Are you intending to run the ‘26 public betas

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If anybody is running the beta of iPadOS, and also uses Fitness+, could you do me a favour?

I am wondering if iPadOS 26 will communicate with the current (not beta) version of WatchOS when starting a workout. Typically, starting a Fitness+ stream on the iPad will trigger the Watch to open the Workout app and ask you to hit Play to start your workout. Then the Watch and the iPad will communicate, and the iPad will display your current metrics on its screen. I use this a few times a week for rowing.

I do not know if the Watch and the iPad need to be on the same version number, though. Does this work right now with the current version of watchOS and the public beta of iPadOS?

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Now running PB1 on Mac Studio, iPad Mini, 12.9" iPad Pro.

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@snelly Yes, iPadOS 26 Fitness+ works with the non-beta version of WatchOS to successfully track a workout from beginning to end, including the auto-recognition of the workout on the watch after starting it on the iPad.

13” iPadPro M1

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Thank you so much!

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Does anybody who is using the public beta on the Mac know whether you get access to private compute cloud in shortcuts on the Mac? I heard MacSparky talk about using it in IOS but I’m not sure whether it is included in shortcuts on the Mac. Anyone using the beta that can check?

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I’m running the Public Peta of ipadOS 26 on the M1 11” ipad pro and more and more I’m noticing the slowness for drawing the screen.

As an example, when a notification pops up at the top of the screen, it pops up at about 80% of width and then expands out to full width.

When swiping about to open new apps, I can see the apps sliding away to the sides.

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Liquid Glass looked like it could be processor intensive when they introduced it. I hope it just needs tuning.

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I’m seeing the same thing. It’s not so bad that it annoys me, but I expect this will be fixed over time.

I was really curious about windowing which is why I upgraded (plus I can always roll back if needed or use my non-beta-OS MacBook Air). Really enjoying it so far!

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I am using the Public Beta on my iPad to test client work in the design, and it’s… ok. Needs a lot of work. I don’t know if it’s better than iOS 7 was at the same time; iOS 7 was such a fundamental rethink of how software should generally appear that I had other concerns then.

This is just decoration. It makes everything feel slow. The UI is too large basically everywhere, and it feels less efficient to use. The end result is that the 11" iPad Pro feels too small now as soon as you have a couple overlapping windows. (Granted, I thought the 11" MacBook Air was too small for me too, but the UI was much smaller by comparison, so the problem is exacerbated now.)

I don’t mean to sound like it’s all kvetching, all the time. Generally, the design feels fresh and I can see why they feel compelled to use it. However, it needs a lot of spit and polish, and I feel bad for the designers and engineers who will lose a lot of sleep between now and September to get this right.

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I agree, an 11” screen is too small for ipadOS 26 in anything but full screen mode.

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Now up on iPhone as well.

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I’m on the second public Beta of iOS. I’ve noticed that the camera is VERY slow when I open it to be ready to even show what it’s seeing, never mind be ready to take a photo.

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I might throw it on my spare Macbook before I sell it to test out importing markdown files into Apple Notes just to see if it also imports attachments.

I did do a full reset to get it ready for sale, so
I’ll have to go through the whole setup process before installing the beta OS.

iCloud off, of course!

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Well this morning I bit the bullet and upgrade macOS to Tahoe.

After 15 minutes tinkering with it, my biggest workloads (running Logic Pro) in my Mac Studio keep working as expected so no big compatibility stuff going on. Everything feels slightly slower to me but it can be due to lack of performance optimizations on the distributed binaries or to macOS doing its post-install thingies.

I can say I don’t have any accessibility issues with the new Liquid Glass look and feel -yay! but I do not care much for it, specially in Safari where I will miss the squared tabs. Most UI elements are too rounded now and it will take some time to get used to it.

What is very welcome is the improvements to Spotlight, to the point that I may stop using Raycast altogether as a app launcher and quick folder locator.

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