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tomsem · 09-21-2021, 12:40 PM

No complaints from me.

The iPadOS multitasking enhancements are welcome, for me there is no particular regression, and improved efficiency when composing split views.

Widgets, schmidgets. I got rid of all the old style ones, don’t miss em. Always thought it weird how they worked before. Now it is same as iPhone, cool I guess. The new style Kindle widget is a regression from old one (only shows 1 title instead of 3) so now both are gone. Maybe some day I’ll get the Widget and Shortcuts religion.

I am still not sold on the usefulness of App Library, but that was the case when it showed up on iPhone in iOS 14. Perhaps some day I’ll wake up and understand what I have been missing.

I think the tvOS update is mostly about being able to (more persistently) pair HomePods (I wasn’t having any issues with this) and make it easier to connect certain Apple/Beats headphones. I updated both of my AppleTV 4K’s have not had a chance to test this. There’s also some Sharing permission to enable (for SharePlay I think). I couldn’t get it to enable even on device with iOS 15. Will try again later.

WatchOS 8 says ‘5 hours remaining’ to download (it was 18 at first!)

[UPDATE: now it says ‘about 13 hours remaining’. WTF?]

09-21-2021, 12:40 PM	#8
tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,955 Karma: 27060153 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	No complaints from me. The iPadOS multitasking enhancements are welcome, for me there is no particular regression, and improved efficiency when composing split views. Widgets, schmidgets. I got rid of all the old style ones, don’t miss em. Always thought it weird how they worked before. Now it is same as iPhone, cool I guess. The new style Kindle widget is a regression from old one (only shows 1 title instead of 3) so now both are gone. Maybe some day I’ll get the Widget and Shortcuts religion. I am still not sold on the usefulness of App Library, but that was the case when it showed up on iPhone in iOS 14. Perhaps some day I’ll wake up and understand what I have been missing. I think the tvOS update is mostly about being able to (more persistently) pair HomePods (I wasn’t having any issues with this) and make it easier to connect certain Apple/Beats headphones. I updated both of my AppleTV 4K’s have not had a chance to test this. There’s also some Sharing permission to enable (for SharePlay I think). I couldn’t get it to enable even on device with iOS 15. Will try again later. WatchOS 8 says ‘5 hours remaining’ to download (it was 18 at first!) [UPDATE: now it says ‘about 13 hours remaining’. WTF?] Last edited by tomsem; 09-21-2021 at 02:49 PM.