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iOS 18.1 Beta 3 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements
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Yup, same in beta 8. You can set it back to dark by tapping and holding the home screen (not on any icons) until icons start to wiggle then Edit > Customize > Dark
Why? You could barely see him in the first place 😂
Unlike the 18.0 betas, which are nearing completion and hence seeing battery performance optimized, I don't think we're there yet for 18.1. So you may still seem some rough times, battery-wise.Hope Apple doesn't tank the battery life. Sounds like a great update though. Installing now.
So far b3 has been a big improvement over b2 for me. b2 was characterized by torching my phone. At times it would become too hot to hold. I frequently couldn't charge it as it was too hot and the phone would notify me that charging would continue when the temperature dropped. It had a deleterious impact on how I used the phone. I reported the issue. My battery health dropped from 99% to 91% over the course of two weeks.
Happily, I upgrade annually, so not stressed about the damage to my battery, but I was really hoping b3 was going to fix that issue. If it didn't, I would've been concerned that some combination of the software I had installed or the hardware on my phone were contributory and that my phone would be in this quasi-usable state until the new phones come out.
And, even in just the first few hours since installing b3 it's behaving just as well as it did before b2. Quite pleased.
Happily, I upgrade annually, so not stressed about the damage to my battery, but I was really hoping b3 was going to fix that issue. If it didn't, I would've been concerned that some combination of the software I had installed or the hardware on my phone were contributory and that my phone would be in this quasi-usable state until the new phones come out.
And, even in just the first few hours since installing b3 it's behaving just as well as it did before b2. Quite pleased.
Wow, this clean up is pretty great. Saves me trouble of opening it up in a separate app to pull out things in the photo. Before version is on top with all of the extra people milling about. 
It can't be any worse than the previous 18.1 beta on the battery (that was rough).Hope Apple doesn't tank the battery life. Sounds like a great update though. Installing now.
I'm just hoping for better battery life and less resprings. It does seem to be running more smoothly so far (15 pro). The last beta was running pretty slow with various items throughout the OS.
This looks awesome.Wow, this clean up is pretty great. Saves me trouble of opening it up in a separate app to pull out things in the photo. Before version is on top with all of the extra people milling about.
Third party cables disabled from charging on 18.1 Beta 3. Plugging iPad, iPhone both on 18.1 Beta 3 into MBP running 18.1 Beta 3 using third party cables did not charge the devices. If I used Apple branded cables the devices charged as expected. This was not a problem with 18.1 Beta 2.
Is this a new policy for Apple or an oversight - nothing I can find in release notes?
Is this a new policy for Apple or an oversight - nothing I can find in release notes?
My third party cable charged my iPhone 15 Pro just fine…
I'm also in Canada and I just tried to switch from US English to Canada English, told me AI isn't available when Siri is set to English Canada so I had to switch back. Didn't let me do this in beta 2 either.
Clean Up does clean up pretty well! No more dog pooping in the background
But that adds character and flavor to the photo!
