iOS 14 — everything we need to know!
Apple released a bunch of items and services in its 2020 annual Apple event. I have written a few blogs on some of its products. One of the items that were announced was the iOS 14 — an update for the operating systems of iPads and iPhones. In this blog today, let’s see what the new iOS brings forth for its users.
iOS 14 is one of Apple’s biggest iOS updates to date, introducing Home screen design changes, major new features, updates for existing apps, Siri improvements, and many other tweaks that streamline the iOS interface. One of the most unique aspects that the iOS 14 brings is a redesigned Home Screen that includes support for widgets for the first time. Widgets can be dragged from the Today view right onto the Home Screen and can be pinned in different sizes.
With a Smart Stack feature, the iPhone can use on-device intelligence to surface the right widget based on time, location, and activity. Each Home Screen page can display widgets customized for work, travel, sports, and more. The Today section where widgets are housed has also been redesigned, and there’s a widget gallery where users can choose new widgets from apps and customize those widgets.
The use of these widgets and the ability to customize them have led to several social media challenges wherein people are designing their home screens in an as unique manner as possible and sharing the results on their platforms. It seems as if this particular widget and customization aspect has become really popular with the users because of its ability to be customized in any manner. People are being able to have a personal touch on their home screens and they seem to like it.
Another new feature is the new App Library, which is an interface that shows all of the apps on your iPhone to see everything at a glance. Apps are organized into your folder system, but there are also Apple-created folders like Suggestions and Apple Arcade that intelligently surface apps. New app downloads can be added to your Home Screen or kept in the App Library to keep your Home Screen cleaner.
With a Picture in Picture mode, users can watch videos or talk on FaceTime while also using other apps at the same time. The New space-saving measures mean incoming phone calls and Siri requests no longer take over the entire screen. Siri can answer a greater range of questions with info pulled from across the internet, and Siri can also send audio messages.
These are some of the interesting updates that have been integrated into the new iOS 14. I quite like them and I think users will be pleased with the new features as well as it makes certain tasks easier to handle and function.
