I have the latest iPadOS and I see that it is slower than ever with the latest iPadOS 18.0.1. I am particularly seeing this in multilingual content, VoiceOver takes around 2 seconds to automatically switches from one language to another. This is also worse when I use Siri voices. In my case I have auto language switch enabled, and this is when I see this big gap happening when VoiceOver switches voices.
BTW, I reset my iPad which is the 10th gen.
Any feedback is highly appreciated!
By Maldalain, 17 October, 2024
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CPU
Every feature that Apple promises to send out on the iOS updates will get added to your iPad, that’s a guarantee, but as your devices get older, those software updates that get added to your device starts to stack up and not work anymore because your CPU is not compatible with those updates.
So it’s like if your house foundations was only built for one floor, and later on you continue to add more floors to it. It will eventually collapse. It is the same thing here with your software updates.
Another example is that iOS 18 adds Apple Intelligence, every device who updates to the iOS 18 will get the Apple Intelligence, but since Apple Intelligence was designed for the A17 and A18 chip, it will only work for these devices because they have the necessary chips that was designed while building the program. All the other devices will get the code to run the program, but it will just stay in the background slowing down your device because your device does not have the capacity to run it.
@Blue
I am not seeing why Apple is doing this. This is an entry level iPad, and it is not getting the Intelligence thing anyways, so why are the slowdowns?
bug
This is more than likely a bug. Report it to Apple's Accessibility team. The modern processors in Apple devices don't really slow down from my experience. It used to be really bad until the 64-bit transition with the iPad Air/Mini2/iPad5/Pro. I'm so glad the days of the A4 and A5 are behind us. Anyone remember the disaster that was iOS 7 on an iPhone 4? Ugh!
No, your brain is getting…
No, your brain is getting faster...
I don't think it is deliberate, I think it is more described as an intentional oversight. They Optimise current OS for current hardware.
It might be worth restoring and starting again which should bring back some performance, though iPad OS is designed pretty well so storage bloat and conflict aren't really a thing like they are on mac or windows machines.
@Ollie
I metioned I already reset the whole thing. Now wondering if that's happening with others as well.