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SimplyiOS

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Jan 22, 2012
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Been reading posts and am mixed on whether to update iOS 18 to 26. Anyone have any input on a 5th gen iPad Pro? Pros/cons. iOS 18 has been quite smooth.
 
Same here, M1 Pro 11", no issues.
But if you are using specific features such as Stage manager or others have a look at the differences so you know how to use them properly and get the most of out them. There's still a few GUI glitches here and there but its getting better and better. Nothin major tho.
 
Owner of iPad M1 12.9. I have no major battery or performance issues so far.

The only performance-related issue is how there's a pause every time I open the app switcher, but I heard that even new iPads have that on iOS 26. It's probably some unnecessary animation Apple added.
 
Owner of iPad M1 12.9. I have no major battery or performance issues so far.

The only performance-related issue is how there's a pause every time I open the app switcher, but I heard that even new iPads have that on iOS 26. It's probably some unnecessary animation Apple added.
It was the same on iPhone but think that was fixed in 26.2
Running 26.2.1 on the iPad and can't recreate the pause so might be fixed. Think it was more obvious if you had enabled reduce transparency or are running "low battery mode".
 
It was the same on iPhone but think that was fixed in 26.2
Running 26.2.1 on the iPad and can't recreate the pause so might be fixed. Think it was more obvious if you had enabled reduce transparency or are running "low battery mode".
Interesting! I am still on iOS 26.1, so maybe 26.2 can help with that. Reduce transparency may also help. Thank you.
 
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