Hi,
So far I've held off updating my iPhone15 pro to IOS18. However I recently bought an iPad pro running the latest OS and so far it has been a good experience.
However as the phone is my main driver I thought I'd just ask is there any good reason for still holding off updating?
Many thanks for any guidance or advice offered.
Regards
Graham
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No issues
16 pro max. Responsive and fast. No issues at this time.
15 Pro
Absolutely no reasons why you should not update. For me very stable.
update hesatency
I don't understand the paranoya some have on this site to ask if an update has any bugs, especially a security update like iOS 18.3.1. I just update, and report bugs found in Feedback assistent, as I am a beta tester, running beta software on my primary devices. sure, I experience more bugs than most, running developer betas on iOS, watchOS, tvOS, and hopefully soon, macOS. more people need to do this. this kind of thinking makes betas more unstable, and. ... anyone remember Alex on iOS? pre ventura he was softspoken. I, submitted feedback asking Apple to make him sound as close to what he was in leopard as possible. people on here complained as well when Ventura was in beta, and ultimatly released, VoiceOver had no intonation. all this was the direct result of my feedback. if more beta tested, this could have been changed or kept. anyway, apple listened as they saw my feedback, see me as a trusted VoiceOVER BETA TESTER> ANYWAY< OTHER SHOULD DO the SAME> nobody who isn't BLIND SHOULD NEVER NOT BETA TEST> I, will keep suggesting things, and people will complaining. anyway, I have the power to change betas, because I am one of the five percent of VoiceOver users who beta test. the reason bugs exist on macOS for ages, is, not enough mac VoiceOver users beta test. everybody should.
Daniel Angus M…
The only issue I could see people afraid of how the iOS will affect VO.
For Graham
Hi Graham,
My gut reaction is that you are likely to have a similar experience with your iPhone on iOS 18 as you do on your new iPad. So, if you are happy with iPadOS 18, I would say that you are likely to be happy with iOS 18 as well.
Reasons @Daniel Angus M…
Perhaps people are a little paranoid when it comes to updating their devices, but there is nothing wrong with a little bit of healthy paranoia. Especially when it comes to Apple software. Let us not forget the year of iOs 17 between September 2023, and September 2024. The previous version of iOS was one of the worst Apple has ever produced, with regards to voiceover bugs.
Putting that aside, we now have iOS 18. Already we have:
1. A glitch with the volume rocker on the newer model iPhones, where it will randomly speak out your phone ringer status; either silent mode or ring mode. Just by pressing volume up or down keys.
2. An issue with BSI, where some of the gestures are not working in certain model iPhones.
3. An issue where the eloquence voice is not being processed, nor output, as intended by Apple. There is, in fact, an ongoing conversation about that right here on the forums.
4. Another issue where notifications are not displayed, nor making any sort of audible output. Some of the users here depend on medical devices, that connect to their iPhones, and thus depend on notifications to be working as intended by Apple for health reasons.
Some advice:
Before you suggest that somebody just use a different speech engine, keep in mind that at least 60% of the users here prefer Eloquence.
While you may be a beta tester, and perhaps have been doing so for years, the audacity that you alone are the sole reason why bugs have been fixed, and iOS runs as smoothly as it currently does is just ludicrous.
Finally do not disregard people because they choose not to beta test. There are a plethora of reasons why a person is not willing to risk their device to simply beta test software. Beta testing is a choice, and perhaps a privilege, but not a right, nor is it a mandatory requirement in order to own an Apple device.
Thank you for reading. 🫡