The focus on improving things under the hood of the software running on your iPhone and iPad, will give older iOS devices a new lease of life.
There is always a debate about how much is enough. As we head towards the month of September, and the inevitable iPhone launches for the year, all the attention right now is on the software. iOS 12 to be specific. The iOS 12 software for your iPhone and iPad, is the beating heart of the experience that you get at the end of it all. All things considered, one could perhaps say that Apple has erred on the side of “boring” with the upcoming iOS 12 software. If you have used the various iterations of the public beta thus far, you’ll probably agree. However, being boring is actually a good thing. Bear with us.
Despite all the excitement about your iPhone and iPad becoming very capable augmented reality (AR) machines, how the artificially intelligent (AI) virtual assistant Siri will be even smarter and how iOS 12 will be your virtual nanny to stop you getting addicted to your phone, what matters more is what you perhaps cannot see as a separate app or a new feature. Everything about iOS 12 revolves around three main themes—performance, stability and security—all designed to make the user experience better. The just released iOS 11.4.1 software update which blocks out the passcode cracking tools, is a step in that direction. And the improvements in all three aspects will be felt more with every newer public beta update and eventually the final release for everyone, sometime in September.
