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iPadOS26.1: your opinion on this update.
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iPad Air M3 - I absolutely love it. There are things that are much easier to do for me on 26 and 26.1 than ever before, and I've had no bugs, crashes, etc. - everything is running just fine.
I wonder if 26 had made them worse... I have my M4 13 on 18 and my M5 13 on 26.1 and the M4 is clearly louder, it was when the M5 was on 26.0 and it still is now on 26.1. My M1 is on 26.1 too, has it become louder? Not sure, it's very close to the M4 (can't tell which one is louder, they sound slightly different and they are both louder than the M5).
Did not tried it on external monitor, but it works very well with MKB. No real issues until now (maybe battery life could be better).
12.9 M2 iPad Pro here.
12.9 M2 iPad Pro here.
Now in iPadOS 26.1, it’s hard to pause videos. I start watching a video in the Photos app, then pause it, find another one, start it playing, and then the first one starts playing again so their audio is combined. It’s really weird.
Edited to add: I wonder if it’s related to having multitasking enabled. I re-enabled it so I can use slide over with messages. Maybe if I turn that off and go back to Full Screen app mode, it wouldn’t do that… Still a bug from my perspective though.
Edited to add: I wonder if it’s related to having multitasking enabled. I re-enabled it so I can use slide over with messages. Maybe if I turn that off and go back to Full Screen app mode, it wouldn’t do that… Still a bug from my perspective though.
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I'm having hte same issue but backwards, Dark mode here and when i open Safary the first time a white bar on top.
Also the face ID is still slow.
Good thing is battery life is now much better.
Hasn't really fixed the DRASTIC relative slowdown across everything I have since 26. That relative difference compared to before is noticeable on my A16 iPads - every transition is accompanied by a delay. I can understand e.g. 4-6 year old iPads having the same issue, but not something i bought less than a year ago.
If your talking reload times then yeah, the A16 ipad is probably not the best cause of the RAM but anything else I literally I can’t see a difference in. Its just a bit stuttery when the windows are congested but that can be improved when they start improving the OS effiecency.
It is ridiculous that the latest iPad encounters basic OS lag, regardless of RAM. I have mine on iPadOS 18 and it is flawless.
Seems that way.
I'm still trying to digest how I was told last week that "it doesn't matter" if Apple gets the shadows right on their graphics.
If we have no standards, Apple (or anyone) will cater to that level.
Companies tend to go for whatever they can get away with.
Well, if people like it when an avoidable iOS update worsens quality, let them install it.
They suffer the consequences, not me.
As we've discussed, I agree with you except that Apps eventually start rug pulling support and folks are left with no choice eventually. (how long one can go depends upon specific user needs)
The situation is awful.
Developers are garbage when it comes to that. But yeah, if you require the latest all the time, then I guess you have no choice. It typically doesn’t happen though. You can wait until August before installing 26. Maybe it’s better by then, at least on the latest devices.
Some reports of 26.1 have mentioned improvements, but I wouldn’t be too confident based on that. Most say it’s still far from 18.