Its that time again, people!
Well, were gonna be boring and rank them from worst to best.
All this means is the nextAppleranking will be even stranger.
THE WORST NEW iOS 15.4 FEATURE: 7) Podcast filters
The update itself isnt too bad.
Basically, on iOS 15.4, you might filter a shows episodes by things like played or downloaded.
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Sounds fine, right?
Whys it on the bottom?
Well, thats because the Podcast appstill fucking sucks.
Syncing across devices is a mess.
Often, Ill fire up the app and the episode Ill be listening to will have disappeared.
Or itll have gone back to the beginning of the podcast.
Frustrating is an understatement and Apple shouldve used iOS 15.4 to fix the Podcast app.
And it remains the worst.
Effectively, putting a vaccine card on your phone can be both bad and good.
Thats why this new iOS 15.4 feature sits (roughly) in the middle of this ranking.
The reason this new iOS 15.4 feature isnt higher is simple: its not enough.
Will telling someone its illegal to track people against their will with AirTags make any difference?
And Apple isplanning further updates to AirTagsthis year to try and make them safer.
No need for external terminals?
And I can just accept customer payments with my iPhone?
This is a new iOS 15.4 feature to be hyped about.
Well, if you have a company that sells stuff to people.
Like… cant it sound just like a damn robot?
Something neither male or female?
Well, thats what this new iOS 15.4 feature has done.
If you grab the fifth American voice, youll hear a version of Siri thats non-gender specific.
Now, we just have to wait for this to appear on all the accents.
Lets also be honest, its likely well see masks come back in some form this winter.
So this new iOS 15.4 feature gets the top spot for making my future life easier.
And, really, what is this list all about but me?
Anyway, you’ve got the option to download iOS 15.4 now.
So… go and do it?
Plus, if youd like to see a more exhaustive list of features, there are some good resourceshereandhere.
