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iOS 18 Potentially 'Biggest' Software Update in iPhone's History
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One would expect that this new improved functionality replicates across multiple OS's not just the iOS. For example Apple TV Siri offering more knowledge about suggested content or best recommendations based on history. One could also say Music badly needs better navigation as an another example the same goes for the Apple TV app that is very mediocre compared to info on IMDB info.
Definitely a huge annoyance as someone who used android for many years where it's not an issue.
Let me fix that:
iOS 18 Potentially 'Buggiest' Software Update in iPhone's History
OMG NO! For the love of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, please tell me you are kidding.
I just found out that you can hold down the spacebar and it takes away from the entire word selection.
I'm using Apple's Calendar app on my iPhone. And it works as described. In Month view, if there are events on the current date, there's a list of those events that you can scroll through while still seeing the month. You can touch any particular event to see a more complete description of that day's event, or, to change its time, parameters (such as repeat frequency), etc.
Also, you can touch any other day in the month with a gray dot and see a scrollable iist of events occurring on that day.
Note: The above is far different than those claiming there is no "Month View." I suspect some people here will now be moving the goal posts and say, "Yeah, but... it doesn't do this or that, blah blah blah. "
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Apple has been so focused on hardware that they let the software fall behind. They had at least a 5-year start on Siri and squandered that all away. Apple has these tweaked-up processors, but very few apps that use them to the fullest.
while waiting iOS 18 we are in 17.3 and Messages don’t sync between iPhone and Mac, old messages appearing overnight randomly in either iPhone or the Mac but not in both devices and searching for older messages fetches messages that don’t show in either device. Of course Apple’s senior advisors and Engineering are unable to fix this mess but they will add RCS support and AI.
Should we lose sleep waiting for the biggest ever iOS release that will fix everything?
Should we lose sleep waiting for the biggest ever iOS release that will fix everything?
This is exactly how I described it. It doesn't show all the month's events on one page. It only show grey dots which are useless at conveying any information other than there is an event. The month view should have color coded dots to signify what type of event is scheduled. When you open the month view all the month's events should be listed and scrollable and be color coded as well. The current implementation requires you to select a day with an event to see what it is. So if I have 12 events scheduled that month and I want to see when my doctor appt is, I have to select every single dotted day until I find it. Not handy at all. And If I'm a busy person (the kind of person who would benefit most from a decent calendar app), and schedule things almost every day, the grey dots only help me find what days I'm free, and nothing else.
I'd much rather see, and be able to scroll though, the events occurring on the date I'm looking at the calendar. That's most important to me.
This whole discussion started off with someone claiming there was no Month view. Thus the goal posts moving.
For me, Apple has not released any headlining feature or QOL (Quality of Life) features since last 3-4 years. All I got was some dumb Share Play and dumb collaboration updates which I don’t even remember…. forget about using.
Selecting and editing text has got to be the worst experience ever on today’s smartphone.
If you see Jerryrigeveryting’s youtube video on why he switched back to Android after using an iPhone for 1 month, it’s abundantly clear that Apple these days doesn’t really care about us or takes us for granted.
Even MKBHD has given enough sugarcoated criticisms about iOS since last 3 years which smug management at Apple continues to ignore.
My biggest gripe is that I am unable to use my iPhone 512Gb as a storage device by plugging it to PC/Mac and transferring files to it directly. I have to jump through hoops, use iTunes to transfer files to an App’s folder then use iTunes to copy it back.
Selecting and editing text has got to be the worst experience ever on today’s smartphone.
If you see Jerryrigeveryting’s youtube video on why he switched back to Android after using an iPhone for 1 month, it’s abundantly clear that Apple these days doesn’t really care about us or takes us for granted.
Even MKBHD has given enough sugarcoated criticisms about iOS since last 3 years which smug management at Apple continues to ignore.
My biggest gripe is that I am unable to use my iPhone 512Gb as a storage device by plugging it to PC/Mac and transferring files to it directly. I have to jump through hoops, use iTunes to transfer files to an App’s folder then use iTunes to copy it back.
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You can never copy/paste where you want to, either. They never should have changed it from the old magnifying glass text edit UI.
Do what I’ll be doing, waiting until 18.2 or 18.3 to upgrade from iOS 17.
That’s interesting. It does something similar on a Lemmy app I use. I’m thinking it’s actually a text input API bug.
I think a few of those features Jerry mentioned would be easy for Apple to implement. The one in particular that I recall is the OS in Android letting you know if you made an obvious mistake like setting the alarm incorrectly and asking you about it.
Well, you only think the goalpost moved because you made an incorrect assumption on its whereabouts. Also, if you have a lot of things scheduled for one day, then yeah, but if you only have one or two things on a few days per week then it's not useful. Also, you would still be able to scroll through your day with the entire rest of the month following it on the same screen.
Nope, nice try. Someone claimed that iOS Calendar didn't have a Months view. Which is not true. It has one and it works very well.
Again... I'm much more interested in being aware of and seeing all events I might have scheduled for the day that I'm looking at in the Calendar app.
Your needs are different. And that's ok. Simply choose a different Calendar app that meets your needs and find happiness.
Nope, I want apple to fix this one. That would make me happy. That's why I commented on it. If I wanted a 3rd party calendar app, I would have one and not complain that the one I do use needs improvement. Like a month view instead of just a useless calendar with dots.
I recommend writing a letter to Craig F and Tim C politely expressing your demands so that you'll be happy. You may even get a personal reply.
Just be aware your personal needs might not be in alignment with others, with Apple keeping the app the way it is.
Apple has big plans for iOS 18, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
In the subscriber-only Q&A section of his Power On newsletter today, Gurman said iOS 18 has the potential to be the "biggest" software update in the iPhone's history.
"I'm told that the new operating system is seen within the company as one of the biggest iOS updates — if not the biggest — in the company's history," he wrote.
Gurman said he plans to share more details about specific iOS 18 features and changes that are planned in the future, but we already know about two new features that are likely to be included in the update, as outlined below.
iOS 18 will be released in September, and the first beta for developers will come out during Apple's annual developers conference WWDC in June.
RCS Support
In November 2023, Apple announced that it would support the cross-platform messaging standard RCS in the Messages app on the iPhone starting "later" in 2024, so it will likely be an iOS 18 feature based on that timeframe.
RCS support should result in the following improvements to the default messaging experience between iPhones and Android devices:These modern features are already available for iPhone-to-iPhone conversations with blue bubbles, via iMessage, and many of the features are also available in third-party messaging apps, such as WhatsApp and Telegram. RCS support on the iPhone will extend the features to green bubbles in the Messages app.
- Higher-resolution photos and videos
- Audio messages
- Typing indicators
- Read receipts
- Wi-Fi messaging between iPhones and Android devices
- Improved group chats, including the ability for iPhone users to leave a conversation that includes Android users
- Improved encryption compared to SMS
Smarter Siri
Gurman expects iOS 18 to feature generative AI technology that "should improve how both Siri and the Messages app can field questions and auto-complete sentences." He said Apple has also explored generative AI features for other apps across its platforms, including Apple Music, Pages, Keynote, and Xcode.
The Information reported that Apple plans to incorporate large language models into Siri to let users automate complex tasks, a feature that would involve deeper integration with the Shortcuts app. The report said this feature is expected to be released in an iPhone software update coming in 2024, which would likely be iOS 18.
Generative AI surged in popularity in 2022 when OpenAI released ChatGPT, a chatbot that can respond to questions and other prompts. Google and Microsoft released similar chatbots last year, as more companies race into the space. The chatbots are trained on large language models, allowing them to respond like a human.
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The biggest update ever, yeah sure. I’ll believe that when I see it. If Gurman was told that by someone inside Apple then it’s most likely an exaggeration. Tim Cook uses that exact phrase every single year at the WWDC to describe the software update he’s announcing.
