Recent WWDC 2018 event of Apple’s new IOS12 has unveiled amazing features in the conference conducted in San Francisco on Monday. The new additions and improvements apart from eliminating bugs have amazed the audience during the conference. Some of the updates will be available on all the devices that received IOS 11.
Release Dates:
- June 4 for iOS 12 developer beta (for paid Apple Developers) Cost Price:$99 for annual membership
- Likely by June 26 for a public beta (based on iOS 11 public beta)
- Likely September for the final iOS 12 software with new iPhones
Here are the essential features that were introduced during conference:-
IMPROVED PERFORMANCE, RELIABILITY AND COMPATIBILITY
- Apple is integrating older iPhones by making it 40% to 70% faster for some tasks
- Compatible with iPhone 5S, iPad mini2 and iPad Air and more recent models
GROUPED NOTIFICATIONS
- Grouped notification on iOS 12 would help to clean up all individual notifications mess
- Smartly grouping and taping on particular group to have a look by app, thread and topic.
- Users can clear a entire group of notifications with a single swipe
NEW ANIMOJI AND MEMOJI CHANGES
- New addition of Tongue and wink detection for iOS 12 Animoji and Memoji
- Some new Animoji masks for better users usage: Ghost, Koala, Tiger and T-Rex
- Personalized ‘Memoji’ which detects users facial expression to emphasize on to look like you or ‘the real you’
GROUP FACETIME
- New feature like Group FaceTimeproviding accessibility for up to 32 people with dynamic UI(User Interface)
- For fun attractive interaction users can use addition of Memoji and Animoji in FaceTime
MEASURE APP AND BETTER AR EXPERIENCES WITH USDZ FILE FORMAT
- New USDZ file type allows users to send or share data in any file format with other Iphone users dedicated at augmented reality
- Measure app for iOS 12 to replace your measuring tape
ARKIT 2 AND MULTIPLAYER GAMING
- ARKit 2 allows users to have better interface with addition of ‘shared experiences’ (multiplayer potential) while playing games.
NEW PHOTOS FEATURES
- For enhanced user usage IOS 12 has betters search and a new ‘For you’ tab
- Based on AI facility suggestions can be given with whom to share photo collections with
SIRI’S NEW SHORTCUTS, TRANSLATOR AND OPENS TO MORE APPS
- Sirihas been modified to create shortcuts in order to assign phrases to tasks
- Faster and effective ETA notification to family, friend, and brings up the fastest route on the Apple Maps GPS
- Gallery and library is completely pre-configured with Siri Shortcuts
- Sirihas been modified with translating over 40 language pairs
- Food and celebrity facts and knowledge enhanced for better user interface
APPLE NEWS, IBOOKS, STOCKS, VOICE MEMOS AND CARPLAY
- IOS12 has added new Browse tab and sidebar navigation for news access
- Stockssheet can be accessed through new robust chart design and stock news integration
- Voice memos has been modified with: easier menus, iCloud support and can be played on iPad also
- IOS 12 allows Apple users to use carplay feature of third-party app support, like Google News and Waze
USING YOUR IPHONE LESS
- ‘Do Not Disturb’mode allows to hide visual display of notifications during bedtime
- Instant tuning to send future notifications silently or turn them off
- IOS 12 gives reports for weekly activities summary based on usage of device
- IOS 12 also breakdown essential aspects like ranks app usage, highest phone pick up times (and what app draws you in first), and apps that send you the most notifications
- Users can set time limits via reminders and temporary app blocking for optimum usage of app
- Parents can optimize by limiting kids time in apps by category or individual apps via Family Sharing
Apple’s IOS 12 isn’t the biggest software release, but they are making mobile OS more user friendly, reliable and competitive against Google’s Android.
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