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What's New in iOS 10.2 Beta 3: TV App Updates, SOS and Videos App Removed

anyone not able to login to their TV provider in SSO settings anymore? I logged out to see if they added any more providers, but now when I try to log back into sling, it says invalid username or password. and yes, my login credentials are correct.
 
I dont have the beta so I cant check, nor have I seen anyone mention it. But do all of the iTunes purchased shows and movies show up in that new tv app?
 
freediverx said:
The TV app is absolutely worthless.

  1. Limited Channel Support
    The TV app doesn't support HBO, PBS, or any other channel I watch, other than Showtime. The entire premise for this app is invalid if it doesn't work for the channels people actually want to watch.

  2. No Personalized Show Tracking
    The TV app only tracks TV shows watched on a particular cable subscription account, without any way to differentiate between different viewers within a given household. This isn't rocket science. Netflix figured this out years ago.

  3. Unwanted Promotional Content
    Aside from the fact that the app fails to deliver on its main premise, that feature is further clouded over by the clutter of promotional garbage littered all across the app. Featured shows and movies I purchased years ago which I have no intention of watching again. Featured shows and movies that Apple and its partners want me to buy or rent. Featured shows and movies that Apple's partners want me to watch, even though I have zero interest in watching them. This is precisely the sort of junk I was trying to avoid when I cut the cord and returned my cable box years ago. I expected an app tailored to my needs and wants. Instead Apple tries to sneak in a bunch of advertising.
This is almost as disappointing as the Apple TVs much ballyhooed Universal Search, which to this day doesn't work with Plex or most other third party apps. That, on top of the fact that their "Home Sharing" content still has the same crappy 10 year old user interface.
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Neither Netflix nor Amazon Prime are supported. Nor are HBO, PBS, Hulu, or most other channels.
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just noticed this when trying again to use it yesterday after I updated to the latest beta. Since I don't have direct tv I have no access to the TV app at all. Though, what I meant (if I remember correctly) is that since I can't use the TV app I'll just continue to use the individual apps.
 
ChrisCW11 said:
I am still amazed that all an "OS" update these days are app fixes. Seriously Apple should manage their apps as separate entities that are updated whenever they need to change, rather than lumping them into an iOS update. Perhaps the stability and security of the OS might improve if it wasn't tied to a dozen app updates and rolling out new apps.

The problem with being treated like separate entities is that it requires people to want to first download and install the app first and I am sure that most people wouldn't bother with half of Apple's own applications. I have had a folder or separate home screen on my iPad and iPod Touch from the first day they were released for all the iJunk that is force fed on iOS and cannot be removed, until Apple decides to make the app obsolete and deletes it on you.

Also Apple couldn't make sure their own apps have some tight performance coupling to the iOS kernel giving them unfair competitive advantage.

I mean Microsoft used to be slammed for both adding bloatware AND anti-competitive practices like making application DLL's tightly coupled to the OS kernel that competitors didn't have access to, but Apple is allowed to get away with all this still?

It's 2016, an app is an app, an OS is an OS, and an OS is not an Emoji delivery system either. If Apple wants to tweak iMessage or improve emoji, deliver that through the standard app store update process. An OS update should only be for security and stability.
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I'm thinking their apps have special privileges (background processing, access to areas of memory, hidden api's etc..). They probably only have 2 frameworks for apps, inbuilt ones and external ones on the app store. To extend the external app framework to include all these features just for Apple apps is probably not workable and a security / performance risk for the whole OS. Also, you could probably just read their code and find out all sorts of stuff they don't want you to know.

At the end of the day Apple want you to be able to use their devices without any external software. That's why they provide so much. Maybe you get a phone and have bad data access so downloading apps is hard. An iphone can do the basics you need, take photo's, take notes, record notes, play music etc.. with no third party apps at all. Thats a good place to be.

Contrary to what you say, I think it actually improves stability. These aren't dll changes like with Windows which are so granular and third party software is encouraged to use. These are just application changes so they are probably quite isolated. And even if they are api changes you have a who beta program way in advance as a developer to see if its breaking your app.. Making frequent changes regularly to a system is better than a mammoth service pack approach that MS used to do because if there are any errors they get caught earlier and can be dealt with quicker. Iterative, smaller changes are far better than big release.
 
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longofest said:
I'm not sure they ever intended it to be a bigger rollout, or at least I'm not sure they intended to target the USA at this juncture. The liability on that in a US environment is going to be prohibitive, but in India this is necessary in order to do business.
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In India though this practice. And we do not need to implement it. How then I'm raping poor women? ..)
 
I just updated and I can see personal videos that i ripped. I am unsure on how to delete downloaded movies? Anyone know how?
 
how's the battery life tho? i'm stuck on 10.1 wit the 7 plus cause the battery drain on 10.1.1 is insane
 
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