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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)

Posted by msmash on from the new-os-updates dept.

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.

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  1. Simply an incredible release by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    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.

    1. Re:Simply an incredible release by hviniciusg · · Score: 2

      Comparing Apples to Oranges rigth?

    2. Re:Simply an incredible release by fluffernutter · · Score: 2

      You are way too excited about a phone.

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  2. Don't nobody tell me by PopeRatzo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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.

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  3. Re:Released to Who? by Anubis+IV · · Score: 2

    Try refreshing that screen (pull down from the top). I think their servers are getting hammered at the moment, so it sounds like a number of phones haven't had the info about the new release pushed to them yet (though, if past releases are any indication, that info should get pushed out over the next few hours and days to everyone with compatible devices). Mine didn't show it either until I refreshed that screen, at which point it was forced to pull the latest info from Apple.

  4. Best way to use Siri in my car? by omfglearntoplay · · Score: 2

    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!!!

  5. Support for a 5-year-old iPhone? by toejam13 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    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.

  6. Re:Does bluetooth still gurgle? by TheFakeTimCook · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Good luck with whatever input your iOverlords deem worthy for the collective. I'm certain it will be stupidly complex, obscenely priced, and will become obsolete fast enough for you to always label it a rip-off.

    That's really funny.

    iOS is compatible with iPhones from the 5s and forward, and iPads from the iPad mini 2.

    http://osxdaily.com/2018/06/05...

    Let's see: That's from 2013 for the 5s and the iPad mini 2. A cool FIVE YEARS of FULL SUPPORT, and Counting...

  7. iPhone 5S and iPad Mini 2 by guacamole · · Score: 2

    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)