Notable points for consumers are that neither iMessages in iCloud nor AirPlay 2 are in the release, despite being tested in 11.3 betas (and earlier 11.x betas).
I'm not sure what to make of this. On one hand, I'm glad Apple is taking their time to ensure these features are fully stable before releasing; on the other, I wish they were not "pre-announced" as early as they were.
To me, iMessage in iCloud seems to be as risky as the APFS rollout, if not more. I'm guessing that is going to be a one-way conversion, and any issues are going to be very apparent to users. Apple did lots of "test" conversions for APFS over betas before a final release (which is why some updates took so long).
Does anyone have any insight into what a rollout of such a feature looks like? Most iMessage databases are multiple GB, and iMessage has millions of users.
I'm not sure what to make of this. On one hand, I'm glad Apple is taking their time to ensure these features are fully stable before releasing; on the other, I wish they were not "pre-announced" as early as they were.
To me, iMessage in iCloud seems to be as risky as the APFS rollout, if not more. I'm guessing that is going to be a one-way conversion, and any issues are going to be very apparent to users. Apple did lots of "test" conversions for APFS over betas before a final release (which is why some updates took so long).
Does anyone have any insight into what a rollout of such a feature looks like? Most iMessage databases are multiple GB, and iMessage has millions of users.