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iOS 16.2 Expected to Launch in Mid-December With Several New Features
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I agree, interesting, but not in a good way. It's the one release that convinced me the iPad has an identity crisis and Stage Manager only contributed to it. I'm more than ever convinced a light laptop with macOS is the way to go.
So we need to wait a month an a half for a HomeKit automation fix. Really APPLE!!!!!!
Not sure. I haven't seen a change in battery life since I upgraded to iOS16, but there's too many factors there. If battery life is an issue, then I suppose the user could choose to have less widgets?
Hoping there's a way for games to automatically be followed live. It would be annoying to have to go and add a MLB game 162 times. If I "favorite" or follow a team in the app it should automatically follow along live on lock screen and the island.
I'm wondering how this would behave, not just from app to app, but within the app itself.. I've recently been using the Sports Alerts app, and at times have wanted to see live alerts from 3 different games from the same app 😆 I'm still waiting for the NBA app to add this to see which one will take precedence..
That's a big one for me too. I have to travel mountainous areas that have zero signal to visit my daughter. It would be nice to have a little peace of mind when making those travels.
I'm excited to see what Freeform brings to the table, but haven't been gullible enough to jump on the beta bandwagon. Need to focus on debugging my own stuff than doing it for Apple and not receiving any financial compensation for it. (Heck, even a "thanks" or an acknowledgement for all the previous bugs I reported would have been enough.)
One serious fault I see with Freeform, and I'm just going off of how Notes works, I'm guessing there is no real back strategy. One glitch from Apple, one screw-up from you accidentally deleting items in your Notes, and that stuff is gone forever once you advance beyond an "undo" or two. At least with apps like Pages you have versioning and the ability to back things up on the Mac. I don't know if that exists with Freeform. Can someone here answer that?
As much as it pains me to say you're better off using something from the App Store that at least offers iCloud backup.
😄 Try living outside of Pittsburgh. In all of the local advertising they sell the ballpark, not the ball team.
😆 My wife and I were on cloud 9 when the shared Reminders app was released. We finally had a unified grocery store list.
I think interesting in a good way. Apple may not have hit their own target with stage manager but they are setting the future for where the iPad is going.
My wife’s other computer is a surface pro. To me it’s a great combo: iPhone, iPad and windows.
I suspect its the real-time nature of freeform boards using iCloud.
Probably something to do with a 'shared albums' even if not explicitly used or shown or labelled, there must be something linked to it some way.
Last year it was 12 days later for 1st beta to 2nd beta around same time of the year. Today is only a week later. Being that this is the first with Freeform, Apple could be trying to capture more feedback before another beta?
I think that WebDav technology from 2007 would be enough for that
WebDAV - Wikipedia
PS people forget the opportunity and capital costs in tying up engineers (SW and HW) in developing ever more elaborate UI fluff and the server backend to support that. This does not have a zero environmental cost - especially if that brain power could be applied to solving _actual_ problems.
Exactly , why all the excitement for the freeform app? it is just a whiteboard app
Those are all nice features, but can we please get the third-party Paste issue fixed ?!
It's still there on 16.1. 😔
It's still there on 16.1. 😔
How does the iPad getting closer to the ability to function like a touchscreen laptop for those who desire it make it worse for the tablet tasks you were already using it for?