Dan Pražák The beta version of iOS 13 has been available since last Monday, when Apple made all its new systems available for testing purposes to registered developers after the WWDC19 opening keynote. We later also used the opportunity to try out all the news in the Jablíčkář editorial office, and today it has been exactly one week since we have been using the new iOS 13 daily on the iPhone X. Let's therefore summarize how the new generation of the system affects us and what positives and negatives it brings.
At the beginning, it should be noted that at the moment it is still only the first beta, which corresponds not only to a higher frequency of errors, but also to the behavior of some elements/applications, which may change significantly until the final version. Apple will release regular updates throughout the summer that will bring not only bug fixes, but also other news and changes to the user interface. In short - what may irritate many now will be completely smooth in the last beta.
(Un)reliability
Considering that this is the first beta version, iOS 13 is already surprisingly stable and quite usable. However, if you need to use your iPhone daily for work and expect it to run smoothly, then we do not recommend installing it yet. If you want to try out Dark Mode and other new features, we recommend waiting at least for the first public beta for testers, which will be released in July - its installation will also be significantly easier.
Currently, in iOS 13 you cannot avoid occasional restarts of the user interface (so-called respring), non-functionality of some elements, connection problems and, above all, crashes or complete non-functionality of selected applications. Personally, text dictation doesn't work for me in the vast majority of cases, and it often happens that the application crashes for no reason at all, and whatever I've been working on goes to waste. The iPhone often overheats and, for example, after connecting AirPods, the call ends. This is nothing that I wouldn't have expected when installing the first beta, after all, I've been installing the new iOS in June for the umpteenth year in a row, but for an ordinary user, such ailments can be a major problem.
iOS 13, it's not just Dark Mode
Basically everyone, including me, activates Dark Mode after installing iOS 13. "Now what?" you ask yourself. The dark mode may seem like the only significant innovation. Apple showed us a ton of new functions during the conference, which could have looked great on stage, but the reality is no longer so bright - improved materials for Apple Maps will arrive at the end of the year and in a very limited form, typing with strokes on the native keyboard does not work in Czech, more natural Siri with us, only a handful of users will use it, and Animoji with new editing options can no longer be of interest to anyone.
It could be interest you
Of course, I am deliberately exaggerating a bit, and for example the new functions for AirPods or improved editing of photos and videos are nicely processed and useful in iOS 13. having to go through an unnecessarily complicated process in iMovie. However, this is more or less all of the presented news that can be considered interesting from my point of view, of course if we leave out optimizations in the form of minor updates, applications, their faster launch and accelerated unlocking through Face ID.
In fact, the beauty is hidden in the little things that you only discover with regular use. Whether it is, for example, a one-time permission to access the location, a new element when changing the volume, a mobile data saving mode, optimized charging or the ability to connect to Wi-Fi networks and Bluetooth devices directly from the control center (finally), it is a partial changes, but they will please more than, for example, the stickers created from Animoji that Apple demonstrated on stage.
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Negative
However, where there are positives, there are also negatives. For me personally, the biggest one is the severely limited functionality of 3D Touch. In the current beta version, the latter largely fights with Haptic Touch - for elements, basically, both a stronger press and a longer hold work - which is often confusing. In addition, Apple basically killed the Peek&Pop function, where the image preview/link works, but the subsequent pressure for full view no longer does. Let's hope that 3D Touch will still get its own space, but for now everything indicates that the company is starting to leave it, and even the new iPhones should no longer offer it.
The battery life has also dropped significantly with the new system, but this is largely influenced by the fact that it is the first test version. Over time, the situation should hopefully only improve, but currently the iPhone X lasts me a little over half a day. So far, I don't even notice that Dark Mode has a positive effect on endurance, even though I own a model with an OLED panel. However, there is still a lot of room for improvement in this area as well.
Dark Mode in iOS 13:
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Finally
Ultimately, iOS 13 is an evolutionary rather than a revolutionary update, but that's certainly not a bad thing. The biggest visible innovation is undoubtedly the dark mode, but there are others hidden in the system settings among the more useful ones. I personally praise, for example, the improved menu for sharing, new options for editing photos or videos, the ability to connect a PS4 controller to an iPhone and iPad, and above all, optimized charging that extends battery life. We will see how Apple further improves iOS 13 during the summer testing, but we can certainly look forward to a number of other novelties. With the last beta release in September, we plan to write a similar summary that will essentially provide a review of the new system as such.
That is exactly why the beta version for registered developers does not belong in the hands of ordinary users, and Apple should deny a developer account even to such tinkerers as you in Jablíčkář. There must not even be a consideration here as to whether you recommend this version to users or not. Simply no - this is not supposed to get into the hands of users at all. And you should not judge the SW from the point of view from which you judge it here in half of the cases. Apple is just screwing up its own nest with this because people like you are only hurting it. You have absolutely no idea what this beta is for, what you should do with it, and what and where you should or shouldn't write about it. And this, unfortunately, got out of Apple's hands. Once upon a time, they took better care of such things.
So it's all about the little things again. Overall nothing. It could easily still be called iOS 1. For example, 1.13.0. It is important to explain it to yourself correctly internally, that it is actually good …..