Major iOS 12.1 features and updates: Everything you need to know |
Posted: November 15, 2018 |
In the keynote event at the Worldwide Developers Conference held in June earlier this year, Apple talked about its new operating system, iOS 12. The beta version for the developers was made available on 17th September, while the official version was released a week later on 25th September. iOS 12 updates will be running on all the devices that have iOS 11 running on them. With the updates and improvements in iOS 12, Apple aims to be faster and stronger than ever. Siri & Augmented RealityiOS will now allow Siri shortcuts to add to apps. This will allow you to look for a particular picture by its date or time, for example. Siri will offer you facts about celebrities. The addition of new AR apps is going to be amazing as well. You will be able to measure objects and spaces using Augmented Reality. The camera will now launch 70 percent faster than usual. The keyboard also appears 50 percent faster. The typing has become even more responsive. Search Enhancements and Screen TimeThere are also Search enhancements. The search enhancement will now let you look for photos from your phone according to the date, place, time, or event. There are Portrait mode improvements made. Screen Time will let you know how much time you spent on the apps on your phone. It also helps on limiting the time you spend on each of those apps. With this feature, parents will be able to manage their child’s screen time better. Books and MusicApple Books and Music has also got some interesting updates. You will be taken back to your current read just by clicking on Reading Now, and you can add new books by clicking Want To Read. You will now be able to find a song using its lyrics. The artists’ page has also got a new design which has made it easier to use. News and PodcastThe News and Podcast apps on Apple has also got updated. There is a new design to the News app for finding new topics and channels. The Channels tab help you explore new topics and publications. You can skip 30 seconds with the forward button on the Podcasts. Podcast now supports chapters for shows. Memoji, Animoji and other updatesSome other improvements include the messages and notifications. There are more animations and personalized characters due to the addition of Memoji and Animoji. Animojis can be made for 30 seconds. Notifications that belong to the same app will now be grouped together. There are many more updates on the iOS 12.1.
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