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iOS 16.2 Expected to Launch in Mid-December With Several New Features

Rychiar said:
Where’s the HomeKit architecture
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It’s in the 16.2 beta.
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iOS and iPadOS 16.2 Betas Overhaul Home App Architecture With Improved Performance

The iOS 16.2, iPadOS 16.2, and macOS Ventura 13.1 betas introduce a new Home app architecture upgrade, which can be installed to upgrade performance....
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hovscorpion12 said:
If Apple does not release beta 2 next week, then it is safe to say that Apple is on a two-week schedule.

Based on the release notes, iOS 16.2 Beta 1 is on the "E" build. Thats roughly 5 weeks if Apple chooses a 1-week schedule which would be the week of Nov 21st for release candidate. Week of Nov 28th for official Lauch

if Apple goes by a bi-weekly beta schedule, then the release candidate is the week of Dec 19th. Week of the Dec 26th for official launch.

Keep in mind that I am referring to iOS 16.3 ONLY. iPadOS/Mac OS could have their own release schedule as previously stated by Apple due to the delayed launch of iPadOS 16.
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This is not necessarily true at all, Apple has had several beta builds in a row with the same letter at the end.
Pretty sure there was two or three “e” builds of 16.1.
The launch date is most likely Monday, December 12, to match 15.2 (December 13) and 14.3 (December 14.
Also, Apple usually takes the last full week of December and the first week of January off, releasing them on December 12 gives an entire week and a half to release any immediate bug fixes, (14.2.1 etc) if necessary.
Also because they take that time off, I wouldn’t expect any updates (beta or otherwise)at all between December 23 and January 9 unless something truly catastrophic pops up.
Phreddyl said:
Am I missing something… didnt we get live activities in 16.1? Did they pull it again? I am on the beta but I thought everyone got it a week ago.
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Live activities are in 16.1, the public release.
16.2 just allows them to update faster if necessary, and also brings back the live activity for the TV app
 
Maybe im in the minority, but I don't want a single new or additional feature beyond what we have today. Just make every existing feature flawless in all scenarios. No issues, no leaks, no broken, no slow, no buggy, no intermittent, just everything thats there be flawless. Take a year, 2 years, 3 years idc work on that. Stop adding features.
 
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fakestrawberryflavor said:
Maybe im in the minority, but I don't want a single new or additional feature beyond what we have today. Just make every existing feature flawless in all scenarios. No issues, no leaks, no broken, no slow, no buggy, no intermittent, just everything thats there be flawless. Take a year, 2 years, 3 years idc work on that. Stop adding features.
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Well, marketing team inside the world of Apple will hate that idea and Apple would still have to pretend they are innovating smh to the laymen anyways.
Though i really wish they’d rethink some of the stage manager interactions, particularly on the switching app front cause it is not intuitive.
 
I didn't realize Freeform was going to work across the apple ecosystem. It seems especially suited for the ipad, less so for the mac, other than simply viewing. Looking forward to trying it out.
 
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lovehateapple said:
I didn't realize Freeform was going to work across the apple ecosystem. It seems especially suited for the ipad, less so for the mac, other than simply viewing. Looking forward to trying it out.
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Just as I thought stage manager was a means to display multiple applications when giving a keynote, VTC, or other meeting by the presenter. Keynote is just another application to use by colleagues on what is essentially a virtual whiteboard. If you take that in along with safari tab grouping allowing other access, with these collaboration GUI, whiteboard, it resembles a attempt to market Mac as a better way to work in teams or groups for businesses.

I don't think any of this is meant to help sell iPads specifically, just make the Mac and iPads much more useful collaboratively between multiple parties.
 
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I just can't wait until HomeKit is FINALLY stable. It's sad but it's been the least stable home ecosystem I've used so far.

I'm **** scared about Matter being based on HomeKit.
 
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I pretty much don't use any of the new features for the past couple of iPhone releases, I only install them to keep up with security updates.
I don't need my phone to be my TV and live updates to weather widgets, dynamic, interactive animated, turbo, gifs or a third display for an iPad so that I can make 3 second self absorbed pontifications about the latest outrage.
Dear Apple: just concentrate on keeping things, simple and functional...
(old man, yelling at clouds )
 
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Ever since iOS 16, 80% of the time when I swipe down Siri Suggestions are blank. I was hoping 16.1 would fix it, but it didn’t. Really hope this is fixed in 16.2 - I use the suggestions so often and this is extremely irritating.
 
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What about satellite SOS? I assumed that was coming in 16.2 and 16.2 would come in November with 16.3 in either December or January.

Does that mean satellite SOS for iPhone 14 Pro is delayed?
 
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iLoveDeveloping said:
Mid December??!?! Oh god! I’ve been waiting for freeform app to use in college. The year will be half over. Guess I’ll have to go buy endless paper… So irritating everything is delayed these days.
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Endless Paper is great. The only downsides are that a) it’s an Apple Pencil exclusive app -you cannot use your fingers- and b) they only provide you with one canvas.
 
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what happened to live sports scores? I see some asked in here but it was never answered...
Its not that important to me as I'm watching all games I care about live 99% of the time...but frustrating when they introduced it as part of iOS 16/iPhone 14 Pro and then its gonna be a month later in 16.1 and now its not until 16.2??
 
BobSc said:
If Apple is just like google and samsung, just why are you paying a premium for apple??? Just switch to another manufacturer and take the hate to their forums. Thanks so much!
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Don’t agree with you. If you’re paying a premium for products that don’t work as advertised (key word) by Apple, the company that sells it to you, you have every right to be negative about them, wherever you please. Look around these forums. iOS 16 is pure trash. Absolutely reminds me of the bugginess of Android. I got several freaking settings toggles that decide to toggle themselves on/off regularly. This site isn’t called MacRainbows.
 
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spartan1967 said:
I'll wait until everything works properly & no more widespread posts of battery drain.
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Unfortunately, for folks like us, if we continue to wait, the next iOS will be released but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Sticking with 15.7 for now for the 13 Pro.

By the time many things became relatively stable, it's late in its revision of the current iOS and the next iOS is released with lots of bugs and the cycle repeats itself!
Let other people continue to be Apple's guinea pig beta testers for the next iOS.
Apple needs to implement lots of quality control in its iOS team as iOS has been relatively terrible for the past few versions.
 
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MrMojo1 said:
Unfortunately, for folks like us, if we continue to wait, the next iOS will be released but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Sticking with 15.7 for now for the 13 Pro.

By the time many things became relatively stable, it's late in its revision of the current iOS and the next iOS is released with lots of bugs and the cycle repeats itself!
Let other people continue to be Apple's guinea pig beta testers for the next iOS.
Apple needs to implement lots of quality control in its iOS team as iOS has been relatively terrible for the past few versions.
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That's why I have said in the past, probably next summer at the earliest. Maybe longer with the new gimmicks still being introduced in 16 that really tap into these devices, even when not in use. 13 Mini, XRs, & 9.7 iPad Pro work perfect with 15.7.1, in case you didn't install yet.
 
BobSc said:
If Apple is just like google and samsung, just why are you paying a premium for apple??? Just switch to another manufacturer and take the hate to their forums. Thanks so much!
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Because I’m allowed to express my opinion?

Also I make money on mobile technology, love it all really, and hate it when I see bugs. No matter what, you spent your money on that hardware, and you are entitled to the best.
 
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Hopefully it fixes bloodstained rotn, the game crashes if you update iOS 16. It’s unplayable.
apple‘s way of reinventing how memory is used with every major is update is terrible.
 
I7guy said:
In my opinion, ios 16 is shaping up as one of the most interesting releases since IOS 7.
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Mal: Define “interesting”.
Wash: “Oh god oh god we’re all gonna die.”

Sorry, just first the thing to cross my mind. I’ve been quite pleased with iOS 16 so far. I wasn’t expecting to like the lock screen changes as much as I do. And Freeform looks like it might be useful.
 
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Looking forward to seeing the Freeform app, even though Apple in the past have taken down/refused apps like that in the App Store. Curious to see how it compares to Figma.
 
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