iOS 16 Beta 8 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

[Macx69]

I find battery is holding really good on my iPhone 12 mini

 

[contacos]

„Home“ has started to eat my battery in standby for some reason. It was doing something all night

 

[kecinzer]

I really like the dynamic backgrounds, like this one:

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This is part of system? Or some custom one?

 

[one more]

This is part of system? Or some custom one?

It comes with iOS 16. ✋

 

[gwhizkids]

This is part of system? Or some custom one?

The representation of it in the poster’s post is a time lapse. Much more subtle in real time. Kind of like the earth rotating!

 

[deadlock]

I'm *still* seeing a bug (reported in PB 3) with Siri and Sleep Focus.
If I use the Focus button in control center to select "Sleep" on either my Watch (S5) or my iPhone (11) then the Watch correctly switches into Sleep mode showing the "sleep" watch face, no lift to wake, etc.

However if I say "Hey Siri, Sleep Focus on" then the Focus is activated with bed icon at the top of the watch and sleep icon highlighted in the control center of phone and watch, however the it stays showing the current watch face.

I'll feedback again, but does anyone else see this?

 

[Pearsey]

Not impressed.

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How id test this:

Reinstall the beta - test
Reinstall beta 7 - test

That way you’ll identify if it’s your phone or a beta. If 7 and 8 still behave like this, drop back to your encrypted 15.6 back up - test.

You’ll get a better picture of what it is ether software or hardware after.

 

[Pearsey]

I find battery is holding really good on my iPhone 12 mini

Same…. iPhone 12

 

[iFone88]

Big battery issues this build. Down to 63% with only two hours screen time.

WhatsApp and safari appear to be the culprits

 

[papbot]

The phone keeps the battery level for longer after you remove the charger. Then it starts dropping normally. That’s why you think that the drain is not there.

I can’t speak to the phones but on my iPad Pro on 16.1 battery life is phenomenal, has always been great but, possibly a placebo effect, seems even better now.

 

[sorgo †]

I find battery is holding really good on my iPhone 12 mini

Same on 13 mini.

 

[iFone88]

Same on 13 mini.

You’re constantly in low battery mode and not on your phone

 

[sorgo †]

You’re constantly in low battery mode and not on your phone

And usually even under those circumstances there’s some overnight battery drain. But thanks for stating the obvious

 

[Knowlege Bomb]

How id test this:

Reinstall the beta - test
Reinstall beta 7 - test

That way you’ll identify if it’s your phone or a beta. If 7 and 8 still behave like this, drop back to your encrypted 15.6 back up - test.

You’ll get a better picture of what it is ether software or hardware after.

I did a Reset All Settings just now. We’ll see how the day goes.

First thing I noticed: the green dot is gone from my Astronomy lockscreen. So far so good. 👍🏻

Edit 2: Went through all settings and had to disable location access for Astronomy as the dot had come back.

Edit 3: Battery is still terrible. Gonna have to restore.



Edit 4: Did a complete reset and restore from iCloud. We’ll see how she does tomorrow after everything gets settled.

 

[iFone88]

And usually even under those circumstances there’s some overnight battery drain. But thanks for stating the obvious

The obvious that the phone is literally doing nothing in the background so to say the battery is holding up probably isn’t that accurate a statement

 

[sorgo †]

The obvious that the phone is literally doing nothing in the background so to say the battery is holding up probably isn’t that accurate a statement

Um…if you say so, sis.

 

[dbrose]

Can anyone confirm if the beta works with Starling and RBS apps?

 

[Ewan Hoozarmy]

Can anyone confirm if the beta works with Starling and RBS apps?

Definitely works with Starling app

 

[Treble]

Can anyone confirm if the beta works with Starling and RBS apps?

Worked with rbs from beta 1

 

[dbrose]

Worked with rbs from beta 1

Thanks people. About to jump on the beta train then!

 

[Pearsey]

Thanks people. About to jump on the beta train then!

Oh no wait…

 

[Knowlege Bomb]

We got a daredevil here folks! Coming in hot on beta 8! 🫡

 

[sorgo †]

We got a daredevil here folks! Coming in on beta 8! 🫡

The absolute madman

 

[dk001]

The absolute madman

Throw caution to the wind! Jumping in feet first! Or is that head first?

 

[Daku93]

I just woke up to an unresponsive iPhone that was plugged in to charge overnight. This is the second time this happened, last time a few weeks ago with an older beta.
Only way to get it working again was a hard restart.