When Will Apple Release iOS 16.4?

[sjsharksfan12]

I've been using the public Betas and they have been great. I love that I can put playlists in folders on Apple Music now. Not sure if MacRumors reported that feature, but it is very useful. I just wish they can have a stats section like I can get on Marvis. Also, something like spotify connect would be wonders. Still, letting me finally organize my playlists is making a world a difference.

 

[simtilver]

These posts are so stupid.

"When Will Apple Release iOS 16.4?"​

"Apple says that the iOS 16.4 ... will be released in the "spring." The spring equinox (aka the first day of spring) is on Monday, March 20, and the season will last through June 21."

Thanks for the science lesson, MacRumors.

 

[257Loner]

When Will Apple Release iOS 16.4?​

I don't know MacRumors. It's your job to answer these questions!

 

[imnotthewalrus]

When Will Apple Release iOS 16.4?​

So glad to hear they are going back to calling it iOS. It made no sense to have separate iPadOS and iPhoneOS releases of what is basically the same software.

what's that you're saying???

 

[Davidglenn]

The fact that the Apple Music Classical is also supported by iOS 15.4 and later doesn't help that argument.

Though your guess of April has no merit as at least the 28th we know 'something' is going to happen from Apple.

Also, April has the Easter holidays at least the 28 of March giving Apple some time to release 16.4.1 to fix the bugs in 16.4 before they go on holiday.

 

[coolfactor]

Take your time, Apple.

 

[coolfactor]

Who's still using Freeform? Anyone?

It's a great app, but I haven't yet worked it into my workflow. It's missing a "Snap to Grid" option, which I find frustrating. I need that feature for the app to replace my other daily driver app (OmniGraffle).

 

[antiprotest]

It's a great app, but I haven't yet worked it into my workflow. It's missing a "Snap to Grid" option, which I find frustrating. I need that feature for the app to replace my other daily driver app (OmniGraffle).

And the app doesn't have notifications like in Notes so it's inconvenient unless you are collaborating in real time.

 

[jeroenvip]

For me as developer "Safari Web Push Notifications for apps saved to an iPhone or iPad's Home Screen" is a big one. The only thing I ask myself is. How many "iPhone/tablet users know about the "apps saved to an iPhone or iPad's Home Screen". How many people are using it.

If this is a mandatory thing. its important that a lot of users already use this feature.

 

[matrix07]

Ohhhh! That's right. I forgot about the page curl. Actually, that is one thing I'm looking forward to. Apple should never have removed it.

They had tried to remove it a few times as far as I remember. They should fire anyone who wanted to remove it.
Hasn’t installed iPadOS 16 yet because of this. (I read book mainly on iPads)

 

[ian87w]

When it’s imminent.

 

[name99]

Has anyone posted about the performance/reliability differences with the new home architecture?

I'd also like to know about this. My experience with 16.2 is that

(a) the new architecture is better WHEN IT WORKS. Unfortunately the number of situations in which it fails to work is very large (appears to include at least trying to share your home, perhaps having multiple homes, and definitely [my personal experience] adding a new Apple TV to your home).
The failure case is utterly catastrophic with every device in your home eventually losing contact with HomeKit and having to be "reset" (which, among others things, destroys all automations and scenes). To add insult to injury simply adding devices back does not fix things, they randomly over two or three weeks then lose the HomeKit connection again.

(b) the improvements in HomeKit 16.2 are with latency. They are not with anything automation related (either reliability or debugging assistance).

So basically 16.2 trades off a minor hassle (latency) for the (fairly high) chance at utter catastrophe, without fixing ANY of the real HomeKit issues. It's not a good tradeoff and the fact that the HomeKit team thought this was a remotely sensible upgrade just confirms that they truly are the worst software team in recent history, not just in Apple but across the entire world of tech.

The crazy thing is that Automations are THE ONLY THING where Apple provides some sort of differentiation or advantage over Ikea, AMZ, Google, etc. So of course the HomeKit team has utterly ignored this competitive advantage year after year!
If there are bonuses being withheld at Apple as the other MacRumors story says, uh, Tim, I have a suggestion as to where you might want to avoid that bonus money...

 

[gstevie]

Not following there, it has never been iPhoneOS since I recall? At least not in the software update, downloaded files, etc.

Also, there might be a reason to split it, a lot of features or things specifically for the iPad (more landspace approach to wallpapers, Pencil, M1/M2 specific features, etc etc) would be bloat on iOS sized devices.
(Me thinks)

Well you recall incorrectly.

 

[East India Company]

Hurry up apple ! I need those new emojis!!

 

[Rodney Williams]

I just hope it won't be bugged as heck when the final version is released. What I don't get is this: All of these beta releases for developers and public "testing", WHY IS IT STILL BUGGY AS HELL?!? I'm starting to feel like these people are not really testing these betas. Just saying. Tired of these iOS bugs and $#@&!

 

[Muzzakus]

They just released a Yellow Phone. Let’s not get too greedy

 

[surfzen21]

Ohhhh! That's right. I forgot about the page curl. Actually, that is one thing I'm looking forward to. Apple should never have removed it.

I don't even remember slide being an option

The whole menu just seems less intuitive. Maybe its too many font options. 🙃

 

[Flood4]

Please stop listing emoji as new feature.

 

[xpxp2002]

I just hope it won't be bugged as heck when the final version is released. What I don't get is this: All of these beta releases for developers and public "testing", WHY IS IT STILL BUGGY AS HELL?!? I'm starting to feel like these people are not really testing these betas. Just saying. Tired of these iOS bugs and $#@&!

People are testing and constantly reporting bugs in Feedback.

Apple just ignores all of them.

 

[Bawstun]

Why can’t the Books app read PDF’s for the app? I have many downloaded books in PDF format that I would like in some type of better reader. 😡

 

[Gengar]

You know it is a non-event update when the first bullet point is "New emoji characters....."

It’s eventful for AT&T users (3.45-3.55 GHz n77 support).

 

[Johnnyboy55]

Who's still using Freeform? Anyone?

Pretty much an instant delete for me. Really no reason I could find for using it.

 

[ohthehorror]

When will there be ….. who knows. It comes when it comes. Was this a slow news day or something?

 

[svish]

Expecting to see it by end of March.

 

[japanime]

This might not be a big deal to others but returning to the curl page turning in books is going to be a big deal for me!

I had not read a digital book in a while but started a new one a few days ago and was immediately annoyed at how to access menus and the slide page turning.

Glad they are going back to curl turning. I hope they adjust how the menu is accessed too. The whole revamp was a step back not a step forward.

I wholeheartedly agree! The sliding pages are just plain ugly.