“In beta two of iOS 12.2, Apple hasn’t slowed down,” Andrew O’Hara writes for AppleInsider. “There are a number of notable changes from the inaugural beta including new Animoji, updated animations, tweaked lockscreen, and more.”
“The most headlining feature of iOS 12.2 beta 2 is the quartet of new Animoji characters,” O’Hara writes. “Now users with a TrueDepth Camera System-equipped phone an record messages and strike poses with owl, shark, warthog, and giraffe.”
“There are also a few changes within Control Center, specifically the Music widget. The arced icon in the top right corner has been replaced by a responsive icon that changes depending on where content is being played,” O’Hara writes. “From the lockscreen, the date has now been replaced by the battery capacity —a move that will certainly be controversial.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Three is more than enough room to keep the date and simply ad the battery charge level to the Lock screen. Why remove functionality to replace it for another when you could easily have both?
For Christ sake just what we need more emojis. Ugh.
Animojis are one of the greatest accomplishments of Tim Cook, this past 8-years.
He also brought us Force Touch, which sounds like something a perv would do on the subway.
He also brought us Apple Watch, so folks would no longer need to come out officially to their parents. Because of Cook, if you want someone to know you’re gay… just show them your Rose Gold Apple Watch and share a heartbeat.
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WooHoo!!! Crap management. Crap QA. Four+ years between refreshes. But all is ok as long as they keep those emojis coming!
The shark should have been the first Animoji.
Why do Apple think all people want is more imojis? Taking the date off the lock screen is such a pain and is not an improvement for any user.