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iPadOS26.1: your opinion on this update.
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iPad Air M3 - I absolutely love it. There are things that are much easier to do for me on 26 and 26.1 than ever before, and I've had no bugs, crashes, etc. - everything is running just fine.
I wonder if 26 had made them worse... I have my M4 13 on 18 and my M5 13 on 26.1 and the M4 is clearly louder, it was when the M5 was on 26.0 and it still is now on 26.1. My M1 is on 26.1 too, has it become louder? Not sure, it's very close to the M4 (can't tell which one is louder, they sound slightly different and they are both louder than the M5).
Did not tried it on external monitor, but it works very well with MKB. No real issues until now (maybe battery life could be better).
12.9 M2 iPad Pro here.
12.9 M2 iPad Pro here.
Now in iPadOS 26.1, it’s hard to pause videos. I start watching a video in the Photos app, then pause it, find another one, start it playing, and then the first one starts playing again so their audio is combined. It’s really weird.
Edited to add: I wonder if it’s related to having multitasking enabled. I re-enabled it so I can use slide over with messages. Maybe if I turn that off and go back to Full Screen app mode, it wouldn’t do that… Still a bug from my perspective though.
Edited to add: I wonder if it’s related to having multitasking enabled. I re-enabled it so I can use slide over with messages. Maybe if I turn that off and go back to Full Screen app mode, it wouldn’t do that… Still a bug from my perspective though.
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I'm having hte same issue but backwards, Dark mode here and when i open Safary the first time a white bar on top.
Also the face ID is still slow.
Good thing is battery life is now much better.
Hasn't really fixed the DRASTIC relative slowdown across everything I have since 26. That relative difference compared to before is noticeable on my A16 iPads - every transition is accompanied by a delay. I can understand e.g. 4-6 year old iPads having the same issue, but not something i bought less than a year ago.
If your talking reload times then yeah, the A16 ipad is probably not the best cause of the RAM but anything else I literally I can’t see a difference in. Its just a bit stuttery when the windows are congested but that can be improved when they start improving the OS effiecency.
It is ridiculous that the latest iPad encounters basic OS lag, regardless of RAM. I have mine on iPadOS 18 and it is flawless.
Seems that way.
I'm still trying to digest how I was told last week that "it doesn't matter" if Apple gets the shadows right on their graphics.
If we have no standards, Apple (or anyone) will cater to that level.
Companies tend to go for whatever they can get away with.
Well, if people like it when an avoidable iOS update worsens quality, let them install it.
They suffer the consequences, not me.
As we've discussed, I agree with you except that Apps eventually start rug pulling support and folks are left with no choice eventually. (how long one can go depends upon specific user needs)
The situation is awful.
Developers are garbage when it comes to that. But yeah, if you require the latest all the time, then I guess you have no choice. It typically doesn’t happen though. You can wait until August before installing 26. Maybe it’s better by then, at least on the latest devices.
Some reports of 26.1 have mentioned improvements, but I wouldn’t be too confident based on that. Most say it’s still far from 18.
This is part of why I had to stop using Overcast (podcasts).
Marco actively looks forward to when he can "only support the latest iOS", as he reiterated in the latest ATP episode.
Obviously, do what you have to do as an indie, but it's the opposite of what I'm looking for out of a podcast player.
That's the sort of App that should support the widest range of OS versions possible.
Never implied that our standard are ‘non-existent’. I’m saying that I expect a different standard from a near decade old splitview to a barely year old windowing mode. You don’t expect a child to act like an adult and you don’t expect a adult to act like a child. The same philosophy applies here.
I would stop using that app immediately. I see that it requires iOS 18. An app that supports no major versions is an app I will not even download to try.
I would try to find an alternative immediately.
You can do whatever you like with your app, I just won’t install it. I’m sure it’s not required to listen to podcasts.
Yeah til the "upgrade" it worked like a relatively new iPad - that is, you didn't notice anything about how it worked. You swiped, it did its thing. You tapped, it did it's thing. No longer. I'm frequently jarred out of the "not drawing attention" usage experience by the sudden onset of lag.
This is pretty much across the board to different degrees according to the hardware at the moment, but either way you shouldn't need an M3 for that lag to be relatively difficult to notice (even while present). The fact that it has possibly improved slightly with .1 is presumably indicative of the fact that that can be done.
I honestly don't really know what the justification is for this Vista 2.0 aestheitc though: Admittedly I'm biased - I'm Flat 4 Lif, but the performance degredation makes it doubly redundant.
The fact that it works just fine on iPadOS 18 tells you that it is possible.
But still, sorry if it sounds combative, but it is how I feel: hopefully, next time, you and others think twice before updating.
Complaining after the fact achieves nothing. Adoption rates plummeting sends a message. Updating and then complaining does nothing.
Now, again, sorry if it sounds combative, but if you knew that you didn’t like it, why did you update? The design was public beforehand, and you knew that updates are irreversible. Why did you do it? Honest question.
My approach is clear: stay behind no matter what because I don’t upgrade frequently and I like quality devices. Yours is different. Why?
Was using an iPad 9 yesterday that had iPadOS 26.1 installed. It's a shared device that I use a few times a week for a specific app and have to say it works pretty well.
These are my findings of the differences
* Apps-start are about the same speed and the few apps I use work the same with the same speed (haven't tested them all).
* Homescreen lag are noticeable in some cases, this wasn't the case with ipadOS 18. Its mostly obvious when I swipe homescreens, especially from the homescreen where I have a few widgets. It doesn't impact usability but it doesn't look good. After a few swipes things become smoother but its just temporary.
* Can't say anything about battery performance as I don't use this device that much and its always in the charger when I pick it up.
First thing I changed was liquid glass to tinted when I saw that it has 26.1 installed. Not a major thing but its a welcome change.
Will use it this eve again hooked up to an external TV (HDMI). Its used as a timer where I stop and start it a lot and if there are lags in the app I will notice.
These are my findings of the differences
* Apps-start are about the same speed and the few apps I use work the same with the same speed (haven't tested them all).
* Homescreen lag are noticeable in some cases, this wasn't the case with ipadOS 18. Its mostly obvious when I swipe homescreens, especially from the homescreen where I have a few widgets. It doesn't impact usability but it doesn't look good. After a few swipes things become smoother but its just temporary.
* Can't say anything about battery performance as I don't use this device that much and its always in the charger when I pick it up.
First thing I changed was liquid glass to tinted when I saw that it has 26.1 installed. Not a major thing but its a welcome change.
Will use it this eve again hooked up to an external TV (HDMI). Its used as a timer where I stop and start it a lot and if there are lags in the app I will notice.
There's actually a good reason I updated - i was sorta hyped about the multitasking features, but that's actually turned out to be a wash because the new multitasking makes the iPad actually quite touch unfriendly in the end. Definitely needs work.
There's also going to be new fully accounted for mitigations for risks etc when it comes to a *current* os version. Old os's might get the most critical elements of those but the longer you leave it the more you'll be left behind. Apple's relatively aggressive upgrade schedule allied to their key sells (security, privacy, and all that which Apple can't actually usefully deliver on outside of marketing BS, especially from when security through obscurity ceased to be an Apple advantage) means the hook is on them to be competent at stuff like this.
The Feedback is more genuine once you’ve actually spent time to use the OS imo. Basing your opinion on other people without trying the OS itself doesn’t make me believe them especially if there already has been a fix for it.
This exact reaction has been ubiquitous here and elsewhere. The multitasking emulates MacOS but not quite and it kills touch-first multitasking. It’s sad that Apple listens to the minority that wants this.
The feedback against this change has been significant.
But then again, this information was out there, too.
But they aren’t. Perceived security isn’t worth practically killing the device, and this means that you’ll be running behind updates no matter what they do to your devices for perceived security. It’s a total loss, imo, but you see it that way, well, you’ll sadly have to suffer the consequences.
You’ll see device after device severely affected while you continuously chase the illusion of security. If you want it like that, it’s fine. I’d recommend otherwise.