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Faster keyboard
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Like night and day to me (iPhone 6S). More speed, accuracy and no lag so far.
Also no more glitches with copy-paste.
Also no more glitches with copy-paste.
Perhaps your device was still indexing and getting itself sorted. Does it persist?
Everything is faster with IOS 12. I am legit shocked this is the first beta preview. IOS 12 is running better on the X than the current IOS 11 software.
Unfortunately yes, it’s still laggy and it’s driving me to distraction, but since I am used to using Beta versions of each OS, I will just work around it til it resolves itself.
ETA: I find that I have to press rather hard to get a character to appear and can’t move particularly quickly along the keyboard the way I used to be. Oh well, I really consider this a first world problem. .
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They said on the older devices it should be faster. Been watching the videos comparing them and I don't see too much of a difference, and I never noticed it being laggy?....
I’m waiting for the day Apple implements a ‘trace’ type keyboard like Swype/SwiftKey.
I’ve tried using those on iOS but until Apple gives them full permissions (like when entering passwords etc) it’s just a hassle.
It’s all I’ve ever wanted for years but Apple will just never do it.
I’ve tried using those on iOS but until Apple gives them full permissions (like when entering passwords etc) it’s just a hassle.
It’s all I’ve ever wanted for years but Apple will just never do it.
I agree with this.
Despite the lack of many, many new features, I was honestly expecting this first beta to be very unstable, slow etc. But it turns out that, apart from the disappointing battery life at this point, it is actually smoother and more stable than iOS 11.4 was. It shows that Apple can do it after all. They just needed the bad media coverage to get that final push to fix things.
And again, this is just the first beta. Imagine how the public final is going to be! I look forward to seeing iOS 12 become more stable over time with every new beta.
+1 I want a apple's native keyboard with swipe abilities - should be a setting to turn on or off. so annoying they don't support this
I thought I was going crazy!! I can't type properly any more! I have to press multiple times on a key sometimes, and I have to type really slow too!. Press and hold no longer works either. Neither does 3D touching on the keyboard. Switching languages is a nightmare too. Are you experiencing any of these issue too?
You also have to remember this is the first developer beta, not even public beta, and also missing the point releases of many iOS's (usually by 0.3 the OS gets visibly faster)
There's at least 3 months left of just simple bug fixing and optimizations, then another years worth of optimizations until iOS 13 where most of their real updates will be happening.
There's at least 3 months left of just simple bug fixing and optimizations, then another years worth of optimizations until iOS 13 where most of their real updates will be happening.
Of course, Apple made it clear enough on their developer website. Thankfully I have it on just one of my iPhones for testing.
Rebooted multiple times, removed all keyboards and re-added them. No difference.