iOS 15

Apple continues to support OS updates on the iPhone 6s, a device released almost 6 years ago. Nor is it reserved for their flagship models - the 2016 iPhone SE also gets the latest and greatest.<p>Meanwhile, my flagship android phone from 2018, the Samsung Galaxy S9, is stuck on the last version of Android. At least it still gets security updates, some manufacturers don&#x27;t even go that far.

For anyone wondering, this was supposed to be the release where Apple could scan your photos for child abuse. This was delayed for this release: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.techradar.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;apple-delays-child-abuse-photo-scanning-planned-for-ios-15" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.techradar.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;apple-delays-child-abuse-phot...</a>

Apple Maps is so close to being a fantastic app, but is sorely missing “search along route” that Google has. Right now, you can press the “coffee” or “gas” button but there’s no way to say, search for a CVS on the way back home from work. I really wish Apple added this instead of just suggesting searches that <i>might</i> be useful.

I find it interesting to look at the differences between the localized versions of this page. Largely the same, but not entirely!<p>English: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.apple.com&#x2F;ios&#x2F;ios-15&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.apple.com&#x2F;ios&#x2F;ios-15&#x2F;</a><p>Chinese: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.apple.com.cn&#x2F;ios&#x2F;ios-15&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.apple.com.cn&#x2F;ios&#x2F;ios-15&#x2F;</a><p>Japanese: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.apple.com&#x2F;jp&#x2F;ios&#x2F;ios-15&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.apple.com&#x2F;jp&#x2F;ios&#x2F;ios-15&#x2F;</a>

This is the iOS version that adds WebGL 2 support. (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;webglreport.com&#x2F;?v=2" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;webglreport.com&#x2F;?v=2</a>)

The RC had a lot of bugs and was unusable for some users on r&#x2F;iOSBeta. The actual release is indeed two builds newer (19A346) so hopefully they&#x27;ve fixed these issues.<p>Edit: looks like it&#x27;s only available for people seeking it out[0]. Maybe they won&#x27;t auto-update till 15.0.1?<p>0: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.judge.sh&#x2F;troubled&#x2F;Flam&#x2F;YOWIKKHUYu.png" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.judge.sh&#x2F;troubled&#x2F;Flam&#x2F;YOWIKKHUYu.png</a>

&gt; Now you can install Safari extensions on your iPhone<p>Someone knows if uBlock Origin has plans&#x2F;is able to develop the extension for Safari iOS?<p>For Safari MacOS is kind of not available. Does not work for Safari 13+, and is maintained externally <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;gorhill&#x2F;uBlock#safari-macos" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;gorhill&#x2F;uBlock#safari-macos</a>

Still supported on the 1st Gen iPhone SE, nice.

Can anyone speak for iPhone 6S performance with 15? I&#x27;m on 14 currently and it runs quite smoothly. I assume it would be similar on 15.

I stayed away from the beta but hopped on as soon as this was released. Loving the bottom tab bars in safari, I don’t know what all the fuss was about.<p>Interesting that this “add comment” button on hacker news has some weird default style with a bright blue background.

So widgets anywhere is kind of a step backwards for iPadOS ... if you place any widgets on a homescreen page it forces the &quot;large icon&quot; grid on that page :( Since this happens with no warning, any &quot;extra&quot; icons are shoved onto the next page.<p>Apple really needs to do something about the homescreen management, it&#x27;s been over a decade now and we&#x27;re still subjected to the infuriating drag one at a time mechanism. Does nobody at Apple use more than one screen of apps?<p>The mechanism that once existed in iTunes where you could drag and drop with a mouse among your available app homescreens was the closest thing to a usable interface. But it boggles the mind that there isn&#x27;t at least a way from the edit homescreen dialog to just select an icon and &quot;Assign to Page X&quot; option.

The only feature I am looking forward to is “live text” where it lets me simply copy text in images. That can be quite handy.

My phone is the electronic device I use the most (not counting my work laptop, which I don&#x27;t own), so I&#x27;m going to wait a couple of days to make sure there are no glaring issues before I install the update.

Anyone that&#x27;s been on the beta find any nice to have Safari extensions?<p>And do these extensions also apply to (non-safari) apps using the webkit UI to render a page? Like content blocker applies to these as well as safari.

Is it me or most of the features could be a simple app update?

Wow, I had no idea they were going to add support for cross-platform Facetime calls with this. If that works well that will definitely replace Zoom for me.

The photos ML search from spotlight or whatever they call it is creepy accurate. Maybe just my brain bias but it seems to find context in images that aren&#x27;t labeled. Adding OCR adds to that.<p>But it doesn&#x27;t have the same search within the photos app itself?

Warning to those with AirTags. Mine are gone from Find My. When attempting to reset one of my working&#x2F;paired tags before the upgrade, I get a Bluetooth error when trying to set up. So all of my tags are dead right now and will not connect to my phone.<p>However a friend who had one of my tags for a couple of days gets the notification that my tag was with them and to tap to contact the owner.

What&#x27;s up with the iCloud terms and conditions?

Does extensions on iOS safari mean I can finally get ublock origin on it?

Is apple’s photo search any less terrible now?<p>Dunno if anyone else suffers this? Maybe I&#x27;m doing it wrong. Finding a years-old photo to upload is TERRIBLE. It&#x27;s trivial to do in Google Photos, but then getting a handle on the photo when using the &quot;photo selector&quot; widget to upload it to Twitter or an existing email is horrible.<p>I do this workflow dozens of times per week and the best I can come up with is:<p>1. text search Apple photos in the upload widget and be disappointed<p>2. text search Google photos and instantly find the image I want<p>3. &quot;Delete from device&quot;<p>4. &quot;Download to device&quot; (which puts it at the very front of the list)<p>5. Go back to Safari, finish composing Tweet, add photo, pick newest photo.

The feature the impressed me the most during the WWDC presentation - the cross-device drag and drop functionality between Mac and iPad - unfortunately won&#x27;t be included in the initial 15.0 release.

Focus Mode &#x2F; Do Not Disturb infuriates me. All I want is for my notifications to not light up the screen and make any sounds except for calls. Is that so hard? It keeps getting more complex.

The notification upgrades look promising! I always thought iOS was way behind Android in terms of customizing notification modes, and how each app behaves in each mode.

iCloud Terms and Conditions include<p>If you agree to the terms of service, they can change it at any time and not tell you if there are governmental reasons.<p>Furthermore, you agree to not use the services for things that Apple seems unlawful, harassing, threatening, harmful, abusive, tortious, defamatory, libelous, abusive, violent, obscene, vulgar, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive, or otherwise objectionable.

Is there a timeline for the client side scanning?!<p>Or has that plan been dropped for good?!<p>Cause I am not gonna upgrade if these features come at a cost to privacy caused by client side scanning.

Has anyone noticed the “add comment” button on HN is now a blue-pill color&#x2F;style with iOS 15?<p>EDIT: this appears to only happen on mobile iOS web and not desktop macOS

Uuh, I wonder how visual lookup will compare to Google Lens. I almost never use google assistant because of privacy concerns, and having it done locally sounds wonderful. (Although, on a second look, the website doesn&#x27;t mention whether it&#x27;s local or not. I just know Siri is now partly done on device).

I really like the bottom tab bar in Safari; however the screenshot is very unfortunate, it shows a website with the mobile hamburger menu icon at the very top. Looks like the need to reach the top part of the screen is still there. I wonder if this will be the reality, at least for a while.

Is it me or do these updates look more and more like they should be dot releases?

Love all these pandemic driven sharing functions. Very solid upgrade.

&quot;Add link&quot; in Quick notes doesn&#x27;t work in safari if JavaScript is disabled<p>tells a lot about their QA

My i-thing says it&#x27;s up to date at 12.5.4. Wonder what that means securitywise.

Apple please translate Swedish to English! In the meantime I&#x27;ll still have to rely on Google Translate for this :)

Looks like they&#x27;re slowly starting to compete with Zoom on all those new FaceTime features.

Anybody running AltStore on this and can confirm whether it works right?

Loving focus mode and the Safari url bar at the bottom.

They doubled down on animations and now they’re longer than ever. <i>Facepalm</i>.

Does anyone still use FaceTime ? How is the latest Apple Maps compared to google&#x27;s ?

Is there a good breakdown of any changes&#x2F;improvements to PWAs on iOS 15, like can a PWA app do background audio finally, etc?

The Facetime update. Enabling you to be even further away from people interaction, including, but not limited to, watching a thing while on a Facetime conversion?<p>This truly is the end if all things

Anyone have a guess about when iOS will support web push notifications? One shouldn&#x27;t really have to spin up a native app just get this single feature that all other browsers support on every other platform.

I just bought a Iphone 12 Mini (from Iphone SE Gen 1, which is the better phone btw) the day before the CSAM flurry started. I will not be upgrading my OS this year and will be switchching to Linux device this winter (Pinephone most likely). Good luck and thanks for all the -ish Apple.

What&#x27;s the best foss option out there now? Graphene? Lineage? I hate that they&#x27;re both Android based...<p>I specifically dumped android phones because I was sick of Google and Apple still seemed to be the better option.<p>Edit: Guess I upset the Apple and Google shills ¯\_(ツ)_&#x2F;¯