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Apple yesterday unveiled iOS 13, the newest version of the operating system designed to run on the iPhone (and the iPad, though the iPad version has been renamed to iPadOS). iOS 13 is an update that introduces a long list of new features and some changes that are quite exciting.

Check out the video below, where we walk through all of the major features that you can expect to see when you upgrade to iOS 13 this fall.


First and foremost, iOS 13, like iOS 12, is an update that brings some much needed under-the-hood performance improvements. Apple has reduced app download sizes by up to 50 percent, leading to improved app update times, and apps launch up to twice as fast. On devices that use Face ID, unlocking with Face ID is 30 percent faster than before.

iOS 13 looks a lot like iOS 12 when it comes to design, with the exception of a new systemwide Dark Mode that turns the entire OS, apps included, dark. Dark Mode can be toggled on at will or set to activate on a schedule.

Many apps got updates, but Photos is the app that got the most significant overhaul. There's a new main view that organizes and curates your Photos library to show you a selection of highlights by day, month, or year. It's a neat way to get a look back at your favorite memories, and you'll notice that videos in this view autoplay.

The image editing interface in Photos has been overhauled to make it easier to make quick tweaks to your images, and there are new Portrait Lighting adjustments for moving the light closer or further away depending on the look you're going for.

The volume HUD has been overhauled and the new volume up/down indicator is less obtrusive, located either at the side of the iPhone or the top depending on the orientation of your device.

Right now, iOS 13 is limited to developers, and Apple warns those who aren't risk takers to wait for the public beta, coming in July, before installing the update. It is indeed riddled with bugs right now and does not offer the best usage experience. It's best to install it on a secondary device.

A new Find My app combines Find My iPhone and Find My Friends, and it is equipped with one of the best new features Apple announced - an option to track your devices even when they're offline by leveraging other nearby iOS devices.

A new Sign In with Apple feature is also a major privacy-protecting change, offering up a convenient way to sign into apps and websites. Your Apple ID authenticates your account with Touch ID or Face ID, and apps are even able to generate single-use randomized email addresses so developers and companies never get your real info.

The Maps app features broader road coverage, updated pedestrian data, and more detailed landcover, but the coolest new Maps feature is Look Around, which is basically Apple's version of Google's Street View.

Apple made the Reminders app more useful in iOS 13 with a total revamp, and Messages has a new Profile feature for sharing your name and photo with people. There are a ton of new Memoji customization options, and three new Animoji: a cow, octopus, and mouse. Animoji/Memoji stickers have been added so you can use your Memoji in Messages, Mail, and other apps.

Siri has a new voice, but it doesn't seem super different, and there are updates to CarPlay, AirPods, HomePod, and more. CarPlay has a new interface, HomePod supports Handoff so you can transfer music from an iOS device to the HomePod, and with AirPods, you can connect two to a single iPhone to share what you're listening to with a friend.

HomeKit is coming to routers in iOS 13, plus there's a neat new Secure Video feature that makes sure video recorded is analyzed right on your device and then sent in an encrypted stream to iCloud, so you can be sure no one is spying on your in-home cameras.

A new swipe-based QuickPath keyboard option has been added, and Apple made it easier to edit text with scrolling improvements and smoother cursor movement.

The Health app has a new feature for monitoring hearing health, and there's a new Cycle Tracking option for tracking menstrual cycles. There are also tons of iPad-specific changes, but we'll go over those in a separate iPadOS video coming later this week, now that iOS and iPadOS are somewhat separate operating systems.

Following months of beta testing to work out bugs and refine features, iOS 13 will launch in the fall alongside new iPhones. Make sure to stay tuned to MacRumors because we're going to delve further into iOS later this week, along with Apple's other operating systems for Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and iPad.

Article Link: A Hands-On Look at All the New Features in iOS 13
 
Fantastic update. iOS has gotten a lot of polish after the iOS 7 reboot. Apple has been adding more depth with shadows and isn’t afraid to get into a little skeuomorphism like the annotation palette shows.

I love what they’re doing with Memoji. I’ve long called for Animoji and Memoji to replace the ever growing litter of emojis. One Memoji reflecting your actual reaction can do the job of a dozen emojis. Turning your Memoji into stickers is brilliant.

Maps has gotten to a point in Toronto where I prefer its directions to Google Maps which I’ve now deleted entirely. While I prefer Flyover for getting around a city, I would go back to Google Maps for the occasional street view. Apple’s 3D implementation is far superior. Can we say that Apple has now surpassed Google Maps? Probably not everywhere but in some cities, the answer is an absolute yes. Steve Jobs’ play has paid off in spades. Apple built their own UI unrestricted from the constraints of a third party, they get to keep users’ data private and get their own anonymous data. Well done.

As a photographer who used Aperture religiously, I could see Apple’s play in rebooting a flawed foundation and starting brand new with Photos. That too is beginning to pay off. The editing tools in Photos is so versatile that a beginner can understand it and a professional can find what they need. Photos plugins make it possible to expand tools for pros. Unlike Aperture, Photos works across all Apple platforms on iOS and Mac. What’s still missing is a better organization and sorting system and it’ll have caught up to Aperture and can grow from there. Again, well done.

Sign In with Apple is another brilliant play. It leverages Face ID to start to eliminate passwords entirely. It’s another one of those Apple things that benefits both the user by its convenience and Apple in that it keeps you stuck (voluntarily) in Apple’s ecosystem. Try leaving Apple after having dozens of signs ins around the web. It’s the same reason why so many people are stuck (involuntarily) on Facebook.
 
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Don't forget this:

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https://twitter.com/JoannaStern/status/1135609402021490690
 

Optimized battery charging

A new option helps slow the rate of battery aging by reducing the time your iPhone spends fully charged. iPhone learns from your daily charging routine so it can wait to finish charging past 80% until you need to use it.


It's finally here. A simple but effective way to reduce battery aging.
 
The Slide Over Function doesnt work properly. Slide In/Out of the slide over app from the edge of the screen is not working.

tested with eg safari (main) / imessage (slide over, right side like in craigs demo)
 
Looking forward to a far more complete overview of new features.

This video didnt say much at all other than re-hashing the summary video from yesterday.
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When is Apple Maps gonna add bike maps??? This is the primary reason I use Google Maps.

2021
 
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Maps has gotten to a point in Toronto where I prefer its directions to Google Maps which I’ve now deleted entirely.

Really? I find that very interesting. I’ve got both on my iPhone and generally gravitate to Google only because I’ve gotten used to using it. If Maps has gotten that good maybe it’s time I gave it another shot. (I’m in Toronto too which is why your comment caught me by surprise)
 
LOL....volume has been “overhauled”.....I think that is a bit of an exaggeration.

Overall....underwhelming....especially since last year was mostly bug fixes, and the excuse this year was supposed to be major, radical upgrades.
 
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Overall....underwhelming....especially since last year was mostly bug fixes, and the excuse this year was supposed to be major, radical upgrades.

Then I would say you have low expectations, because I think iOS 13 seems to be fairly receipted for the overall changes they’re bringing to the iPad and iPhone. Yes, iOS 12 was about performance sustainability, but iOS 13 really does highlight/polish what needed to be, and that Keynote was _loaded_ with changes/alterations/additions.
 
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Any word yet on which devices will be able to run iOS 13?

For example will the iPhone 5S still be able to run it?
 
At this point, after been an avid Apple fan since 2005, I'm not that bothered. On an iPhone X, my next upgrade will be exspensivly prohibitive, they fragmented the os again with the removal of iTunes and my 2015 Mac Pro is about to give up - poor soul- I'll be going cheap and cheerful hear on out. Which makes me a bit sad.
 
Really? I find that very interesting. I’ve got both on my iPhone and generally gravitate to Google only because I’ve gotten used to using it. If Maps has gotten that good maybe it’s time I gave it another shot. (I’m in Toronto too which is why your comment caught me by surprise)

I recently had an S10e and came back to Apple, and the Maps feature was a huge part of it. My experience has been completely different than some.

Back in 2015, when Maps was supposedly even more terrible than it is now (LOL) my wife had Google Maps on her phone; I had Apple Maps. Had I followed Google Maps' suggestion, I would have ended up in a construction zone; Apple Maps routed me around it.

When I switched to the Galaxy S10e, I went to visit my sister in Seattle. Upon leaving for her house from the airport I got a ton of 'turn right in 500 feet' directions. No street signs, no explanations on what road to follow, etc. To fix it, I had to tell the S10e to utilize the Google language pack, stop every service associated with Google Maps, and then shut down and restart the phone.

That is something that I've never had to deal with once with Apple. I'm no idiot (depending on who you talk to, haha - am an IT guy) but I shouldn't have to fix issues like that on my phone. I spend enough time all day fixing servers and such; the LAST thing I want is to do the same thing with my phone.
 
I still haven’t had time to watch the keynote. Can anyone confirm for me if Apple’s version of street view has still images of people in it?
 
Go watch ZolloTechs videos. Much better rundown than these sites.

Forums are always good however.
 
I wonder how many man hours went into the development of air power, that will probably still be in the iOS 13 software somewhere. Awww.
 
I am not a fan of the current Maps and look forward to see the new one and hopefully it will be just as good or better than Google Maps. As for the keyboard, I would have liked to see a full one and not having to swipe or change to get number. I am looking forward to seeing the new Photo and its improvements too.
 
Any word yet on which devices will be able to run iOS 13?

For example will the iPhone 5S still be able to run it?
Only iOS devices receiving iOS/iPadOS have at least 2GB of RAM and above which is iPhone 6S and up. The iPhone 5S got a shocking 6 iOS generations (iOS 7-iOS 12).
 
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Optimized battery charging
A new option helps slow the rate of battery aging by reducing the time your iPhone spends fully charged. iPhone learns from your daily charging routine so it can wait to finish charging past 80% until you need to use it.


It's finally here. A simple but effective way to reduce battery aging.

That’s cool, but I hope there’s a way you can tell it to go to 100.
 
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Really? I find that very interesting. I’ve got both on my iPhone and generally gravitate to Google only because I’ve gotten used to using it. If Maps has gotten that good maybe it’s time I gave it another shot. (I’m in Toronto too which is why your comment caught me by surprise)

Here’s an example: I was at Square One and needed to get to a house around Dufferin Mall. I punched in the address in Google Maps and it was telling me to get up to the 401, drive all the way east, take the DVP down, take Richmond to Bathurst, then up Bathurst to Bloor and finally to my destination. What a weird route! So, I tried Apple Maps even though I didn’t like to rely on it for getting to time sensitive appointments. It gave me a far more direct route. QEW downtown, off at Jameson, and up Landsdowne to my destination.

After that, I started paying more attention to Apple Maps. Then this one time, I was shooting a wedding and during prep, I mapped out my route to the wedding and Google Maps was giving me a place several km away from where I needed to go. I checked Apple Maps and it showed me the correct place.

A map app is only as good as the quality of its data and Apple seems to be doing way better here. I don’t have hard numbers but I get the impression that iPhones rule in Toronto. That might influence the quality of collected map data in this city.
 
Only iOS devices receiving iOS/iPadOS have at least 2GB of RAM and above which is iPhone 6S and up. The iPhone 5S got a shocking 6 iOS generations (iOS 7-iOS 12).

There will be many user remain on iOS12 until the phone died, and APP developer need to ensure their APP run correctly at iOS12, like Android too many user remain at version 6.

Apple wish people upgrade their phone when the OS can not be upgrade to push their sale, however until major software do not support older version (like google MAP, Facebook), the "normal" user (compare as trend user which change their phone every year ) rarely buy new one just because the OS as most user don't care the new tweak (for example Dark mode), they require a simple and easy use tools for simple tasks, especially new one is very expensive. Apple will also hard to promo new services for older user.
 
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