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Live Activities to Get More Frequent Updates Option in iOS 16.2

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Apple released iOS 16.1 earlier this week and introduced Live Activities – lingering interactive notifications that stay up to date, allowing you to keep an eye on things happening right from the Lock Screen. Since then, Apple has released the first iOS 16.2 beta to developers, and evidence has been found that Apple is working on a way for Live Activities to update more frequently.

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According to inactive code in iOS 16.2 beta 1 discovered by 9to5Mac, Apple will provide users with an option for "More Frequent Updates" for Live Activities, although the setting will also drain an iPhone battery faster, warns the following unearthed message:
More Frequent Updates

Allowing more frequent updates lets you see more real time information, but can drain your battery faster.
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Despite the increased battery usage, the upcoming option in the Settings app is likely to be a welcome addition for users relying on third-party apps that use Live Activities to relay information about travel times, such as Flight tracking app Flighty.

Since the release of iOS 16.1, several third-party apps have been updated to support Live Activities on iPhone Lock Screens. The ‌Dynamic Island‌ component requires an ‌iPhone 14 Pro‌ or ‌iPhone 14 Pro‌ Max.

In addition to the additional Live Activities option, the first iOS 16.2 beta includes other extras including the new Freeform App, Stage Manager External Display Support, Accidental Emergency SOS Reports and More

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So live activity’s are not actually live lol that’s so Apple nothing can be exactly how it should
 
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Apple released iOS 16.1 earlier this week and introduced Live Activities – lingering interactive notifications that stay up to date, allowing you to keep an eye on things happening right from the Lock Screen. Since then, Apple has released the first iOS 16.2 beta to developers, and evidence has been found that Apple is working on a way for Live Activities to update more frequently.

ios-16-live-activities-feature.jpg

According to inactive code in iOS 16.2 beta 1 discovered by 9to5Mac, Apple will provide users with an option for "More Frequent Updates" for Live Activities, although the setting will also drain an iPhone battery faster, warns the following unearthed message:
Despite the increased battery usage, the upcoming option in the Settings app is likely to be a welcome addition for users relying on third-party apps that use Live Activities to relay information about travel times, such as Flight tracking app Flighty.

Since the release of iOS 16.1, several third-party apps have been updated to support Live Activities on iPhone Lock Screens. The ‌Dynamic Island‌ component requires an ‌iPhone 14 Pro‌ or ‌iPhone 14 Pro‌ Max.

In addition to the additional Live Activities option, the first iOS 16.2 beta includes other extras including the new Freeform App, Stage Manager External Display Support, Accidental Emergency SOS Reports and More

Article Link: Live Activities to Get More Frequent Updates Option in iOS 16.2
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A live activity from maps showing your ETA would be great. Mind you, fixing maps so you can share your route successfully with another iPhone user would be a first step!
 
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So „Live“ activities aren’t actually Live right now?
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Trust me, I'm an engineer: there's a big difference (performance, data transfer and battery wise) between updating the state of the UI every 10 seconds and doing it every 1 second, but both would be considered live updates.

In general, almost always when something happens "live" in code it's actually some sort of "are we there yet?" running on a timer, either pushed to the device by the server or pulled by the device from the server. This applies to notifications, live chats and any other UI that constantly refreshes its own state.

As a programmer you need to balance the need for "liveness" of the updates with the drawback/cost to you and the end user (data transfer, battery life, server resources).
 
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Kylo83 said:
But isn’t the whole idea of live activities means it’s live and always updating live, so does this mean now they don’t update live in real time?
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They can be updated in real time via push notifications (not visible to the user) and other mechanisms.
 
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They can be updated in real time via push notifications (not visible to the user) and other mechanisms.
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so wants this option to make them load faster, I thought if say a football score is updated it would bar instant so what's this option for I dont get it. either its live or not
 
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I just wish my fitness app on the homescreen would update once in a while. It always shows really old data. I have to click on it to see what's actually recorded
 
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Kylo83 said:
But isn’t the whole idea of live activities means it’s live and always updating live, so does this mean now they don’t update live in real time?
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The gym heart rate I’ve been using updates every say 3 seconds so this setting perhaps changes that to every second. I’d consider every say 3 seconds to still be ‘live’
 
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Not good for battery? That’s where MagSafe battery pack comes in 😅
 
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Kylo83 said:
so wants this option to make them load faster, I thought if say a football score is updated it would bar instant so what's this option for I dont get it. either its live or not
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Football score would be updated *live* because there‘s not a match that they’re scoring every other seconds.
 
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They messed up ne branding. It’s like a big dynamic island …..maybe a Dynamic Continent……Dynamic Pangea! Or maybe that’s the whole screen?
 
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Kylo83 said:
so wants this option to make them load faster, I thought if say a football score is updated it would bar instant so what's this option for I dont get it. either its live or not
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It's basically live, think of it as the same mechanism as iMessage. When you get a new message, iMessage updates. When there is a new score -- it's kind of like a new message and the information is update. (obviously this depends on how developers implement things, but they have the ability to update things in real time)
 
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So if I want NBA scores how do I set it up? Need to download app like ESPN or NBA.com?
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Wondering the same thing, I think this has become a confusing mess. From what I gather, it should be through the TV app, but sounds like it has been delayed. (https://www.macrumors.com/2022/10/18/app-store-live-activities-app-submissions/)

In the meantime, we can use other apps that support the Live Activities feature, such as Sports Alerts.

So in a nutshell, Live Activities was released in 6.1, but still don't have the "native" sports scores via the TV app yet. It should be coming in 16.2 if Apple doesn't pull it again. (https://www.macrumors.com/2022/10/26/ios-16-2-beta-tv-app-sports-live-activities/)
 
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What are we talking here, does anyone know how what the intervals are with or without this option?
 
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