“Rumor has it Apple isn’t going to reinvent the iPhone this year, but you definitely can’t say the same about its software,” Chris Velazco writes for Engadget. “iOS 10 was unveiled to the world late in the company’s Worldwide Developer Conference keynote, and for good reason — there were many, many new software features to unpack.”
“I’ve been using the public beta build on an iPhone 6s for two days, and so far it’s been remarkably stable. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve already encountered a handful of hiccups and bugs, but I haven’t run into any full-blown showstoppers either,” Velazco writes.
“Apple Maps in iOS 10 just scored major points with me thanks to the improved (and enlarged) navigation interfaceg,” Velazco writes. “Seriously, it’s so much easier to read at a glance than Google Maps that I can almost see myself switchin.”
We can’t issue a verdict on iOS 10 until it launches this fallg,” Velazco writes, “but Apple has taken some significant steps forward here.”
Tons more in the full review here.
MacDailyNews Take: Already it’s plainly evident: iOS 10 is a work of art. It’s the world’s most advanced mobile operating system by a wide, wide margin.
Did I have to agree to a Non-Disclosure Agreement? Yes.
Did Chris Velazco who writes for Engadget have to agree to a Non-Disclosure Agreement? Yes. Oops Chris!
Some thoughts.
1. I’m hoping that the Memories feature in Photos is optional.
2. The changes to Maps are extremely welcome. The thing is though, I have always preferred Apple’s map UI compared to Google maps, that’s not the issue. The trick is that Google’s data is superior in my experience.
3. Going to really enjoy the Messages update. ✨🎈😆
Very much looking forward to using iOS 10. Well done chaps. 👍🏼
1. totally agree. Not happy about any photo software changes Apple has implemented since Cook started forcing the iCloud onto iOS users. 3rd party solutions are just so much more capable — all without the user wondering exactly when Apple’s “differential privacy” creeps toward Google levels of snooping. One can already assume that the reason Apple rents iCloud server space from Amazon and Google is because these companies offset true costs by being allowed to datamine. The iCloud user agreement doesn’t forbid Apple or its partners from datamining anything, you know.
2. The updates to the Maps UI are long overdue. Basic legibility and usability have always been challenging, especially in sunlight. Poor accuracy, inadequate turn-by-turn directions, and just plain lagginess have always doomed Apple Maps. Final straw that prevents me from ever considering Apple Maps until enabled is multi-waypoint routing. Some of us like to be efficient when we run errands.
3. I am not. Messages should be easy and intutiive. Apple seems to be chasing after social networks, adding cutesy overcomplications to something that most of us want to be quick and unintrusive. I hope all this animation crap is optional.
The bloat continues, and still Apple doesn’t have an answer for simple multi-platform file sharing or a true filing system that the user can manage without subscribing to the iCloud. No thanks. In my office, the iPad is retired, the iPhone is mostly just a smartphone with all the same apps (from the same developers) as any Android phone, and most anything that needs to get done gets done faster than the mobile kids by using a Mac or PC.
I think it’s time people realized that Cook’s golden cage, the iCloud, is just not attractive to most people.
Mike we get it. Nothing will ever please you if it’s called Apple.
Great will never be great enough.
iOS10 Rocks !!!
Not holding my breath for Maps. Going to a Genius bar and being told to use Google Maps was a big surprise and a real let-down.
Use to be it just worked. Now it doesn’t even come close, even according to Apple Store employees.
Well, I’ll believe it when I see it. Just dont understand why anyone here would say they prefer Apple Maps. It did not work for me.
I should clarify that while I prefer the UI of Apple Maps over Google’s it’s not by much.
Example: Building outlines. Google maps shows a nice outline of each building, whereas on Apple Maps it’s a blank space and a little dot with an illegible icon.
Another example: Whilst in Atlanta, I needed to find The Georgian Terrace hotel. Ok, so I asked Siri, who dutifully directed me to ‘Georgia Terrace’ (whatever that is) in Tampa, FL, some 700 kilometres away.
It turns out I used the words ‘Georgia’ terrace instead of ‘the Georgian’ terrace.
Looked it up on Google maps in frustration, and boom, it immediately shows me the correct hotel in Atlanta, only 7 miles from me.
I too am not holding my breath for Maps, sad to say.
The UI will be great I’m sure, but the data? We’ll have to see….