Apple has released IOS 13 to the public, and we all are looking forward to the great features that they have included.  But when should the average person update their phoned and iPads to this latest and greatest next release.

A wise and longtime Apple tech support individual once told me that it is always best for a general user that does not want their device to be affected by the latest release, to wait until Apple releases the first full point release of the software.  For iOS 13, that would be the release of iOS 13.1.

But this year is vastly different.  Apple announced the release of 13.1 at the same time it released 13.0 to be a year 11 days later.  Then as the release of 13.0 came out, apple moved the 13.1 release up 5 days effectively making the 13.1 release just 5 days after the 13.0 release.

SO what is a person to do and what does this mean.  I, being an Engineer, like to look at the data.

If we look at past years, the average number of days from the .0 to the .1 release has been about 41.  This years quick release of the 13.1 ( and the subsequent 13.1.1 and 13.1.2) releases tells me that iOS13 is not quite to the standards that Apple would like it to be.  SO my recommendation is to wait about the same amount of time before you update to iOS 13 and iPadOS 13.  If you look about 40 days after the 13.0 release you will roughly be at about November 1, 2019.

But it is your choice!  You can wait till the release is very stable, likely around the first of November of throw caution to the wind and go ahead and do the update now.  What ever you choose, be sure you have a backup before you do the update, just in case….