By: Gordon Kinlaw
There a lot of changes in 10 and I have listed 75 below. I have highlighted the items I think are significant. This new OS will work on the following devices: iPad 4 and up, iPad mini 2 and up, iPad touch 6, iPhone 5 and up & iPhone SE (remember there is no force touch on the 5’s)
75 listing
- New iOS 10 wallpaper
• New folder look and animation
• Bolder typeface
• Raise to Wake (Settings → Display & Brightness)
• Remove stock apps
• App Store ads
• New smaller “back-to-app” button in status bar
• Siri’s more prominent place in Settings
• iCloud Drive Desktop folder
• Shared Notes collaboration
• Faster FaceTime connectivity
• Watch app Face Gallery
• Separate Mail, Contacts & Calendars sections in Settings • Apple Pay via Safari Settings
• Redesigned Contacts app
• Video app playback quality on Wi-Fi and cellular
• Redesigned Control Center
• AirPlay Mirroring now called AirPlay Streaming
• Separate media and AirPlay audio/video controls
• 3D Touch on quick launch shortcuts in Control Center
• Widgets no longer appear in Notification Center on Home screen • New widgets
• View widgets using 3D Touch
• Adding new widgets
• Spotlight search history
• Enhanced interactive notifications
• Unlimited tabs in Safari
• Safari Split View
• New media attachment interface
• Markup images
• Inline video
• Inline links
• Digital Touch
• Digital Touch for photos and video
• Send with bubble effect
• Send with screen effect
• Tapback
• App Store for iMessage
• Tap to replace emoji
• Send read receipts by conversation
• Keyboard Contextual Predictions
• New Keyboard click sound
• Multilingual typing
• Calendar Time to Leave/Location suggestion
• Calendar Found Events
• Conversation view in Mail
• Mail filters
• Side-by-side Mail compose iPad
• Mailbox column
• Suggested move folder for Mail
• Most recent message at top (threaded messages)
• Unsubscribe from mailing lists
• Clock app Dark theme
• Bedtime Wake Alarm
• Redesigned chronograph stopwatch interface
• 3D Touch Timer in Control Center
• New Home app
• Health app changes and videos
• Activity app Share Activity
• App Store Categories tab returns, Explore tab nixed
• Music app features Split View on iPad
• Automatically Download Music
• Manage downloaded music
• Optimize storage for music
• Music app interface changes
• Search photos by people and things
• Photos app Memories tab
• Photos app search enhancements
• Edit Live Photos
• Live Filters for Live Photos
• Markup photos
• Improved Auto Enhance in Photos
• Brilliance adjustment slider in Photos
• New News app icon and UI
• Sort Favorites in News app
• Maps app redesigned interface
• Swift Playgrounds app
Feature Notes
– Slide to unlock will is gone replaced by touch or unlock code. You will not have to take time to slide open the phone. You will have the option to “Rest finger to unlock” on the home button.
– AirPlay mirroring is changed to AirPlay Streaming will now have separate video and audio controls accessed by right swipe off the swipe-up control panel
– new raise to wake will light up your phone as you pick it up from your desk and then go dark as you place it flat on your desk
– system apps can be now be removed like iWatch if you don’t have one. However do not remove the Mail app.
– a back-to-app button will appear in the status bar if you leave an app for some reason
– In Settings, you will be able to adjust video quality down in order to conserve data
– In Settings, Mail, Contacts and Calendars have been separated.
– new iWatch face gallery app
– 3D Touch controls for quick widgets in the control panel like flashlight intensity
– the Today view in notifications (down-swipe) will go away
– iCloud Drive desktop folder to access your iCloud storage
– App Store now displays advertisements
– Notes app will now let you collaborate notes with friends.
– Facetime connection is much, much faster
– Lots of new “widgets” that can be added to “widget view” which can be accessed by left swipe of the home screen.
– SIRI changes: It’s coming to your Mac!!, a more natural language SIRI command level (message Jane that I’m running 15 minutes behind”), new SIRI support in more apps.
App Notes
– iMessage is greatly improved: a new compose window and live photo window, ability to markup photos, in-app YouTube playback & Apple music & webpage viewing, digital touch added functions, markups that appears on videos, new “bubble” effects for message appearance, full screen effects for your message with video/audio effects, quick reply choices in case you don’t want to type, gift apps inside message, ability to send lower quality images to save data and more…. (more snapchat-ish)
– iPads have side by side mail composition or split screen
– the Clock app has new themes and faces, also the “Bed Time Alarm” to let you know when it’s time to get some rest.
– the Activity app will allow you to share and compete with your friends
– the Music app has been changed to a friendlier format and to be more like other music apps.
– the Photos app had added new intelligent searches and AI-suggested music montage slide shows, live photo editing, new auto enhancement, facial learning and photo markup. The newest phone and iPads will have a raw image option.
– the Maps app has a huge makeover: complete look and feel change of screens, slide up for suggested destinations including routine and calendar locations, alternate route suggestions, find my parked car function, third party add-ins like “hail Uber”, traffic reroutes, weather current map area.
– AirPrint Bluetooth Beacon technology to improve AirPrint printing to enabled printers
– Ability to create a PDF in the print function
– QuickType assistance is scaling way up using AI- artificial intelligence to predict your answers. For instance, if someone texts you about the weather, it will suggest a reply of info from a weather app. Also QuickType will auto-switch from language to language for those of you who have English and Hispanic friends
– the Phone app which is rarely improved, is adding a speech to text conversion for voicemail to allow you to glance at a voicemail without having to listen. Apple is also working to minimize voicemail spammers.
iPhone 7 rumors
While the iOS 10 features are public, the new iPhone 7 (September) features are secret. All we have is rumors. Hey, I just want some battery life!!!! The general feeling is rather Ho-Hum with very few innovations and just improvements like a “S” model year.
Here are some thoughts from fairly reliable sites:
• 4.7 and 5.5 versions will be available
• iPhone 7 might be called “Pro”
• the antenna bands you didn’t know were on the back of your iPhone may be removed
• the camera lens may protrude more from the camera back and a 2nd camera lens might be added. There is also a rumor of a single larger lens.
• the headphone jack will be removed in favor of bluetooth headphones and this may improve water resistance. Lightning plug headphones may be allowed and a 3.5mm to lightning adapter may be included.
• Maybe a new speaker arrangement
• there is a rumor of a smart connector on the side of the iPhone 7 plus
• no change to current lightning connectors
• the 16GB memory option for phones may be eliminated in favor of a 32GB base model
• a new dark space gray color
• possible wireless charging
• dual sim trays to give your phone a multi-phone number capability
We will know more in August hopefully.
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