iOS 26 (and all 26 releases) have a larger than normal amount of bugs, this is definitely not Apples best year. What I find surprising is the lack of software updates resolving some of the well documented issues. We are almost 45 days in, and there has only been one minor update that did not fix any of the issues I have had since installing 26. I have always been a day one installer, because historically Apple has been fast about resolving frustrating bugs quickly. Hopefully next year will be a bug catch up (snow leopard) year.
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I was so hoping for iOS 26.1 release today. Darn, didn’t happen.
iPad OS 26.0.1 has a few bugs that I would really like to see go, and they are all related to or at least found when using the Magic Keyboard. The few that are really bugging me:
- moving home screen icons to another page is extremely buggy
- sometimes selecting text makes the screen return to the top
I almost exclusively interact with my iPad using either the Magic Keyboard or Pencil, no finger, because I have the nano-texture screen and want to keep that as oil free as possible.
iPad OS 26.0.1 has a few bugs that I would really like to see go, and they are all related to or at least found when using the Magic Keyboard. The few that are really bugging me:
- moving home screen icons to another page is extremely buggy
- sometimes selecting text makes the screen return to the top
I almost exclusively interact with my iPad using either the Magic Keyboard or Pencil, no finger, because I have the nano-texture screen and want to keep that as oil free as possible.
My thinking is that, in a normal year, the stuff we're seeing in 26.1 would have made it into 26.0. They just ran out of time and/or resources.
I'm not expecting bug fixes for summer issues until 26.2 and 26.3. Even then, I think there will be more fixes sprinkled across the remaining releases of 26.
I'm not expecting bug fixes for summer issues until 26.2 and 26.3. Even then, I think there will be more fixes sprinkled across the remaining releases of 26.
Apple hit a 4 trillion valuation today.
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This is the life of software development, there will always be bugs and some of those bugs are just so random. They just happen to either a small subset of users with similar configurations or not. So weird.
Apple used to sneer at Microsoft's monthly 'Patch Tuesdays'. We should only be so lucky now.
Instead we get 'Update Whenever' - which oddly enough, almost always happens on a Tuesday.
Instead we get 'Update Whenever' - which oddly enough, almost always happens on a Tuesday.
Perfect proof that money can’t buy everything then!
Apple Seeds iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, and macOS Tahoe 26.1 Release Candidates
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In this case, yes it can, if the money is spent in the right way. I think Apple has made quite a few mistakes in the last few years with forecasting and questionable management decisions and what we are seeing is a boiling point on the software development side of the business in particular. 26 has been a mess across the board, more than any release I can recall, and that includes iOS 7. The more concerning thing is that the cleanup has been equally slow and sloppy with no real finish line in sight. It started with Apple Intelligence, they advertised and promised products that were not, and are still not anywhere close to being ready. And ever since that milestone, it seems Apple has continued to overpromise and underdeliver, something they used to be the leaders in doing the reverse of. The money is rolling in, the push back (on misleading customers and shareholders over ai) has been little to none, so there is almost no motivation to do better it seems. It is unfortunate.Perfect proof that money can’t buy everything then!
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That's market cap, not cash. Also throwing money on it does not solve this kind of thing.
Apple has more than enough liquid to cover whatever engineering budget is needed to tackle the problem, and I realize that does not happen overnight. What I am talking about is where the development resources went before they got here, to what may have led to the state of buggy software releases and overpromises that seems to be the new norm. Products like a car, Vision Pro, focusing on those projects and ignoring Siri/ai completely until it is beyond too late etc.
Fortunately Apple's hardware division, despite the above resource drains that are now being contained, albeit too late, has remained competent, most problems with devices can be resolved when the software is finally, sometimes an entire year behind schedule updated, which is a frustrating experience.
I would much rather Apple make smarter dev cycle decisions before release and cut more features to make sure whatever it is they are releasing is stable, and by stable I mean core features on all devices work, iMessage, keyboard, internet connection etc.