iOS 12 - Developer, public beta and official release

peteeeed · 04-06-2018 11:01pm #1

The devoloper beta 1 is out

SleetAndSnow · 05-06-2018 12:32am

Installing on my iPhone X now

peteeeed · 05-06-2018 9:00am

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

Installing on my iPhone X now

brave man, let me know how you get on

SleetAndSnow · 05-06-2018 11:54am

peteeeed wrote: »

brave man, let me know how you get on

So far it's very smooth. Definitely unlike previous betas. Liking it so far! Haven't seen any major bugs.

peteeeed · 05-06-2018 12:16pm

i have an ipad and a 7 plus so i'll download onto the ipad first when the public beta is released

IamMetaldave · 05-06-2018 2:01pm

11.4 turned my iPad Air into a slug... I have barely anything on it... Soooo slow!

IamMetaldave · 05-06-2018 2:01pm

11.4 turned my iPad Air into a slug... I have barely anything on it... Soooo slow! Will 100% try 12 when the public beta is out.

murpho999 · 05-06-2018 2:49pm

peteeeed wrote: »

brave man, let me know how you get on

This would should not be such a risk as it's designed to improve performance imho.

brophs · 05-06-2018 5:26pm

iOs 12 allowing Google Maps to be used in Car Play will be great. Apple Maps are just a hot mess, when the voice recognition even works properly.

awec · 05-06-2018 7:01pm

Still no sign of Apple News in Ireland?

deep1 · 06-06-2018 8:27am

awec wrote: »

Still no sign of Apple News in Ireland?

Change the Region to Uk and have it now, I am using it since launch and works great. You can add local news sources.

deep1 · 06-06-2018 8:29am

Using iOS 12 and prob the best beta 1 I have ever had, only issue i have so far is can’t add recurring Calander events but other than than it is really smooth and fast. Can’t wait for further releases!

peteeeed · 06-06-2018 10:31am

deep1 wrote: »

Using iOS 12 and prob the best beta 1 I have ever had, only issue i have so far is can’t add recurring Calander events but other than than it is really smooth and fast. Can’t wait for further releases!

what about 3rd party app compatibility?

deep1 · 06-06-2018 10:50am

peteeeed wrote: »

what about 3rd party app compatibility?

Haven’t had any issue myself, but here is list of app working , broken etc.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/-ios-working-broken-and-soso-apps.2121506/

murpho999 · 06-06-2018 11:40am

deep1 wrote: »

Change the Region to Uk and have it now, I am using it since launch and works great. You can add local news sources.

Not a good solution for me as I wouldn't want it filling full of UK news.

What is the reason for it not being available in Ireland? It seems straghtforward.

awec · 06-06-2018 12:39pm

deep1 wrote: »

Change the Region to Uk and have it now, I am using it since launch and works great. You can add local news sources.

Changing region is an awful bollocks, cancels all subscriptions etc.

Sad Professor · 06-06-2018 3:47pm

murpho999 wrote: »

Not a good solution for me as I wouldn't want it filling full of UK news.

What is the reason for it not being available in Ireland? It seems straghtforward.

They have to curate news feeds for each country, make deals with publishers for exclusive content, integrate it into Siri, etc, otherwise it's just a glorified RSS reader (which is all the app really is anyway). It's only available in US, UK and Australia. I would see it as being tied up with Siri development, so any improvement, expansion is going to be slow going.

DubDJ · 07-06-2018 10:01am

Looks like Siri has a new Irish voice. You can check it out in the video around the 2 minute mark. Seems a lot better than the previous one which is a mess.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20xFvQEsDLE

FourFourRED · 07-06-2018 10:14am

awec wrote: »

Changing region is an awful bollocks, cancels all subscriptions etc.

It doesn’t. That’s if you change iTunes Store region. This is different.

awec · 07-06-2018 10:51am

Ah but then I have to stay in UK region forever, the app disappears as soon as I switch back.

MillField · 12-06-2018 3:45pm

How are people finding the beta? Are the performance improvements noticeable?

Blazer · 15-06-2018 9:28pm

Not sure about performance but I'm finding battery life improved on my 7+.
No issues with any apps not working so far.

SleetAndSnow · 15-06-2018 9:35pm

uninstalled it on my ipx but installed it on my ipad air. My god its like a new tablet. It was after getting so slow with pretty bad keyboard lag etc but now it rarely appears.

IamMetaldave · 16-06-2018 6:19am

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

uninstalled it on my ipx but installed it on my ipad air. My god its like a new tablet. It was after getting so slow with pretty bad keyboard lag etc but now it rarely appears.

This is tremendous news! My iPad Air is donkey since 11.4.

SleetAndSnow · 16-06-2018 9:23am

IamMetaldave wrote: »

This is tremendous news! My iPad Air is donkey since 11.4.

Lag still appears every so often but now where near as bad as 11.4. Hoping it improves! Delighted

peteeeed · 19-06-2018 7:17pm

Dev beta 2 is out along with the watch , mac and tv beta 2’s

Micky 32 · 19-06-2018 9:00pm

I just downloaded ios 12 beta 2. If i turn on the phone it will prompt for passcode but it won’t prompt for sim pin! You have to go into phone and select sim pin and enter.

DubDJ · 25-06-2018 10:19pm

The iOS 12 Public beta just went live for those brave enough to try it on their main device.

I’ll be skipping it and waiting until the official release.

peteeeed · 25-06-2018 11:50pm

Ooooooooo iPad first I think then phone

Micky 32 · 25-06-2018 11:54pm

Be warned, gps doesn’t work properly in the current 12 beta’s.

murpho999 · 26-06-2018 12:54am

DubDJ wrote: »

The iOS 12 Public beta just went live for those brave enough to try it on their main device.

I’ll be skipping it and waiting until the official release.

Surely out of all betas this must be the safest as it's all about stability improvements.

I'd say it's safer to install than previous buggy betas of iOS 11.

iOS 12 - Developer, public beta and official release

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