No queue, no ticket confirmation worries, and no waiting for the event to begin as WWDC 2020 was on YouTube this time due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event streamed Tim Cook and his team addressing thousands of developers and millions of fans across the globe. There were some big announcements and one such is the announcement of iOS 14, the new update about processors coming to iPhone later this year. In the apple event, there were some major announcements that you might be excited to discover in the following reading.
Apple wants to replace your car keys into your apple device. With iOS 14, it allows people to use an iPhone or Apple watch to lock, unlock, and start their car. At the initial level, it will be available in the new BMW 5 series 2021. Do you know the best thing about it is that it can be shared with other people among family members using messages? So, with this next generation, a user can unlock the car without taking their iPhone out of his pocket. It is expected to be available in the next year.
Do you need an app for a particular function, but you are loath to download it entirely? If yes, now be stress-free. Thanks to Apple for revealing an easy way to discover and access new apps and features is called App Clips. Now it becomes easy to order a dress from a boutique or order an on-demand scooter. The small size of these apps enables it to integrate with Apple Pay and users can opt-out to download the full version of the app from the Apple store. Apple further, said App clips could appear in different ways. There are different ways to access these apps including pop up at the bottom of the screen, scanning a new Clip Code, message, QR code, or via Safari web browser.
Probably one of the biggest changes iOS 14 offers is home screen widgets. There are a variety of different sizes and can be used in the Today view & home screen of your mobile phone. The company has learned the way data-rich widget works on its Apple watch and that is why they are planning to bring this functionality for iPhone users also.
Are you fed-up with pausing the screen to read a message while watching Netflix? Of course, who doesn’t? Well with this picture-in-picture you don’t have to as it will allow you to keep watching video while using other applications. The best thing is that it will work for FaceTime calls too, allowing you to check something without disrupting the visual connection. Hire iPhone app developers for your customized app demand.
Another significant news from WWDC 2020 is the iOS 14 App library which automatically organizes by category and allows you to hide app pages. It appears at the end of the Home screen swipe and also added a suggested app search folder along with a recently added folder. Here you can find out the full list of installed apps presented in alphabetical order. It is powerful and highly useful for those who have tons of apps as their struggle to remember the location gets over with this.
Till now, on activation of voice assistant, Siri has taken up the entirety of your mobile screen but now has been redesigned. It is redesigned so that it appears like a regular notification at the top of the phone. Now Siri is smarter with translation functions that support live conversation and in fact, it now has 20 times more facts as compared to Siri three years ago.
Apple gives a new spirit to the translation with iOS 14. The conversation mode lets you turn your phone into a landscape and can split it in half. All this can be done through voice command. Even if you downloaded something in another language, everything can be translated into the required language without using the data connection.
The translation feature can translate into 11 different languages and the app can translate in real-time when two people talking in two different languages to an iPhone.
What if you can group chats at a point in time? Yes, it is possible with the iOS 14. Apple announced this announcement with the option to pin the important conversations at the top list of the messages and can mention others in group chats just like SLACK. On mentioning the name, users will be notified about the same. The interesting thing about it is that the user will be able to set a group photo using emoji or images. More hairstyle, face masks, and an age option is an additional option in Apple’s Memoji.
Apple announced updates for Airpods too during this digital event of Apple. Now it becomes seamlessly easy to switch between audio and devices with the new update. For example, while listening to an audiobook, when someone calls, the audio will be switched to the call and after finishing the audiobook you can watch your favorite TV show. The best thing is that its Pro version got a spatial audio feature that aims to reproduce surround sound to add better audio experience.
Apple is very much concerned about the privacy of its users and that is it has come up with a more strict move where it gives the option to users to share approximate location instead of a very precise location. Apps will have privacy under “nutrition label” showing how little or minimum information is collected from the users.
Apple relieves the major headache of iPhone and iPad users as incoming calls will no longer take over the whole screen. Instead, calls will appear as a banner at the top of the screen.
In iOS 14, health is also given a priority by adding a customized sleep schedule where users can set the hours for which they want to sleep by creating a schedule for bedtime and wake up time. Its Wind Down feature creates a personalized schedule to get ready for sleep and meet your sleep goal. It also features Do Not Disturb which dims the phone’s screen, display time, alarm for the next day.
Apart from this, Apple is adding another health checklist which manages all health and safety features like ECG, emergency SOS, fall detection, and more.
Now comes the most important question, what will iOS 14 be released? So far, Apple has not made any announcement for the release date, but as Apple always releases the new version of iOS in September, so let’s hope for that.
All those devices which run on iOS 13 can run with iOS 14. Following is the list:
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