Ask HN: Have You Upgraded to iOS 16?

#1

Post by gnicholas » Mon, Sep 12, 2022, 5:15 PM UTC

Does anyone know how stable the recent beta builds of iOS 16 were? These are usually a pretty good predictor of whether there will be issues with the public release.

Also, what are some favorite features? I don't expect to care much about the lock screen stuff, and until the update is widely adopted the Messages editing capability won't matter much. Is there much to be excited about?

Re: Ask HN: Have You Upgraded to iOS 16?

#2

Post by melling » Mon, Sep 12, 2022, 5:17 PM UTC

I always upgrade.

Apple is really great about moving people forward. It’s refreshing change from the constant “I don’t want to upgrade. It does everything I want it to do “ mentality

Onward

Re: Ask HN: Have You Upgraded to iOS 16?

#3

Post by gnicholas » Mon, Sep 12, 2022, 5:23 PM UTC

melling wrote: post #2

I always upgrade. Apple is really great about moving people forward. It’s refreshing change from the constant “I don’t want to upgrade. It does everything I want it to do “ mentality Onward

I can't tell if this is sarcastic. I assume most people on HN do eventually update their iDevices, but the rest of the post seems possibly tongue-in-cheek. If you aren't being sarcastic and have upgraded, please do share your thoughts on stability and new features, since that's what this community is for!

Re: Ask HN: Have You Upgraded to iOS 16?

#4

Post by janekg » Mon, Sep 12, 2022, 5:26 PM UTC

now downloading the update, will test it later :)

Re: Ask HN: Have You Upgraded to iOS 16?

#5

Post by janekg » Mon, Sep 12, 2022, 5:28 PM UTC

gnicholas wrote: post #3

melling wrote: post #2

I always upgrade. Apple is really great about moving people forward. It’s refreshing change from the constant “I don’t want to upgrade. It does everything I want it to do “ mentality Onward

I can't tell if this is sarcastic. I assume most people on HN do eventually update their iDevices, but the rest of the post seems possibly tongue-in-cheek. If you aren't being sarcastic and have upgraded, please do share your thoughts on stability and new features, since that's what this community is for!

according to my experience it is true for most iOS users, but definitely not for Macintosh users.

Re: Ask HN: Have You Upgraded to iOS 16?

#6

Post by gnicholas » Mon, Sep 12, 2022, 5:30 PM UTC

janekg wrote: post #4

now downloading the update, will test it later :)

Which new features are you looking forward to? I expect to be asked by family members whether to upgrade and at this point I can't really recommend it.

The new lock screen stuff will just be confusing for my parents (to whom I provide tech support), and I'm not aware of any amazing new features that would make life noticeably better for people in their (or even my) demographic. I watched the WWDC keynote several months ago, and I follow Apple news daily. But it just now occurred to me that there aren't any new features that I'm particularly looking forward to. What am I missing?

Re: Ask HN: Have You Upgraded to iOS 16?

#7

Post by janekg » Mon, Sep 12, 2022, 5:46 PM UTC

gnicholas wrote: post #6

janekg wrote: post #4

now downloading the update, will test it later :)

Which new features are you looking forward to? I expect to be asked by family members whether to upgrade and at this point I can't really recommend it. The new lock screen stuff will just be confusing for my parents (to whom I provide tech support), and I'm not aware of any amazing new features that would make life noticeably better for people in their (or even my) demographic. I watched the WWDC keynote several mont…

I will certainly not like the new lock screen stuff but looking forward to editing in iMessage and multiple stops in Maps. Nothing special, but lockdown mode seems interesting.

The revoke mail feature seems useless, technical this means that the mail is send some time later, and in this time frame it is possible to revoke? (bringing more delay into delivery)

Re: Ask HN: Have You Upgraded to iOS 16?

#8

Post by hahnchen » Mon, Sep 12, 2022, 6:27 PM UTC

Going to today. Looking forward to PassKeys

Re: Ask HN: Have You Upgraded to iOS 16?

#9

Post by lolive » Mon, Sep 12, 2022, 6:45 PM UTC

Not on my 6s. Thanks, Apple, for that.

Re: Ask HN: Have You Upgraded to iOS 16?

#10

Post by lolive » Mon, Sep 12, 2022, 6:53 PM UTC

lolive wrote: post #9

Not on my 6s. Thanks, Apple, for that.

And because the App Store does not allow to download the last version of an app compatible with an outdated version of iOS, I [as a 6s-ipadPro1 owner] should install now all the apps I need for the decades to come in their last iOS15-compatible version.

Note: I did that for my ipad1. And guess what? Those apps still work like a charm.