Apple's TestFlight increases cellular data limit to 150MB, support for Smart Invert Colors...
Apple on Monday updated its TestFlight beta testing app with a few new features including the ability to download app versions up 150MB in size over cellular connections.
TestFlight's new 3D Touch peek feature.
TestFlight version 2.0.1 delivers a handful of enhancements for iOS 11, the most important among them being a new 150MB cap to cellular data downloads, up from 100MB. The new limit brings Apple's beta testing platform up to speed with other App Store apps.
In addition to expanded over the air data limits, TestFlight now includes support for Smart Invert Colors, a feature introduced with iPhone X to help preserve battery life. Unlike iPhones that use transmissive LCD technology, iPhone X uses an emissive OLED screen, meaning darker onscreen images utilize less energy.
TestFlight also incorporates a revised 3D Touch peek view that includes a new "What to Test" option. Users can access the feature by performing a force touch gesture on an app within TestFlight.
Finally, Apple notes the inclusion of unnamed bug fixes and user interface improvements.
Apple last updated TestFlight in 2017 with UI changes and home screen Quick Actions.
TestFlight is a free download from the App Store.
TestFlight's new 3D Touch peek feature.
TestFlight version 2.0.1 delivers a handful of enhancements for iOS 11, the most important among them being a new 150MB cap to cellular data downloads, up from 100MB. The new limit brings Apple's beta testing platform up to speed with other App Store apps.
In addition to expanded over the air data limits, TestFlight now includes support for Smart Invert Colors, a feature introduced with iPhone X to help preserve battery life. Unlike iPhones that use transmissive LCD technology, iPhone X uses an emissive OLED screen, meaning darker onscreen images utilize less energy.
TestFlight also incorporates a revised 3D Touch peek view that includes a new "What to Test" option. Users can access the feature by performing a force touch gesture on an app within TestFlight.
Finally, Apple notes the inclusion of unnamed bug fixes and user interface improvements.
Apple last updated TestFlight in 2017 with UI changes and home screen Quick Actions.
TestFlight is a free download from the App Store.
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I turn my wifi off on my phone daily as soon as I leave the house and I live in the rural far north of Scotland where not that long ago landlines were still a luxury!
2) WiFi is not even close to being slower than cellular connectivity. 802.11ac is already capable of nearly 7Gib/s in many consumer routers. What you're probably talking about is the broadband connection to which your WiFi router connects.
If I'm at a coffeeshop WiFi can be slow because of too many people saturating a cheap consumer router and/or from too little bandwidth from their broadband connection.
Similarly for cellular, I'm in most places in Big Sur there's sometimes GPRS or 1x (aka "2G") or No Signal (and frankly "2G" in effectively the same as No Signal, if not worse for giving you false hope that you can send or receive any data). In that situation heading for Nepenthe is the best place to get internet because of their WiFI.
Then you concerts, conventions, and other large gatherings where cell towers become too saturated to handle all the traffic. The Pro Tip is to disable "4G" on your phone so that you're on "3G" which fewer people use these days.
#2, WiFi capabilities are faster, sure. But how often would you get 100% of the bandwidth in regular daily use? Just like a 4G connection, it's shared with however many devices are connected to the router/cell tower. For example, I have 70mbps fibre at home but I also have many devices constantly connected using bandwidth; ipads, TVs, consoles, even my CCTV system streams to a server online 24/7. If I do a speed test in the evening, I might get 15-20mbps on my phone over WiFi. If I switch off WiFi and run the test again, I'll get 30-35, sometimes 40mbps over 4G. Also "free Wifi when out and about" as I mentioned, is very unlikely to be 802.11ac with a connection of 7Gib, more like 802.11b/g/n and 1.5mbps.