That makes a lot of sense. If that is the case, I would have preferred Apple wait and release on al devices, instead of their adopted patchwork style releasing.
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iOS 18.2 Mail Sorting Features Strangely Absent on iPad and Mac
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Then a genius idea would be to not release it until they can “figure it out” to keep basic parity between devices in their lineup on a critical and key app!!
But then again they did just release “ Apple intelligence” that literally only works on 3 iPhone models. Two of which were just released…so they clearly don’t care what devices can do what anymore. It’s a convoluted mess of what apps and features work on which device.
Tim’s Apple.
I was looking forward to having a consistent cross-device experience in mail. The changes in iOS seem valuable, I just wish my inbox would look the same across iPhone, iPad, Mac without having to use/expose my data to 3rd parties like spark.
Did the same exact thing on my M2 iPad Pro. Then came on here and saw the thread. Totally baffling from Apple’s perspective. But don’t worry, Image Playground was available for iPad (which I immediately deleted).
Quite frankly, it's embarrassing -- and it's a sign of very poor management and resource allocation.
One would think after Apple moving to Apple Silicon , they would press one button the same code would run and be released on all platforms at the same time , yet here we are , iPadOS always behind iOS , MacOs somewhere in between two.
Microsoft had the same strategy in the past Apple is using now. Promise changes that will happen in future releases.
The more I see what Apple is doing now, the more I’m convinced they just started building.
Apple should invest some of its billions in more soft- and hardware engineers to be able to keep parity with the competition.
All things promised for iOS 18 are already implemented in Android. Better assistant, better AI, better customizations. You can have the same look and feel on your Android as iOS 18.
Apple is really getting behind on all fronts now. It took blackberry and Nokia how long….
The more I see what Apple is doing now, the more I’m convinced they just started building.
Apple should invest some of its billions in more soft- and hardware engineers to be able to keep parity with the competition.
All things promised for iOS 18 are already implemented in Android. Better assistant, better AI, better customizations. You can have the same look and feel on your Android as iOS 18.
Apple is really getting behind on all fronts now. It took blackberry and Nokia how long….
I turned this off. Found I was having trouble reconciling email at times on the phone. Much cleaner and more reliable to me with categories off.
Apple is losing its luster. Still the best in my book, but I feel the old skeuomorphic days of iOS were more intuitive, polished and less buggy. Siri is all over the map and moving backwards in usefulness instead of forward.
Head of software needs to resign. The last great guy they had was Scott Forstall just because he said Maps wasn't ready and they went ahead with it anyway. More than 10 years later and nobody is using Apple Maps for fear of getting lost.
Great, my phone, a 12 mini, is the one Apple device I have that can’t run any “Apple Intelligence”. It was the one feature I wanted. I wondered why it wasn’t on my M4 iPad. And remember, the iPadOS 18 upgrade bricked some M4 iPads. Apple needs to tighten up.
Major product value gap I first noticed too.
Email: the thing millions use daily for their livelihood needs to be more important in terms of increasing product value than the shiny object syndrome around pushing out AI slop features that have little to no human value. Email sorting help on macOS is arguably far more important than the Image Playground gimmick app.
Email: the thing millions use daily for their livelihood needs to be more important in terms of increasing product value than the shiny object syndrome around pushing out AI slop features that have little to no human value. Email sorting help on macOS is arguably far more important than the Image Playground gimmick app.
Or macOS anymore since Apple seems to consistently put zero effort into adapting the iPadOS features and garbage applications it inflicts upon macOS users.
I am not interested in this feature, but it's obvious at this point that iPad and Mac are both afterthoughts for Apple for years
Not only iPad and Macs….
Their whole software is getting behind… and don’t even mention the hardware.
What a nightmare. I wish I could say I can't see that happening.