12.1 has updated modem firmware (and possibly carrier updates), I doubt they would announce that in a newsroom post.
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Apple to Release iOS 12.1 Tomorrow With Group FaceTime, New Emoji, Dual-SIM and Real-Time Depth Control
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12.1 has updated modem firmware (and possibly carrier updates), I doubt they would announce that in a newsroom post.
Me neither, most of my friends have Android phones, and although i'm on the phone a lot, i'm never staring at it, i'm talking and doing other things at the same time...
We should make a list where each MR member picks a feature they never use. After that we submit the list to Apple and they remove every single thing on the list. We could contribute to the most streamlined iPhone ever that appeals to the most people!
70 new emojis, I can't wait. The experience of now trying to find emojis is broken. The sooner they're not part of iOS updates the better, surely there's more important things.
its like political now must have every skin colour etc its pathetic
Tim Cook isn't creating Emoji. The Unicode Consortium is and Samsung create their own versions too.
I use it all the time. I'm often long distance from my other half and it makes it so easy to call and keep in touch without spending anything. I know she also uses it a lot for work.
I've always found FaceTime to be really good. I don't know if I'd use group FaceTime but it's nice to know its there.
You're definitely not alone. But that's mostly because I use Whatsapp more for video chatting than I use FaceTime.
Exactly. Cook isn't sitting around planning strategies for the weakness in China and what to do with money in a volatile market. He is down in the basement on his iPad designing emojis with Apple pencil 2.
I don't use it often, but when I do it is so useful. I tend to use it when I'm away on holiday and want to contact loved ones back home or I use it to show them something in the place I'm currently in.
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Apple today announced that it plans to release iOS 12.1 to the public tomorrow following its Brooklyn event that is expected to see the debut of new iPad Pro models and refreshed Macs.
As we've discovered in the iOS 12.1 betas that have been available since September, iOS 12.1 brings several important new features to the iPhone and the iPad.
The update brings support for Group FaceTime, the feature designed to let users chat with up to 32 people at one time. Group FaceTime was present in the iOS 12 beta, but it was removed from the iOS 12 launch to provide Apple with additional time to develop the feature.
Other FaceTime features are included in iOS 12.1 as well, such as automatic detection of active speakers to surface the icon of the person who is speaking, ringless notification to let you join a call without being disruptive, and Messages integration for starting a Group FaceTime call right from the Messages app from a group chat.
iOS 12.1 will also bring more than 70 new emoji characters, such as cold face, woozy face, hot face, red hair, white hair, leg, foot, teddy bear, llama, raccoon, kangaroo, mango, cupcake, bagel, and tons more. A full list of all of the new emoji is available here.
On iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR, iOS 12.1 introduces real-time Depth Control so you can adjust the amount of background blur before a photo is even captured, and support for the digital eSIM, which will allow two SIMs to be used at one time.
iOS 12.1 should be released alongside new updates for tvOS, watchOS, and macOS right around 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time, Apple's typical release time for new software updates.
Article Link: Apple to Release iOS 12.1 Tomorrow With Group FaceTime, New Emoji, Dual-SIM and Real-Time Depth Control
Can they like get rid of 180 emotions before they add another 70?!
Takes me already 5 minutes to find the ones I’m looking for
Takes me already 5 minutes to find the ones I’m looking for
Would be great.. Apple already allows you to buy sticker packs for iMessage, from the App Store, but they don't do that with emoji's Emjoi's *should* be classed as an "add-on" instead
And/or place a switch in iMessage setting and "Enable" it if you want emojis.. "Disable" it if you don't.
i think the phones should come with emojis but not a disable toggle. It should be a delete switch so they don't take space. They should also have an overly convoluted system to restore them to punish you should you change your mind.
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That still leaves a lot of people who will.
Delete the Emoji keyboard, I still receive them when people send them, but I never send them myself because i'm not 12.
What's the go with that stupid App Store button in Messages though, with all of the app's on the bar down the bottom? That needs to go.
As someone who has a large family and they all use iPhones, i am tje last Android holdout, FaceTime is something tjey all use and I wish Android had. FaceTime and Apple watch is why next year I'll make the switch to Iphone
I like emojis. So do my kids and spouse. We have a fun time with them. To each their own.
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I call BS on this. There is no more secure means to communicate with others remotely over audio/video. It's end to end encrypted. Any company that tries to disable it better not allow telecommunications of any sort, personal or company owned.