A new iOS arrives, along with a few bugs

Something atypical for Apple is iOS 13's notably buggy rollout. Since June, when Apple hosted its annual WWDC software shindig, the company has been releasing developer and public beta versions of its new OS for iPhones. This is usually a fertile time for communities of early users to share notes about their experiences online, and provide useful feedback to Apple on how the software works. This year, some developers say they're surprised by what feels like a scattershot release. "iOS 13 has felt like a super-messy release, something we haven't seen this bad since iOS 8 or so," Steve Troughton-Smith, an app and game developer, tweeted earlier this week. Troughton-Smith frequently blogs about his experiences coding for Apple platforms. "Definitely needs a lengthy period of consolidation and bug fixing," he says of the new mobile OS. Virtually everyone who's been testing iOS 13 seems to advise waiting for 13.1. Regardless, it's iOS/iPadOS release time, which means Federico Viticci's must-read review has been published. It's an insanely long read this year, so grab a few coffees and enjoy his excellent work.