Yes, such a shame that “soccer” can’t match the fluidity of American football
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iPhone 14 Pro Features Live Sports Scores in Dynamic Island on iOS 16.1
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At the moment we only can use dynamic island with Apple native apps. Are the developers given access to use it?
How will that work? If I’m listening music but also want to keep track of a score which one will be on the island?
On the Apple Watch they don’t care lol, they out like 2 or 3 apps up there and you can touch in any one of them. Would it be the same here?
Soon I hope. I really don't see why NFL and MLS aren't already available considering they are Music partners for the Super Bowl and a partner for MLS games.
isn't the screenshot in the post showing an EPL game? Wolves vs Man City?
Yes, that is an unpopular opinion. Background scores are VERY important to me, as my team is making a playoff run, but I also have a life where I can’t just sit with my full attention on every game.
Sending mine back today.
A nice thing, but all the bugs left a bad taste in my mouth, and it costed me so much...
I can afford it technically, but not a purchase I can COMFORTLY afford tese days.
A nice thing, but all the bugs left a bad taste in my mouth, and it costed me so much...
I can afford it technically, but not a purchase I can COMFORTLY afford tese days.
So…that didn’t work. Game showed up in island and on Lock Screen but just never updated. Stayed 0-0 even after game was started and after it was over.
That's a limitation from Live Activities. They always need to be enabled manually in an app on the foreground. This makes sense for a lot of use cases like Uber (eats) but for sport scores it's quite cumbersome.
Thanks for this clarification. I expect many leagues to support the feature soon.
The iPhone 14 doesn't have any major changes from the 13. Dynamic Island and the AOD were the main selling points. These are both gimmicky features.
Emergency SOS over satellite? That won't even be released until November (maybe later looking at Apple's latest track records on software). How often will this feature be used? Probably never for 99% of the population. I do agree that it can be useful for the remaining 1% and could save a few lives.
The same point applies to crash detection, which is something my watch already has anyways.
The 14's release is on part with the disappointing 4S release.
What does the 14 have to do with Dynamic Island or my post?
Also, I’ve been here since 2008. I STILL can’t wrap my mind around the notion that every year to year cycle is somehow supposed to be revolutionary in a mature product segment.
Smart phones are done. There will be no “game changing” paradigm shifts in that category. The next big shift in computing will be a different device category.
Why should I need to hold down the spacebar? I should be able to hit the screen where I want the cursor like Android has had for 15 years now. Furthermore, the cursor jumps all over the place even when you hold down the spacebar, just like when trying to move app icons around, it's a joke. I would put more energy into the keyboard functionality than gimmicky bells, whistles, and islands.
Forget all this press-and-hold nonsense, just let me tap on the screen where I want the cursor. Amazing Google figured out how to do this so many years ago yet Google can't figure out what messaging app they want to use. If you never used an Android you have no idea what I'm talking about and how much easier they managed to let the user control the cursor. 3D Touch was even better than this antiquated way of controlling the cursor, but great, we have live scores on the Dynamic island that doesn't even look like any island, it looks like an elongated pill.
I actually use both 3D Touch and the space bar to move the cursor. The thing I like about sliding is that you can put it exactly where you want without obscuring the screen. When I tap the cursor often goes to the wrong spot, and that's between whole words, not letters.
Try an Android and you can place that cursor exactly where you want it, including between two letters, it's extremely accurate, you can't do that with an iPhone, it will only go to the front or back of a word, even if it's misspelled. The Android cursor works more like a mouse cursor.
@Ant2369 and @theeaglesfan005,
Right now, one of my four devices shows the Follow button, whereas the other three do not, for the same game (Cardinals at Brewers). The device showing it is on 16.1 beta, while the other three are on 16.1 (12 Pro Max), 16.1 (iPad Pro), and 16.0.2 (14 Pro). I’m struggling to figure out why just one device is showing it.
Attachments are 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max, both on 16.1.
There’s still room for improvement in camera, battery, and display tech. Foldable smartphones will be the next fad whether people want to admit it or not.
I agree the smartphone market is mature but Apple could push the tech a little bit farther. Would’ve been nice to see under screen Touch ID as an alternative to FaceID, a better front facing camera, a USB-C charging port, or maybe even an iPhone “ultra” which is a less fragile version of the device made for the outdoors or those in fields that require dirty work.