iOS 15 Beta 1 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

[Enygmatic]

Not a fan of the new Safari… but I’m talking strictly aesthetics here. Functionality is an improvement, as new iOS versions usually are (complainers and “the underwhelmed” be damned).

Having said that, I do agree with someone earlier than iOS is becoming a bit cluttered and less intuitive. I want more powerful features, but better tutorials and clearer methods for activating/deactivating certain features would do wonders for less technical users. I can see this becoming a problem for some of Apple’s user base who are more comfortable with Apple’s historically “super simple” and “it just works” philosophy.

I mean, I’m a developer and I’m not sure what the hell is going on with Notifications and Focus… 🤣

 

[LFC2020]

Am I missing something or shouldn't there be a redesigned control center?

Only thing you’re getting is iOS 14 with a fresh coat of paint 😂

 

[TruBleu]

Could someone check the do not disturb / focus / messages settings and see if you can disable the ability for someone to override send notifications even if your in DND. I can see this being abused by work and iMessage scams.

You are allowed to enable/disable notification overrides

 

[Bobosita]

Is there a new Favorite Contact Widget?

 

[TruBleu]

Something new ControlCenter?

Looks about the same to me. You can add quick notes to CC now.

 

[Jayson A]

I hate the new notifications look. The giant icons look cramped. I like how elegant the smaller icons looked. Hopefully there’s a way to disable the big icons.

 

[three]

New icons at top and some icons are te designed, also screen shot animation is really fast AW4View attachment 1788635

I haven't seen anything yet on watchOS 8. Are there any new watch faces or differences with complications that you've noticed?

 

[Dave3641]

iPhone apps are no longer rotation locked, can now use Instagram whilst my iPad is upside down (whilst charging with the cable out of the top)

 

[Logiarius]

Seems like developers can implement console controller UI (Dualshock etc) right into their app and you can select apps in homescreen by using only your controller

 

[TruBleu]

Is there a new Favorite Contact Widget?

Yes, in 4 sizes - for 1/4/6/10 contacts of your choice (iPadOS)

 

[Avokadik777]

Who has delay in screen time widget?

 

[Ludatyk]

I bet I am the first person to have to do a system restore. Installed it on my iPad Pro 2021 11" and it didn't even get past the hello page before it begin showing my a spinning ring with the screen constantly flashing. My theory is that something broke due to it being hooked up via thunderbolt to an external monitor. Nothing seemed to fix it.

Mine is doing the same!

 

[crawfish963]

This sounds good… didn’t get a mention in the WWDC. Built in password Authenticator. Be gone google. This will auto paste a code in. Boom

iOS 15 Includes Built-In Password Authenticator With Autofill, Replacing Google Authenticator and Authy — MacRumors

There are a slew of new features in iOS 15, so many in fact that Apple did not have time to cover all of them during today’s keynote event.

apple.news

I’ve set it up with several sites and it works great. Just a quick FaceID activation and it pastes the code in automatically.

 

[zakarhino]

Airplane mode animation has changed in the top right corner of the screen. The airplane now flies off to the right when disabling Airplane mode 😂 Pretty sure it didn't do that in iOS 14

 

[NBKindaGirl]

Exciting having a contacts widget again! Mail widget is cool too. What I like though, is that you can now add widgets from the edit stack view without having to back out and add them one by one from the widget list.

 

[Cryptic0ne]

Only thing you’re getting is iOS 14 with a fresh coat of paint 😂

So you don't like it huh?🤦‍♂️

 

[krishnajha]

I haven't seen anything yet on watchOS 8. Are there any new watch faces or differences with complications that you've noticed?

App icons, redesigned app layer, new items, people and devices app, new things in some apps.

 

[telo123]

I’ve set it up with several sites and it works great. Just a quick FaceID activation and it pastes the code in automatically.

Does it sync across your devices (if you have Monterey or iPad/iOS 15 installed)? I would assume so, but would like confirmation.

 

[SpaceGrayAlways]

Can someone verify if there's no longer a way to de-integrate Do Not Disturb from watchOS 8 and iOS 15?

We used to be able to turn on DND on one device and disable it from automatically going to the other device, I no longer seem to be able to do that anywhere in the Watch settings.

Anyone?

Update: I can disable it from the Focus settings on Watch, but NOT from the Watch app on iOS... Weird 🤷‍♂️

 

[contacos]

Ok Focus and Notification Summary are a mess. I have no idea what these settings even mean and what I have just set up. Going to wait for a YouTube tutorial I guess 💁🏼‍♂️

maybe I also just don’t get the point of these Settings or my life is too boring lol either I am available, or I am not

 

[Ansath]

developer.apple.com is struggling a ton. Will have to wait. Considering it's a W-build I suppose I will wait this one out for the time being. Nothing of the new stuff is interesting enough for me to risk installing such a early build.

No idea how the Apple Music stuff is supposed to work either. It was going to be made available today, but on iOS 14.6 and iOS 14.7 BETA2 we still lack any options for setting Apple Lossless under Setting on iOS and iPadOS so I'm not sure how we are supposed to enable those tiers of quality? The Settings.app can't be updated "on-the-fly" by Apple can it?

The Apple Music stuff is server side, as the device side got the functionality is iOS 14.5 or 14.6 (I forget which exactly)

Really? I initially read on a 3rd party site that the air2 is not supported. Good to know

From Apple themselves:

Any apps that aren’t working?

iOS 15 Broken/Buggy Apps

 

[Freakonomics101]

If anyone on here is a diabetic who has the Dexcom G6 and/or the Tandem pump, both apps work with no issues!

 

[uniquexoxo]

Omg running iOS15 on my 12PM. Running smooth asf. Didn’t expect it. I am LOVING the new Safari look

 

[TruBleu]

Ok Focus and Notification Summary are a mess. I have no idea what these settings even mean and what I have just set up. Going to wait for a YouTube tutorial I guess 💁🏼‍♂️

maybe I also just don’t get the point of these Settings or my life is too boring lol either I am available, or I am not

You allow which of your contacts and applications can show notifications when your focus setting is at work or personal. You can allow automatic activation (wonder how reliable that would be) or manually do it from control centre. You can even set what should be your home screen for different focus settings.

 

[three]

App icons, redesigned app layer, new items, people and devices app, new things in some apps.

You’re awesome. Thanks for all of the awesome information!