I’m in my 3rd decade here, and I happen to be a big time dev, so I think I’m not only entitled to prompt new betas every week, I’m also entitled to complain, whine, and moan about it.
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iOS 16 Speculation Thread
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I’m in my 3rd decade here, and I happen to be a big time dev, so I think I’m not only entitled to prompt new betas every week, I’m also entitled to complain, whine, and moan about it.
It’s not that we are so eagerly waiting betas, is that apple’s iOS 16 is very buggy and we are interested to see the way they intends to take. For example, iOS stock keyboard is terrible, why not fix it? There are still iOS 16 new features listed in June yet to arrive… I don’t know. It’s just a bit strange they are not seeding beta… if you look at last year the timing of official release is almost the same
You're so right.
I mean—as you point out—this has always been the way they've handled things...and ridden that to becoming a Top 3 market cap company.
...but all of a sudden, it will be their downfall? Explain how.
"Need"? Or else what?
I'm desperate for new betas, because that should hopefully mean improvements and being closer to the next public release.
16.3 is almost as bad for me as 16.0 (or 16.0.1 or whatever it was). My swipe up stutter that was seemingly fixed in 16.2 returned in 16.3. The squared off notifications bug that started in 16.2 for me is now worse in 16.3. I keep getting an issue where when I swipe back to home, the screen gets stuck halfway with a blurry home screen. These are just a few examples of my problems with 16.3. I'd rather have 16.2 back.
And we kind of love it. The beta community is like our own ****ed up (but entertaining/informative) little club of leechy poseurs—not that I’d know anything about that 🙂—and enthusiastic, heartfelt developers.
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So you’re on a ProMotion device, I’m assuming? Is it a 14 series?
16.3’s been weirdly solid for me on a 13 mini—feeling like potential peak refinement for the lifecycle of this device. So I guess although I do indeed feel the beta drought it could be worse.
Also I must say I had the same experience over the holiday season during *that* drought: Apple left things pretty gosh-darn solid across my devices with that last 16.2 (?) beta or RC or whatever.
Still a bit ruthless of them, though. Holidays, now this, and then presumably we resume the regularly-scheduled pre-WWDC programming (which needless to say is usually a capital-B bore). But, hey, at least they’ll actually be releasing software.
Yeah, 14 Pro Max. Flagship product and can't get their **** together...
Well hopefully you’ll be able to say the same as me by this time next year
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Did you happen to see that the thread was labeled as a feature request/mockup of integrating Apple TV updates into the Home app? Cuz that might give you a hint.Saw this on reddit
Saw this on reddit
I just returned from a wild Reddit rabbit hole looking for that since you didn’t link it. It’s ok though cause it was really good, and no I cannot post what it was I found.
Ok so Thursday is a common day for iOS releases. So I am going with we will see iOS 16.3.1 today.
Nope. You got it backwards. Actual releases are very common on Thursday and betas are toward the first of the week (Tues/Wed).
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Actually there have also been several RC and betas also released on Thursday as well but mostly on Tues and Wed. Either way Thursday is a common day for iOS so perhaps we will get something today.
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Another day that we all join up and wait and see what apple provides or doesn’t provide 🫠😂
And yet another day of us attacking each other and Apple
8 minutes and I'll pour another glass of wine 😂