iOS7.1 beta

Did an OTA update to 7.1 beta 2 on the iPad 4 and it really feels noticeably nippier to me!

Could be psychological though, can anyone else verify...?
 
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sand_man said:
Did an OTA update to 7.1 beta 2 on the iPad 4 and it really feels noticeably nippier to me!

Could be psychological though, can anyone else verify...?
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They've certainly optimized the animations; so yes definitely nippier.
 
[)roi(];11753919 said:
They've certainly optimized the animations; so yes definitely nippier.
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Yeah, I'm really enjoying this at the mo. Feels a lot smoother and quicker than 7.0.4... Lovely.

Control centre now has bounce back.

I remember thinking Apple were pedantic suing Samsung over the bounce back feature but I hate to admit it's one of the features I most miss in Android.
 
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mercurial said:
Sorry, I haven't read through this entire thread. Just wanted to know when 7.1 will be released officially?
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cerebus said:
No official date for these things but it shouldn't be more than a couple of weeks.
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Yeah, personally haven't identified any bugs. Seems stable, smooth and quick to me... Can't be that far off a public release.

Hopefully we will also see the first jailbreak for iOS 7 around the same time.... Feb-March 2014...??
 
cerebus said:
No official date for these things but it shouldn't be more than a couple of weeks.
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Hope so - I want… not sure why because I'm very happy with 7. :confused:
 
Have they fixed the music player yet? Only being able to delete one track at a time is ridiculous!
 
Apple today released the third beta of iOS 7.1 to registered developers for testing purposes, following the release of the second iOS 7.1 beta in mid-December. The update is has a build number of 11d5127c and is available via an over-the-air update or through Apple’s developer center website.

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The first and second betas of iOS 7.1 bundled multiple bug fixes along with several new features including a new "Button Shapes" option in Accessibility and a more prominent location for Touch ID and Passcode options. The third beta includes fixes for audiobook playbook and iCloud account setup with iCloud Keychain, but there are undoubtedly other tweaks that have not been documented by Apple.

According to a recent report, iOS 7.1 will see a lengthy testing period with a public release coming in March. Beta 3's release notes indicate that a number of known issues remain with iOS 7.1, which must be fixed before the software can see a general release.

The last version of iOS 7 available to the public, iOS 7.0.4, was released back in November.

Today's update also includes Xcode 5.1 Developer Preview 3 and a new version of the Apple TV beta software.

Update: While the "dark keyboard" option that was added in beta 1 and removed in beta 2 has not returned in beta 3, Apple has tweaked the standard keyboard slightly, most notably with a new look for the delete key.

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Beta 3 also includes a new look for the confirmation screen when powering down the device, while the Phone dialer now uses round "call" and "end" buttons rather than large rectangular ones. The incoming call screen also adopts the round buttons as part of a redesign.

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The green color of the Phone, FaceTime, Messages app icons has been toned down slightly, while there is an expanded "Increase Contrast" section in the Accessibility settings that now has three separate settings allowing users to reduce transparency, darken colors (added in iOS 7.1 beta 1), and reduce white point (new in iOS 7.1 beta 3).

There is a new option to turn parallax on or off when setting wallpapers.
 
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