“iOS 13 has been a pretty embarrassing release for Apple, going from one buggy release to another,” Adrian Kingsley-Hughes writes for ZDNet:
Apple itself knew how bad iOS 13 was, and has put plans in place to improve future releases.
But the end of the year is now in sight, and Apple has released iOS 13.3, likely the last iOS/iPadOS release of 2019, what is the current state of iOS 13?
Bottom line, it’s not bad at all… Overall, a solid set of new features for a x.3 release.
MacDailyNews Take: If you’re running iOS 13 and/or iPadOS 13 and haven’t yet updated to version 13.3, upgrade ASAP!
Bugs aside, the design changes in iOS 13 for basic apps like Mail are just terrible. Inelegant, clunky, less useful than its predecessor, forcing users to tap and swipe more for the same basic functions like putting a message in a folder or hiding functions that used to be on top under another layer is big step backwards.
Very much agreed. iOS 13.0 was a buggy piece that should have been tinkered more over, and an awful lot of the changes feel so very poorly thought through. You gotta stop this, Apple. It is annoying as hell, and something I would have reserved for Microsoft 15 years ago. Get it together, already.
I have encountered very few bugs, but like Nick, I hate the design changes. Mail in particular is awful in 13. Idea for Apple: bring back QA testing!
Seems okay on my iPhone, but iPad is a mess. Sites don’t load nor work right, etc., etc.
More tech-echo-chamber BS. I’ve been running iOS 13 since beta 1. It is a terrific release and, in spite of a few minor issues, not buggy at all on my devices…
Don’t update iOS 13.3 the battery is terrible on iPhone 7, SE and iPad Pro
Which iPad Pro? On my 2018 12.9 (wifi) I’m not having any battery issues.
I am not having battery issues at all. iPhone 11Pro.
13.3 cleared up a battery drainage problem on my iPad, so I am happy about that. There were multiple reports of this issue on the iOS Support forum.
Still horrible for hearing aid functionality. Each of the IOS 13 upgrades (and the original) caused huge pain in this area.