iOS 16 Now Available: Six New Features Worth Checking Out

[citysnaps]

Nice additions!

 

[Andronicus]

When getting a new phone with a new iOS on the way, I wait for my new phone before installing the new iOS.

Am I the only one that does this?

I may be wrong but I believe I did this last time and I had to update my old iPhone before it could all be transferred to new iPhone? I may be remembering incorrectly.

 

[EugW]

Oooh hell noo not updating my iphone 12 its lagging already on ios 15

Finally our kids will be on a different version of OS than us. iPad Air 2, you have served them well. Not bad for an 8 year-old product.


My iPhone 12 Pro Max flies on iOS 15. It has 6 GB RAM though.

Actually, my wife's iPhone XR runs iOS 15 pretty well too, and that only has 3 GB RAM. Not quite as good as my 12 Pro Max, but pretty close.

 

[scheming]

I am in the public beta and on Thursday received the release candidate (20A362) that was made available to developers on Wednesday. Is this normal?

 

[Samdh90]

I am in the public beta and on Thursday received the release candidate (20A362) that was made available to developers on Wednesday. Is this normal?

Yes it is, once apple starts serving beta builds to the public beta channel, expect an update candidate around 1 day after the dev channel receives the update. Sometimes it is sooner, sometimes it is longer but overall, it is usually a 1 day difference.

 

[Villarrealadrian]

Really. My xs max on ios 15 is doing excellently. You must have some other issues with a phone 2 generations later that it's already lagging.

Mostly it happens when I type

 

[Villarrealadrian]

Really? My iPhone 12 still runs fast on iOS 15. Zero lagging on any app.

It’s mostly on the keyboard it feels sluggish

 

[Kissmo1980]

Battery degradation. Get a new one

Interesting degradation process happening immediately after installing RC and removing profile.

The OS is more taxing on the HW.
That is the No1 issue. Of course battery degrades anyway but such sudden drops are not related.

 

[zea]

When getting a new phone with a new iOS on the way, I wait for my new phone before installing the new iOS.

Am I the only one that does this?

Nope, I do it too 🤣

 

[oofio2461]

rip iphone 7.

 

[BornAgainApple]

When getting a new phone with a new iOS on the way, I wait for my new phone before installing the new iOS.

Am I the only one that does this?

Not trying to be snarky, but how else would you be able to install it? You need the new phone before you can upgrade the software.

 

[Benlurks1010]

Lock Screen additions are much appreciated. I don’t use notifications a lot, so it’ll be nice to do something with the usually empty space.

 

[centauratlas]

After having used iOS 16 for several weeks now, I think it's a pretty minor – even "meh" – upgrade. Maybe that's good if it means fewer bugs. And it's hard to introduce killer features year after year. But overall, once you spend 2 minutes customizing your first lock screen, there's not much different than iOS 15.

The biggest thing I've seen so far is a big improvement in Siri dictation. Little things like that make a difference over time.

 

[Corsig]

Going to be a fun day. I’ll let you guys download first just to make sure it doesn’t brick mine lol

 

[snak-atak]

Track medications on iPhone is an underrated feature that, to me, is a much more important feature than Nintendo Switch controllers.

 

[MrTemple]

When getting a new phone with a new iOS on the way, I wait for my new phone before installing the new iOS.

Am I the only one that does this?

I am planning on doing the same, want to experience the new iOS on the new iPhone directly.

The migration feature is never foolproof for me, so I figure it helps to go from the same exact version of iOS as its migrating to.

 

[MrZippyUK]

Well I reported 10 bugs, only one is acknowledged in the feedback app and that says unable to diagnose with info provided. Hmmm.

Enjoy all.

 

[samuraiQ]

Close Your Rings Without an Apple Watch​

However, on my iPhone12mini (iOS16RC), there is no change in the moving ring.
The moving ring remains open.

I unpaired my Apple Watch two years ago,
From that time until now, the moving ring has not changed.🥺

 

[jz0309]

not really any of the features convince me to upgrade, eventually I would but was planning to do so in a couple m months or, except, I ordered an AW Ultra, so will upgrade before receiving it on 9/23 ... and my iPhone is a 13PM, so I have no issues with iOS 15

 

[calstanford]

The thinniest set of feature upgrades iOS ever had.

 

[slomtbr]

Oooh hell noo not updating my iphone 12 its lagging already on ios 15

My 8+ is "snappy" on iOS 16

 

[CarlJ]

Now the real beta testing phase starts 🤭

It’s called Gamma Testing.

 

[NoelWalker]

I might actually wait until iPadOS 16 is released. Feels kind of weird having two devices with different user experiences.

 

[jimbobb24]

The nerfing of editing messages makes it almost useless. I can already resend a message with corrections. Apple is ruining features by imagining extremely edge scenarios and then changing the features to accommodate them.

 

[CarlJ]

i don't have it yet but i already know that having larger album cover on the lock screen is gonna make a big difference for me

I wish Apple would do what they did on their wired earbud cables and, I think, on some of the iPod Touches, and put a third button between the up and down volume buttons on the iPhone, that would serve as play/pause, skip forward/back, and answer/hangup. It annoys me that with the phone in my hand and my eyes focused elsewhere, I can raise and lower the volume but I can’t pause/resume playback without staring directly at the screen to find an onscreen button to touch. It ensures that the iPhone is not the best iPod ever, despite what they used to say.