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# Grading Apple on My iOS 12 Suggestions
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/grading-apple-on-my-ios-12-suggestions/
- Published: 2018-06-04T23:35:00.000Z
- Updated: 2018-06-04T23:35:00.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: ios, meta, #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

Apple doesn’t answer to me, so this is of no concern to them, but I wanted to take a look back at my iOS requests to see how close Apple came to meeting them.

### Performance

**I asked for:** Performance improvements, especially on older devices.

**Apple delivered:** ✅ Exactly this! iOS 12 is notably faster on all devices and was the first new feature they talked about on stage.

### Battery

**I asked for:** Better battery life.

**Apple delivered:** ❌ No mention of battery life at all.

### Notifications

**I asked for:** [Grouped notifications](https://birchtree.me/blog/notifications-in-ios-12-a-dream/), more compact display, and better controls from the notification itself.

**Apple delivered:** ✅ Basically exactly this! They grouped notifications on a per-app basis and they allowed for some settings to be changed (including blocking apps entirely) straight from the notification screen. I have my concerns with the specifics of this implementation, but it’s a great move.

### Work and Home Apps

**I asked for:** The ability to [mute apps when they are not relevant to me](https://birchtree.me/blog/work-apps-in-ios-12/).

**Apple delivered:** ❌ Nope, all apps are treated the same.

### Siri

**I asked for:** Siri in the cloud, so it works the same on all my devices.

**Apple delivered:** ❌ Not this at all. They enhanced Siri a bit, but not like this.

### iCloud and Backups

**I asked for:**  Better iCloud behavior when it comes to device backups.

**Apple delivered:** ❌ You’ll need to upgrade your storage to back up a single iPhone and you’ll like it.

### Files.app

**I asked for:** More power, especially when it comes to external storage.

**Apple delivered:**  ❌ Literally not a single mention of Files.app.

### Picture-in-Picture on the iPhone

**I asked for:** Do it.

**Apple delivered:**  ❌ They didn’t.

### Messages

**I asked for:** Better suggestions and RCS support.

**Apple delivered:**  ❌ They did neither. I even checked the expanded release notes to see if RCS was there, but to no avail.

### OLED

**I asked for:** Support for OLED features such as always on screens and dark UIs.

**Apple delivered:**  ❌ Nope, nothing. This was a big let down for me since they could totally do this and everyone would be happy, but they put their energy elsewhere this year.

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Stay tuned for a piece on how they did compared to [my watchOS 5 proposal](https://birchtree.me/blog/watchos-5-a-relatively-modest-proposal/).