Apple's Focus on Performance with iOS 12

Craig Federighi mentioned Apple's focus on performance with the new OS update, making big speed improvement claims such as some apps launching twice as fast and CPU ramped up speed increasing across not just older devices but also newer ones as well. This is a significant departure from typical practice where Apple drops the oldest generation devices with each new iOS release.

However, this year is different. If your device supports iOS 11, it means you'll be able to run iOS 12, which goes all the way back to the iPhone 5s and iPad Mini 2. To test how much of an improvement we can get with older devices, we pitted Apple's flagship running iOS 11 against one running the first developer beta of iOS 12.

We use the iPhone 6 along with the oldest tablet to support iOS 12, which is the iPad Mini 2. The Mini 2 does use the same A7 processor as the iPhone 5s, so this could be an indication of performance improvements. Launching the iPad Mini 2 with iOS 12 launches about 2 seconds quicker than launching it with iOS 11.

iOS 12 brings this tablet some new life, making it much smoother and more responsive compared to iOS 11, which is much glitchy, err, and has a little bit of stuttering. When opening the camera app, the speeds are right about the same for both operating systems. However, launching Geekbench 4 took about the same amount of time with both iOS 11 and iOS 12, but the CPU test results were slightly ahead in the multi-core score with iOS 12.

The graphics core was also very close at a very low 591 with iOS 12. The first game we tested was Angry Birds 2, which actually launched 12 seconds faster with iOS 12 than it did with iOS 11. The next game, Pokemon Go, took about the same amount of time to launch with both operating systems, but the responsiveness with iOS 12 is noticeable as soon as you hit the home button.

When opening up the news app, we see that the app starts to launch right away with iOS 12, which could be due to the increased CPU ramped up speed. However, oddly enough, the app actually finishes opening first with iO S 11. Moving on to our own Apple Insider app, iOS 12 finishes the task about a second quicker than it did with iOS 11.

The same thing goes for Amazon Prime Video, which opens quicker and is about one second faster than it was with iOS 11. Similarly, Google Drive also starts opening quicker with iOS 12, as does the YouTube app, which is about two seconds quicker to launch. However, interestingly, the TV app takes five seconds longer to launch with iOS 11.

To compare the RAM management, we relaunched each app hoping that iOS 12 would keep more apps open in the background, but both operating systems had to reload Pokemon Go. Moving on to the iPhone 6, which launches about six seconds quicker with iOS 11.4 than it does with iOS 12. As for responsiveness, iOS 12 is slightly smoother than it was with iOS 11, but not as noticeable a difference as there was with the iPad Mini 2.

Tapping Geekbench 4, it started loading slightly faster with iOS 11 and our CPU and GPU scores were almost the same with both operating systems. However, Angry Birds launched about eleven seconds faster with iOS 12 than it did with iOS 11. When tapping Pokemon Go, the app starts loading almost instantly with iOS 12.

However, in the end, iO S 11 finished first. Asphalt 8 launched about four seconds faster under iOS 11 than it did with iOS 12. News was also about three seconds faster under iOS 11. Books were a little bit faster under iOS 11.4. Apple Insider was slightly faster but not a big difference. Finally, Prime Video was about one second ahead of Google Drive but not a big difference.

Overall, the results were a bit mixed with our iPhone 6, but very impressive with our iPad Mini 2. Keep in mind that this is the first beta release and performance typically improves leading up to the official release. This iOS 12 beta breathed new life into our iPad, which was almost unbearable to use under iOS 11 if you're someone with the older iOS device. We applaud Apple for its focus on performance and not dropping compatibility on older devices.

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where the app starts to launch right away which could be the CPU ramped up speed oddly enough the app actually finishes opening first with Iowa eleven next we have books which opens up about a second quicker with iOS 12 moving on to our own Apple insider app iOS 12 finishes the task about a second quicker the same thing goes for Amazon Prime video Google Drive once again starts opening quicker with iOS 12 and opens about one second faster the same goes for the YouTube app which is about a second quicker at launching the TV app takes five seconds longer with iOS 11 to compare the RAM management we relaunched each app hoping the iOS 12 would keep more apps open in the background but both OS had to reload Pokemon go moving on to the iPhone 6 the phone launched 6 seconds quicker with iOS 11.4 as far as responsiveness iOS 12 was slightly smoother but it wasn't as big of a difference as with iPad Mini 2 the camera app was only slightly quicker with iOS 12 tapping Geekbench 4 it started 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improves leading up to the official release this iOS 12 beta breathed new life into our iPad which was almost unbearable to use under iOS 11 if you're someone with the older iOS device this is great news and we applaud Apple for its focus on performance and not dropping compatibility on older devices if you enjoyed this video like it and hit that subscribe button also check out a price guide which makes it extremely easy to find the best deals and Apple products updated daily be sure to follow us on social media and we'll see you in the next videowith them failing in iOS 12 at Apple's WWDC Craig federighi mentioned their focus on performance with this new OS update they made some big speed improvement claims such as some apps launching twice as fast and CPU ramped up speed increasing across not just older devices but also newer ones as well typically with each new iOS release Apple drops the oldest generation devices but not this year if your device supports iOS 11 that means you'll be able to run iOS 12 that's going all the way back to the iPhone 5s and iPad Mini 2 we pitted Apple's flagship running iOS 11 against one running the first developer beta of iOS 12 but for this one we wanted to see how much of an improvement we'll get with older devices we don't own a 5s which is the oldest iPhone that's gonna support iOS 12 so for this test we use the iPhone 6 along with the oldest tablet to support iOS 12 which is iPad Mini 2 the Mini 2 does use the same a7 processor as the 5s so that could be an indication of performance improvements launching the iPad Mini 2 iOS 12 launches about 2 seconds quicker iOS 12 brings this tablet some new life it's much smoother and more responsive compared to iOS 11 which is much glitchy err and has a little bit of stuttering opening up the camera app the speeds are right about the same launching Geekbench 4 took about the same amount of time and we started off with the CPU test the results were quite similar with iOS 12 slightly ahead in the multi-core score but not enough to make a difference the graphics core was also very close at a very low 591 with iOS 12 the first game we tested was Angry Birds 2 and it actually launched 12 seconds faster the next game was Pokemon go which took about the same amount of time which was a shocking 39 seconds asphalt 8 was her last game which did take about the same amount of time but we do see a little bit more responsiveness with iOS 12 as soon as we hit the icon opening up the news app we see this once more where the app starts to launch right away which could be the CPU ramped up speed oddly enough the app actually finishes opening first with Iowa eleven next we have books which opens up about a second quicker with iOS 12 moving on to our own Apple insider app iOS 12 finishes the task about a second quicker the same thing goes for Amazon Prime video Google Drive once again starts opening quicker with iOS 12 and opens about one second faster the same goes for the YouTube app which is about a second quicker at launching the TV app takes five seconds longer with iOS 11 to compare the RAM management we relaunched each app hoping the iOS 12 would keep more apps open in the background but both OS had to reload Pokemon go moving on to the iPhone 6 the phone launched 6 seconds quicker with iOS 11.4 as far as responsiveness iOS 12 was slightly smoother but it wasn't as big of a difference as with iPad Mini 2 the camera app was only slightly quicker with iOS 12 tapping Geekbench 4 it started loading slightly faster with iOS 11 and our CPU and GPU scores were almost the same Angry Birds launched 11 seconds faster with iOS 12 tapping Pokemon go the app start loading almost instantly with iOS 12 whereas with I was 11 I almost thought that I didn't hit it because of the delay but in the end i OS 11 finished first asphalt 8 launched about 4 seconds faster under iOS 11 news was about 3 seconds faster under iOS 11 books was a little bit faster under iOS 11.4 AppleInsider also was slightly faster but not a big difference finally with Prime video iOS 12 was about one second ahead Google Drive was also slightly faster with iOS 12 but not a big difference the same thing goes for the YouTube app the App Store was a few seconds faster under iOS 11 and interestingly the TV app was five seconds faster to launch with iOS 12 so the results were a bit mixed with our iPhone 6 but very impressive with our iPad Mini 2 keep in mind that this is the first beta release and performance typically improves leading up to the official release this iOS 12 beta breathed new life into our iPad which was almost unbearable to use under iOS 11 if you're someone with the older iOS device this is great news and we applaud Apple for its focus on performance and not dropping compatibility on older devices if you enjoyed this video like it and hit that subscribe button also check out a price guide which makes it extremely easy to find the best deals and Apple products updated daily be sure to follow us on social media and we'll see you in the next video\n"