Not so much force as encourage. Having everyone running the latest version of the software is a good safety measure; it also definitely helps encourage repeat hardware purchases, so it’s not completely altruistic.
It’s a complex app. There is no reason it shouldn’t use something specific to 16.2.
If you are suggesting it could have been backported, that’s probably true, but by that logic most software has ‘artificial limitations’.
That said, from what I can tell this is part of 16.2 - I.e. it’s a new built-in app on a par with notes or photos. The store entry is just a way to get it back on the Home Screen if you delete it.
> It didn’t make the initial releases but it makes sense to require the most current operating system version with the latest bug and security fixes.
Why? There should be nothing preventing an app built against 16.0 or whatever other version from still working with 16.2, unless Apple is really incompetent and/or malicious?
Sounds like it’s a built in, automatically installed app like Mail that comes with iOS 16.2 and can be removed. If you then want it back it can be reinstalled from the store.
Obviously nobody's going to be able to provide you with a definitive answer, but almost certainly because it was built using some API requirement that doesn't exist in 16.1...? And it's quite likely the iOS API wasn't finalized for release until the app was?
You don't need conspiratorial thinking about forcing an update to a minor version of an OS for goodness' sake. If Apple wanted to force updates, they wouldn't be doing it via some random app most people have no need for.
List a reason that it shouldn’t need the currently available OS version? There is no downside as every iPad that supports the pencil has this version available.
Generally speaking, about two-thirds of iOS users upgrade to the newest version within 2 months.
You might be worried about people on old devices who can't upgrade, but this seems designed especially for Pencil users, and as far as I can tell, all iPads that support the Pencil (like the first iPad Pro) support the current version of iOS.
Rated 4.5 out of 5. It would be nice if this was split for the iPhone experience vs iPad. I suppose if we had install/usage counts for iPhone/iPad we might be able to tell if it was good on one or both.
So just to be clear, this of the Apple version of Google's Jamboard and Microsoft's Whiteboard?
The same as Pages is their version of Docs/Word?
I'm wondering if there's anything this does that they don't, but at first glance nothing stands out.
But seeing as a lot of people have never even heard of Jamboard/Whiteboard, it's interesting Apple thought this was important enough to create their own version of.
Updated to the beta specifically for this app. Loving it so far. I’m beginning to work on a new project, and this is awesome for having my papers, documentation, sketches, and notes in one area
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[ 7.6 ms ] story [ 100 ms ] threadSo this is a MS OneNote/Apple Notes mashup, right? I'm sure some subset of their user base will love it.
Manually checked and 16.2 is available.
The next round of Macs will probably ship with Freeform pre-installed. It’s already part of macOS Ventura beta.
What does it NEED 16.2 for?
Your response really is a non-answer.
(Apple also doesn’t have any particular reason to develop support for 16.0 or 16.1 OSes as their user base will be almost fully updated with a month.)
The first person to provide an actual answer.
If you are suggesting it could have been backported, that’s probably true, but by that logic most software has ‘artificial limitations’.
That said, from what I can tell this is part of 16.2 - I.e. it’s a new built-in app on a par with notes or photos. The store entry is just a way to get it back on the Home Screen if you delete it.
For perspective, Freeform was announced as a macOS Ventura/iOS 16 feature in June at Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference [1].
It didn’t make the initial releases but it makes sense to require the most current operating system version with the latest bug and security fixes.
[1]: https://www.macrumors.com/2022/06/06/apple-previews-new-free...
Why? There should be nothing preventing an app built against 16.0 or whatever other version from still working with 16.2, unless Apple is really incompetent and/or malicious?
You don't need conspiratorial thinking about forcing an update to a minor version of an OS for goodness' sake. If Apple wanted to force updates, they wouldn't be doing it via some random app most people have no need for.
you dont need to read conspiratorial thinking about a simple question.
It just seems odd that it needs 16.2.. not 16.1... I'm very curious as to what this specific release has that the app needs?
Normally apps are more closely tied to MAJOR releases, not point updates.
Generally speaking, about two-thirds of iOS users upgrade to the newest version within 2 months.
You might be worried about people on old devices who can't upgrade, but this seems designed especially for Pencil users, and as far as I can tell, all iPads that support the Pencil (like the first iPad Pro) support the current version of iOS.
I am looking forward to seeing what this offers though.
The same as Pages is their version of Docs/Word?
I'm wondering if there's anything this does that they don't, but at first glance nothing stands out.
But seeing as a lot of people have never even heard of Jamboard/Whiteboard, it's interesting Apple thought this was important enough to create their own version of.