App Compatibility listing in iOS 10.3.1

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App Compatibility listing in iOS 10.3.1

I have yesterday updated to iOS 10.3.1 - and afterwards updated ALL apps via the app store (I think it was 49, no more updates are available as of today).

Still in this "App Compatibility" listing one can still find 68 apps that are listed as potentially slowing my phone down. And yet none of them leads to an update when clicking on them.

So fair enough, maybe a good feature but when the list includes a large number of reputable, and recently updated, apps like Waze, Yelp, Runkeeper, FitBit, HuffPost, Kayak, Facebook, OneDrive, and more worringly tons of iOS related "native" apps like "App Store" (yes...!), HomeUISErvice, "CompassCalibrationViewService", "Health", HealthPrivaceService", etc, etc, I am not sure I'd give too much for its accuracy.

Or is Apple really trying to tell me these reputable app developers are not up to speed,, nor that native Aple apps are up to snuff?

Anyone care to pipe in what's going on here?

(BTW, horrible that there is not a "community" for iOS updates or SW...)

iPhone 5, iOS 10.3.1

Posted on Apr 14, 2017 2:13 PM

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sberman

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Apr 14, 2017 2:19 PM in response to Wellcraft192

Wellcraft192 wrote:

Still in this "App Compatibility" listing one can still find 68 apps that are listed as potentially slowing my phone down. And yet none of them leads to an update when clicking on them.

To be sure we're perfectly clear:

Since iOS 10.3, you may check Settings > General > About > Applications to see those apps listed that "may slow the iPhone down, and may not work with future versions". The apps listed there, at least in my case, have a header above them all saying "No Updates Available" (as indeed I keep all my apps updated - I check every day).

Some of these apps no longer even exist in the App Store at all. Some have not been updated by the developer in years.

Anything else I might say would be speculation, which is not allowed in these Communities.

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Wellcraft192 Author

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Apr 14, 2017 2:35 PM in response to sberman

No, the header above the listing of the 68 apps (where many are "native" iOS apps or services) says "Updates Available", so no speculation here.
Even "apps" such as Phone, iMessages, Safari, iTunes Store, Clock, Music, "MusicUIService", Podcasts, Wallet, etc, etc, are listed.

No speculation. Just observation. Something's wonky.

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sberman

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Apr 14, 2017 2:46 PM in response to Wellcraft192

I was not suggesting you were speculating. I was suggesting I could discuss, for example, Apple's 64-bit processor as motivating the attention on updating apps.

OK, I have not heard about folks showing apps there with the heading "Updates Available". As I said, all mine show "No Updates Available."

So are all your apps updated to the latest version? If not, would updating them cause this category to vanish?

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sberman

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Apr 14, 2017 2:51 PM in response to Wellcraft192

OK, I now think I see what's going on. Your profile indicates you have an iPhone 5, and if that's the iPhone we're talking about, perhaps that explains everything.

The iPhone 5 is the last of the 32-bit processing iPhones (along with the iPhone 5C). So it's very likely the 32-bit iPhones are a bit confused by how to handle an upcoming requirement for 64-bit architecture applications.

Here is an article on this subject.

https://arstechnica.com/apple/2017/04/what-the-death-of-32-bit-ios-could-mean-fo r-apples-hardware-and-software/

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Wellcraft192 Author

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Apr 14, 2017 3:08 PM in response to sberman

No worries, but if you read my initial post, yes ALL apps are updated (as of today, 18 hours after updating to iOS 10.3.1).
Nothing available in app store, or by following the link behind each app listing in "App Compatibility".

So yes, mine shows "Updates Available" - and then lists all 68 apps (and "services").
Did google first, did search the apple communities, but nothing. Figured out it'd be good to "highlight" in the hopes that someone might read, and maybe take it up the chain if it is a bug (maybe in combo with my HW).

(sent this before I saw your above answer - amd while I suspected there migth be an issue with 32-bit HW, I REALLY wish that Apple and iOS would be smart enough to sort of "call it out", not having to go to an external site, as there are still TONS of iPhone 5 out there - as well as tons of 32-bit iPads).

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