Matisyahu's Blog

Woke up this morning, grabbed a quick breakfast and then checked for updates on my various devices. Samsung released another updated for April – I was hoping it would be their May monthly release but that is apparently still in the works but then again we may not see it until closed to the late half of this month. The update was 756.98MB – it looks like it is a general bug fix and security fixes, it is probably the the same one mentioned previously how Samsung release two updates in a month with some countries receiving it before New Zealand but then again they do a progressive roll out to avoid going all in then finding something breaks somewhere in the world.

Apple released the 26.5 update this morning and there were a tonne of security fixes with two of them being picked up with the help of Claude (link). On my two Macs the firmware has been updated from 18000.101.7 to 18000.120.36, on the iPhone the modem was updated from 1.55.04 to 1.60.02. I have noticed that on both devices it is a lot more responsive – the user interface is fast and fluide particularly when minimising and restoring, user interface elements appear rather than stutter or delay, even the unlock screen on my iPhone is responsive from the moment the screen displays is turned on where as in the past I would find that there is a delay between the screen turning on and the phone ready to allow me to type in my PIN.

On macOS I have found that even third apps are working smoother – I prefer using Chrome because, for better or worse, it has pretty much become the defacto standard that developers test their website against. Interesting enough I notice under ‘Autofill and passwords’ they’ve modified the layout of it so that more details are given on the page rather than having to navigate into various options to find the right one. The one thing I cannot work out is why ASB Bank uses the incorrect credit card image for their Google Pay given that Westpac and BNZ appear to be able to use the correct one. The image on Google Pay comes up with an image of an ASB Rewards card when it is actually an ASB Lite card. It doesn’t effect the ability to make purchases but I guess it could cause a problem if a person has multiple credit cards – for example, a personal one which is their ASB Lite and a business one which is a ASB Rewards based card, and the person making the purchasing wanting to ensure that a business purchase goes on the business card and personal purchases go on the personal card.