That’s it. iOS 16 is now available, you’re probably counting down the minutes before you can head over to Settings and get it on your iPhone as soon as possible. But, wait! Maybe it’s NotIt is a bad idea to rush into something. Major iOS updates can have serious bugs. A few coolest features may not be available until later releases.
We’ll keep an eye on the general public experience and let you know when it’s a good time to jump in.
iOS 16: Why You Should Update Now
Simply put: iOS 16 has many great new featuresYour iPhone. The most obvious is the amazing new customizable lock screen. There’s new stuff in Focus, you can edit and unsend iMessages, schedule and recall email in Mail, dictation is greatly improved, there’s a haptic keyboardYou can immediately Take out the subject from any imageYou can find out more.
Apple’s iOS 16 beta test is extensive and not perfect. But, Apple has an extensive beta test and word is that it is in good shape. There’s a good chance that you’ll never experience a major bug at all–at least, nothing that outweighs all the cool new features you get.
iOS 16: Why wait
iOS 5.0 is now available, despite the beta testing. AlwaysShip with a few notable bugs. They’re usually fixed quickly (within a couple weeks), so you won’t be waiting forever to update. We haven’t noticed any huge bugs with iOS 16 in our testing, but that doesn’t mean they’re not there.
iPhone 14 Pro users complain about a lack of connectivity. Camera-shake BugAnd slow-opening Camera app after Daily updateiOS 16.0.1 fixed iMessage/FaceTime activation bugs. Of course, those users can’t avoid iOS 16 (the new iPhones come with it), but it’s an example of the kinds of bugs quickly discovered and fixed. Another bug is the sporadic one where the system asks permission to copy from the clipboard multiple times in the same application. These bugs should be fixed by the developers of Intuit. an update comingThe week of September 26,
It’s commonplace these days for some of the announced features of the new iOS to Skip the initial launchThey will be available in point updates later in the year (e.g. iOS 16.1 or 16.2. Live Activities–a sort of live-updating notification for certain apps–is one of the big features that you won’t even see in the initial iOS 16 release. In a later update, you will find support for the Matter smarthome standard, Freeform whiteboarding app and iCloud Shared Photo Library. There are also a few Game Center options.
Let’s not forget that iPadOS 16.0 won’t even release at all! iPadOS 16.1 will be the first public release. It is expected to arrive in October. The macOS Ventura release should be around the same date. So if you’ve got a whole Apple ecosystem, and you want to use everything in harmony all at once, you’ll be waiting about a month or so anyway.
Macworld recommends WAIT
Waiting is the best option. iOS 16.1It will ship with iPadOS 16.1 or possibly macOS Ventura in October. You’ll get more features and a more stable experience. But even if you’d rather update to iOS 16 sooner, skipping the First releaseIt is sometimes a good idea. You can at most give it a week to see if Apple releases an iOS 16.0.1 bug-fix update. This is expected to arrive around the week of September 26.
If you’re the type to hop on the latest thing anyway, minor issues be damned, you probably have already updated and are just reading this article for fun, right?
