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iOS 12 on iPads
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iPad Air 2 was fine on iOS 11 for me. iOS 12 is just a little bit smoother, but not that much.
Or maybe you were swiping from the middle (and getting notifications) and then from further right (and getting the control centre) due to not realising where to swipe from?
Yeah, charging issues here as well. It will charge but maybe the power management isn’t yet perfected as it will sometimes lose battery when it’s being used at the same time it’s being charged. Especially if you’re doing something a bit more batter intensive like Netflix.
Yes what about the Air family (1, 2) on 12 comparing to 10.3.3? Can't dare to upgrade my Air 2 to iOS 11.
It seems to have given my iPad Air (original) new life. Performance is much better than on 10.* or 11.*.
Seems a bit faster but there’s still ugly frame drops littered around the OS, especially when swiping through apps in multitasking. Seriously Apple, it’s 2018, you should be having zero issues with frame rates at this point. I am however seeing faster keyboard launching, faster app launching and all that other stuff they mentioned but not the “smooth scrolling” yet. I sure hope they fix it as it’s been my main gripe regarding iOS since iOS 7. Other than that, I really like the new control centre location. I find it much easier to do a simple swipe down from anywhere now which is more convent than before. I don’t understand why the stocks app is white whereas it’s black on the iPhone? Books is nicely designed and appears to run smoother in this second beta. Apart from that it just feels like an enhanced version of iOS 11 really.
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I've been very happy with the performance of both b1 and b2 on my 12.9" iPad Pro. There are still some apps I'm waiting to get patched so they'll work (notably, LogMeIn and Skype), but other than that, it's been stellar.
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There was an iOS 12 update for Skype, yes, but it was iPhone specific. Not yet available for the iPad. Still broken there.
Official as far as I know. I don't have 12 on my X yet, but quite a few people said it was working when I saw the update come. Also, I believe the update notes on Skype said it was an iOS 12 fix.
Yep, I thought my charging port was ****ed on the 6s. It still kinda is, but it was a software problem as well.
Any other thoughts on how the iPad Air is performing on iOS 12 - specifically vs. iOS 10.3.3? I've kept my iPad Air on 10.3.3 and don't want to upgrade unless it's as good or better, because 11 was basically unusable on it. It was horrible - lags and stutters and delays everywhere.
iOS 12 is just as smooth as iOS 11 was on my air 2. Maybe just a tad smoother on iOS 12. I like that the gesture now match the iPhone X. There is no reason to even use the home button besides Touch ID which I don’t use on my iPad.
On iOS12 the 12.9 iPad pro shows its proper keyboard even on apps not optimized for its size (for example: facebook)
Runs beautifully on my 10.5 iPad Pro, I would dare to say better then the current iOS 11.4. Love the iPhone X gestures, since I have one I have been trying to use them on my iPad accidentally since I got the phone, now they actually do what I expect!
omg that’s amazing why isn’t this on every news outlet ever rn.
