iOS 17 Beta 4 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

[gank41]

I think you have to have the team you want to follow set as a favourite in the MLB app. For me, my team is the Blue Jays and they are my "favourite" in the MLB app and I can track their games every time via Live Activities. I go to "Scores" and it says "Track Game" underneath the score of the Blue Jays game every time. It does not show for any other game though, which is why I think it has to do with which teams you favourite.

@Mustard70 for reference

Yeah, looked into it already. Doesn’t work for me, and hasn’t worked since it was introduced. They only do it for a select group of games it seems. Not a losing team like my White Sox 😆

 

[gwhizkids]

Updated beta 4 dropped overnight. Went from 21A5291h to 21A5291j. Not sure what’s changed quite yet.

I am on the developer beta channel. iPhone 13 Pro Max.

Thanks for the update!

 

[Ledsteplin]

notes now crashes randomly. Restart has not solved this.

Noticed long texts will disappear. Tapping the space bar brings it back. Saw this behavior on Facebook as well. So may be a keyboard issue. Not sure. I use SwiftKey.

 

[Pearsey]

Updated beta 4 dropped overnight. Went from 21A5291h to 21A5291j. Not sure what’s changed quite yet.

I am on the developer beta channel. iPhone 13 Pro Max.

Monday this happened.

 

[Ansath]

Monday this happened.

2nd day in the row someone has posted about the revised B4 well after it was clearly covered it came out. 😳

 

[makoru]

I have noticed that the stuttering on the home screen is directly related to the wallpaper you use. For my part, the only way I didn't stutter is by putting a photo of a simple wallpaper, without modifying it, (zoom in or out). Otherwise it stutters.

 

[gwhizkids]

2nd day in the row someone has posted about the revised B4 well after it was clearly covered it came out.

I thought about being (more) snarky about it. But then I figured not everyone follows this stuff like we regulars do. But if you are interested enough to be here, it might behoove one to at least check to see if this is new news or not before posting.

 

[gwhizkids]

I have noticed that the stuttering on the home screen is directly related to the wallpaper you use. For my part, the only way I didn't stutter is by putting a photo of a simple wallpaper, without modifying it, (zoom in or out). Otherwise it stutters.

Yes. This solution has been posted several times in this thread.

 

[Ledsteplin]

I have noticed that the stuttering on the home screen is directly related to the wallpaper you use. For my part, the only way I didn't stutter is by putting a photo of a simple wallpaper, without modifying it, (zoom in or out). Otherwise it stutters.

I haven't noticed the stuttering. All my homescreen wallpapers are 14 Pro Max screen size resolution of 1290 X 2796.

 

[H3LL5P4WN]

Battery life is still a joke, in case anyone was wondering.

 

[GoldenChild]

Battery life is still a joke, in case anyone was wondering.

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Same. I've been averaging 7 hours of SOT on my 14PM.

 

[redbeard331]

Battery life is still a joke, in case anyone was wondering.

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Yes it has been, can you share that wallpaper by any chance?

 

[s2mike]

Haven’t seen this mentioned, but this feature is pretty great for folks who send and receive a lot of iMessage audio recordings:

 

[jbindy1]

Just joined the 17 train last night and noticed that to get incoming mail I had to refresh a bunch of times to finally get the mail to download. I submitted feedback

 

[dk001]

Battery widget is crazy.
The attached screenshot is my iPad Pro and a pair of AirPods Pro 2 in case being charged.
Case is charging wirelessly.
The widget does not match the actual.

 

[SharkeyStormcrow]

4 betas in and FaceTime still is buggy af

Outbound FaceTime calls never go thru. The other party has to initiate the call.

FaceTime calls randomly drop on both MacOS and iOS but overall, FaceTime on MacOS is more stable.

Audio clips and skips throughout the call on iOS. Muting your mic whilst they speak seems to help.

I’m shocked a baked in app on iOS is having this much trouble

 

[StumpyBloke]

4 betas in and FaceTime still is buggy af

Outbound FaceTime calls never go thru. The other party has to initiate the call.

FaceTime calls randomly drop on both MacOS and iOS but overall, FaceTime on MacOS is more stable.

Audio clips and skips throughout the call on iOS. Muting your mic whilst they speak seems to help.

I’m shocked a baked in app on iOS is having this much trouble

Would be useful for others with this issue if you posted your Feedback ID from Apple.

 

[H3LL5P4WN]

Same. I've been averaging 7 hours of SOT on my 14PM.

That sounds like what I used to get on some of the better 16.x betas.

I used to be at the 4pm mark with 60-70%.

 

[GoldenChild]

That sounds like what I used to get on some of the better 16.x betas.

I used to be at the 4pm mark with 60-70%.

How did you fix it? Change any settings?

 

[H3LL5P4WN]

Yes it has been, can you share that wallpaper by any chance?

I’m not sure if you’re kidding or not because of my intentional crop, lol. I’ll message you.

 

[xxray]

Gotta say this beta has been very good for me. No bugs, fine battery life (as good as it was on the better releases of iOS 16), good performance. If this was what was released for iOS 17 RC, I wouldn’t have even questioned it. Hopefully this is a good sign for the final release!

 

[H3LL5P4WN]

Yes it has been, can you share that wallpaper by any chance?

How did you fix it? Change any settings?

I wouldn’t call having to plug in around noon if I have to go out or carrying my MagSafe battery pack with me, “fixing it.”

 

[blueeyes2die4]

Is anyone else having issues with Siri reading messages in CarPlay? Been happening since dev beta 2 for me.

 

[cannono]

My iPad won’t rotate into landscape at all, as of this week’s update… M1 Pro 12.9” 512GB

EDIT: randomly started working

 

[thatJohann]

This beta 4 is VILE on the iPad. Downgrading to iPadOS 16.6. So many crashes.