![]() ![]() One thing I don’t understand: Why are iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 not in step? It’s strange to me that iPadOS 16 doesn’t have the new customizable lock screen features on iOS 16. Oh, I can’t forget the Apple-made Weather app. I’m super curious to hear what non-iPad power users think about Stage Manager. Stage Manager makes me have to think way more about the input than I should have to. Other times, I’m not sure why apps move to the foreground or a certain position on my iPad screen. For example, sometimes when I want to move an app to a specific spot on the screen, it bounces towards the center. ![]() Stage Manager isn’t quite a desktop-like experience - some apps can be resized, others can’t - and selecting and moving an app window isn’t super intuitive. There’s the side panel on the left where apps are grouped together and tapping on them shuffles between them with the apps opening in windows to the right. But as somebody who actually has little to complain about iPadOS’s current multitasking, I found Stage Manager somewhat confusing to operate. The new multitasking experience is supposed to be a solution to iPadOS’s limited app management (Split View for two side-by-side apps or Slide Over for three). IPadOS 16 - Stage Manager is the highlight on iPadOS 16. The addition of vibrations/haptic feedback to the keyboard when you tap is a welcome option, and one that feels like a finally since Android’s had it since forever. ![]() I know other people are really excited for these, though. Surprisingly, the two features I thought I’d greatly care about - edit and undo send - in Messages, didn’t really make much of an impression on me. In the background, there’s a bunch of machine learning to help do easily-missable things like select good-looking colors that match wallpapers and even place the time in the background of things like hair in photos. You can also tie customized lock screens to different Focus Modes, so you can have different versions for, say, personal and work. And, of course, you can pick from an endless array of colors. Long pressing on your lock screen brings up an interface clearly inspired by the Apple Watch’s watchOS where you choose your wallpaper, select fonts for the time, and add complications-like widgets. Android users will chuckle at how long it has taken Apple to catch up, but as always, Apple is late, but more refined. IOS 16 - If you follow me on Twitter, you already know how excited I was by the new customizable lock screen. I can promise you that you don’t want your iPhone, iPad, or Mac to go sideways during something important, like a work meeting. Unless you absolutely must try out features like iOS 16’s new customizable lock screen for iPhone, iPadOS 16’s Stage Manager, or macOS Ventura’s upgraded Camera Continuity features that let you use an iPhone as a webcam or in Desk View to show a top-down view, I would hold off, especially if you don’t have spare devices to test these betas. There are still a few months to go for Apple to polish up the software and make refinements. I’ve experienced daily bugginess here and there in all of the software - nothing crippling - but they’re reminders that this is unfinished software. I’ve been test driving the developer betas for iOS 16, iPadOS 16, macOS Ventura, and watchOS 9 with every release, and as expected, they’re betas. (Make sure you’ve backed up your data before, either to iCloud or locally just in case anything goes wrong and you lose stuff.) Follow any on-screen prompts to install the software and once it’s finished doing its thing congrats, you’re living in the future. Simply go to Apple’s Public Beta Software Program site, sign in to your Apple account, enroll a compatible iPhone, iPad, or Mac, and then download the respective profile (for iPhone and iPad) or the Public Beta Access Utility (for Macs). How to download and install the public betas - This is pretty simple. Anyway, after three developer beta releases for iOS 16, iPadOS 16, macOS Ventura, and watchOS 9, Apple has released the public betas for anybody who wants to try out the new software ahead of its official release in the fall. Wow, was Apple’s WWDC 2022 really a month ago? Feels like forever. ![]()
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