find it funny that there are bugs I've reported a long time ago that haven't been fixed, but Apple was like "let's randomly change this font in this one sub-section of settings"

 

[sorgo †]

Sorry for the slightly off-topic question, but when do corresponding Xcode betas usually drop in relation to iOS?

 

[gwhizkids]

It pairs best with Reduce Motion, hence the organization in Settings. As an easily motion-sick weenie I personally love it.

Don’t you regularly ride a ship?

 

[sorgo †]

I find it funny that there are bugs I've reported a long time ago that haven't been fixed, but Apple was like "let's randomly change this font in this one sub-section of settings"

LOL...you gotta love it. Otherwise you might toss your phone against a wall or into the ocean.

 

[gwhizkids]

My first Freeform creation! Admire it and weep!

 

[sorgo †]

Don’t you regularly ride a ship?

Haha, yeah, but I'm usually okay there. There is one in the fleet that can really rock and roll, though 🤢 sometimes on that boat I have to lie down, which is my main symptom of motion sickness: lethargy

 

[gwhizkids]

Haha, yeah, but I'm usually okay there. There is one in the fleet that can really rock and roll, though 🤢 sometimes on that boat I have to lie down, which is my main symptom of motion sickness: lethargy

I have that even without motion sickness!

 

[sorgo †]

My first Freeform creation! Admire it and weep!

That banana taped to a wall can only wish! 😍

 

[Mountaindla]

Same here.

I like the app but can't find how to rotate a shape.

In Settings, under "Apps using iCloud", toggle on Freeform.

 

[Pearsey]

Where is that setting?

Feels like it puts your phone on steroids.

Used to have it on for as long as I can remember, but some apps started playing up against it from ios 15, So once I knew that, I stopped using it.

 

[gwhizkids]

I have that even without motion sickness!

No worries. I was kidding.