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Apple Releases iOS 12 With Faster Performance, Memoji, Siri Shortcuts, Screen Time, Revamped Maps App, ARKit 2.0, and More (macrumors.com)
Apple on Monday released iOS 12, the latest operating system designed for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. iOS 12 is available on all devices that are able to run iOS 11, which includes the iPhone 5s (released 2013) and later, the iPad mini 2 and later, the iPad Air and later, and the 6th-generation iPod touch. From a report: iOS 12 is a major update that brings several new features and upgrades to Apple's iOS devices, along with some significant performance improvements. Apps open more speedily than before, the keyboard pops up faster, and the Camera launches much quicker. Apple has also introduced optimizations for when the system is under load, making iOS devices faster when you need performance most.
[...] Siri is smarter than ever in iOS 12 with a new Shortcuts feature designed to let you create multi-step customized automations using first and third-party apps that can be activated with Siri voice commands. Shortcuts can be created through the Shortcuts app, which Apple is releasing alongside iOS 12. ArsTechnica reports that older iOS devices -- iPhone 5S, iPhone 6 Plus, and iPad Mini 2 -- are noticeably faster at launching apps and several other functions, after they have been upgraded to iOS 12.
[...] Siri is smarter than ever in iOS 12 with a new Shortcuts feature designed to let you create multi-step customized automations using first and third-party apps that can be activated with Siri voice commands. Shortcuts can be created through the Shortcuts app, which Apple is releasing alongside iOS 12. ArsTechnica reports that older iOS devices -- iPhone 5S, iPhone 6 Plus, and iPad Mini 2 -- are noticeably faster at launching apps and several other functions, after they have been upgraded to iOS 12.
Loving it so far.
Credit where credit it due: it really makes you appreciate the nuances that Jobs made so commonplace in the iOS ecosystem.
My iPhone says "iOS 11.4.1 Your software is up to date."
I should use this sig to advertise my book ISBN-13 : 978-1501515132.
Does this fix the frustrating every-few hours bluetooth sound gets chopped up and gurgle-y for about 30 secs issue?
go to the app store, download what appears as Workflow, and it will magically download as Shortcuts on your device
Please, let me stay ignorant of what a "memoji" is just for a little while longer. I was just starting to have hope for the world again.
You are welcome on my lawn.
The "crash WebKit and force an OS reset with CSS code" feature discussed here.
Browsing at +1 - no ACs, I ignore their posts. So refreshing!
It's time to start slowing down older phones again! Gotta push dem sales of that new iPhone Excess Max!
Now that you can add any app to Siri's list, how can I best use Siri in the car? My problem is now I have to wait for the 4 second delay of siri kicking in and using my car's mic/speakers, and the resulting clunkiness. Which makes me almost never use it because it is clunky. Only for safety reasons, I'd love to use Siri all the time!!!
Hey Android manufacturers, this is one place where Apple makes every other smartphone platform look bad. Of the three mainstream flagship Android phones I've owned, I've never had one where I received updates for more than two years. Even my wife's five-year-old Blackberry Z30 received a security update three months ago.
I'm getting tired of watching perfectly good expensive hardware get the axe because the official software updates stop. I've tried third party ROMs, but they never worked quite right with my hardware. I'd be content just with security updates after two years, but even that appears to be asking for too much.
Now that my current Android phone is EOL, I do not look forward to the chore of replacing it. Maybe it is time to look a bit more outside of the Android ecosystem.
Available for iPhone 5S and iPad Mini 2 released 5 years ago.
I hate to be a beta tester with these releases. Almost always there are bugs that need to be sorted out.
I thought IOS only sent a soundtrack to the cloud and played the response.
Apple puts a lot of work into performance across the board in every iOS release, and it's the older devices that show the most benefit. They want people to update, because the more people are on the latest release, the lower their support costs are.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
A revamped Maps app! Much excite! So cutting edge! A function not to be missed!
So how exactly did Apple update the Google Maps app, anyway?
For all of the devices that Apple artificially slowed down with their "power stability patch" in OS 10.2.1 but then never fixed afterwards? No? Then fuck Apple. They pulled a shitty fast one to screw over customers, lied about their reasons for doing it, and then got away scot free.
Hey COWARD!
iOS 12 is available for EVERY iPhone back to the 5s and iPads back to the iPad mini 2.
That MORE than covers the devices that had Performance Shaping. Or would you rather just have had unexpected crashes, like all the Android Phones do?
Does iOS12 Mail app finally bring back the Edit... Move All Messages to Trash for IMAP folders?
Introduced in iOS9. Removed in iOS10. Still missing in iOS11. Sadly needed to be a fully competent email application. (Have Edit... Mark All as Read, and we have Edit... Delete All Messages, except Delete All Messages only works for the Trash folder!)
If it has been brought back, I will upgrade to iOS12 immediately. If not, I will wait to make sure there are no ill side effects from the new iOS first.
That's good, because it's been crap in every other iOS.
No, it doesn't. They hit huge numbers of devices with the 10.2.1 patch, but didn't fix the speed downgrade until 11.x (which left everything older than iPad Air/iPhone 5 behind). Don't let facts get in the way of your shilling, though.
I do have a couple complaints -- and these are unfortunately typical of Apple's new software releases these days.
1. The new, enhanced Apple Maps only start out with improved map data for California. The rest of the nation gets added over time. (Because California is clearly the most important place in the nation, right? 49 other states not ready yet is no big deal.)
2. I understand the screentime feature that lets you limit your kids' time they can use the iPhone is buggy. Kids can mess with the settings and give themselves more time, undermining the whole point of the restrictions. (A number of people on forums said they reported these bugs during the beta, but none of it was fixed by the release.)
Realistically? This stuff will get sorted out within a few months. But I've seen this with OS X releases too .... things that *really* should have been working properly by release day simply aren't. (It took Apple several releases to get multi-display support with more than 2 displays working properly on the "trash can" Mac Pro, even though you could boot into Windows on the machine and get them working just fine. Pretty embarrassing oversight on a multi-thousand dollar "Pro" workstation!
It always feels to me like Apple doesn't employ enough software developers, and people working on one project regularly get pulled off of it to assist elsewhere, whenever something is nearing a deadline.
It is astonishing that these two devices from 2013 are still going to be supported by the latest Apple OS well into 2019. Apple hardware usually costs more than the Android competition, but iOS support for updates stretches for 6 years or more. Amazing. I have owned both of these devices and I am surprised that there are many still being used (the 5S battery died and I traded mini 2 for iPad 2017)
Now my phone will prompt me to update to iOS 12 instead of iOS 11. There has been nothing worth while updating for. And if I update my phone I would have to update iTunes. That means I couldn't download app updates in iTunes and having to do updates on my phone and iPad separately. Apple screwed that up big time.
An iOS release where older devices open apps FASTER than in the previous version? I find that difficult to believe. (Source: HISTORY.)
Our reign has gone on long enough. Indeed. Summon the meteors.
Just updated my 4 year old 6 Plus and indeed the whole experience is indeed noticeably smoother and more responsive.
Quite impressive actually that they went for lean/effcient programming if you realise that the the current phones are so much (4 times? more?) quicker, and I am happy that I can use my phone comfortably for another year, maybe 2, and delay investing in a new phone a bit longer.
I thought about treating my wife and me on an XR or XS by Xmas, but that can wait another year. My main attraction for new phones is the much improved camera, and that improves noticeably every generation.