iOS 7 This update features a beautiful new design and also contains hundreds of new features, including the following: • • New design • ◦ Redesigned interface updates the entire system and every built-in app • ◦ Subtle motion and animation; layers and translucency provide depth • ◦ Elegant new color palette and refined typography • ◦ Updated system sounds and ringtones • • Control Center • ◦ Quick access to commonly used controls and apps with a swipe up from the bottom of the screen • ◦ Turn on & off Airplane Mode, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Do Not Disturb; adjust screen brightness; access media controls; turn on AirPlay and AirDrop • ◦ Quickly access flashlight, timer, calculator, camera and music controls • • Notification Center improvements • ◦ New Today view gives you an overview of your day, including weather, calendar, and stocks • ◦ Notifications dismissed on one device dismisses across all your devices • • Multitasking improvements • ◦ Preview screens of open apps when you switch between them • ◦ Permits any app to keep content up-to-date in the background • • Camera improvements • ◦ Swipe through different camera modes – video, still photo, square aspect, and panorama • ◦ Real-time photo filters with iPhone 4S or later, and iPod touch (5th generation) • • Photos improvements • ◦ Automatically organizes your photos and videos based on time and location into Moments • ◦ iCloud Photo Sharing supports multiple contributors and videos, plus a new Activity view • ◦ Add photo filter effects • ◦ Flickr and Vimeo support • • AirDrop • ◦ Quickly and easily share content with people nearby • ◦ Securely encrypted transfers with no network or setup required • ◦ Supported on iPhone 5, iPad (4th generation), iPad mini, and iPod touch (5th generation) and requires an iCloud account • • Safari improvements • ◦ New iPhone tab view that lets you easily switch between open web pages • ◦ Unified smart search field for both search terms and web addresses • ◦ Shared Links shows web pages shared by people you follow on Twitter • • iTunes Radio • ◦ Streaming radio service • ◦ Pick from over 250 featured and genre-focused stations • ◦ Start your own station from your favorite artist or song • • Siri improvements • ◦ New, more natural sounding male and female voices for US English, French and German • ◦ Integrated Wikipedia, Twitter search, and Bing web search results • ◦ Change settings including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and brightness • ◦ Supported on iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPad with Retina display, iPad mini, and iPod touch (5th generation) • • App Store improvements • ◦ See apps relevant to your current location with Popular Near Me • ◦ Discover age-appropriate apps in the Kids category • ◦ Keep your apps up to date automatically • • Find My iPhone Activation Lock • ◦ Turning off Find My iPhone, erasing your device, reactivation, and signing out of iCloud requires your Apple ID password • ◦ A custom message can be displayed on your device even after a remote erase • • iTunes Store improvements • ◦ Preview and buy songs youve heard on iTunes Radio while inside the iTunes Store • ◦ Add to, and shop from, your iTunes Wish List • ◦ Scan code with camera to redeem iTunes Gift Cards • • Music improvements • ◦ Play music purchases from iCloud • ◦ Rotate your iPhone or iPod touch to browse your music with the Album Wall • • Videos improvements • ◦ Play movie and TV show purchases from iCloud • ◦ View similar movies and TV shows from Related • • Maps improvements • ◦ Turn-by-turn walking directions • ◦ Automatic night mode • ◦ Bookmarks shared across devices via iCloud • • Mail improvements • ◦ New Smart Mailboxes, including Unread, Attachments, All Drafts and To or CC • ◦ Improved search • ◦ View PDF annotations • • FaceTime audio calling • • Block unwanted Phone, Messages and FaceTime callers • • Support for sending long MMS messages • • Pull down on any Home Screen to reveal Spotlight search • • Scan to acquire Passbook passes • • New ringtones, alarms, alerts and system sounds • • Definitions of a selected word for additional languages: Italian, Korean, and Dutch • • Inclinometer in the Compass app • • Wi-Fi HotSpot 2.0 support • • Accessibility features • ◦ Individuals with limited physical motor skills can now control their device using Switch Control • ◦ Customize closed caption style • ◦ Handwriting input support in VoiceOver • ◦ Math input support using Nemeth Braille in VoiceOver • ◦ Select from multiple premium
Posted on: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 07:31:46 +0000
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