iOS 10 Tidbits: Individual Read Receipts, Wake Alarm, Music Storage Optimization, and More

[MacRumors]

Apple today announced iOS 10, the next major version of its iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch software platform. The update is available in beta for Apple developers starting today, allowing early adopters to update and take a closer look at what's new. A public beta will be available in July, followed by an official launch in the fall.

iOS 10 includes a number of changes that Apple neglected to mention in greater detail on stage during its WWDC 2016 keynote, including a new Wake Alarm in the Clock app, individualized read receipts, a new option in the Music app to optimize storage, and many other features outlined below.

Remove Stock Apps

iOS 10 enables users to remove the following built-in apps from the Home screen on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch:

o Calendar
o Compass
o Contacts
o FaceTime
o Find My Friends
o Home
o iBooks
o iCloud Drive
o iTunes Store
o Mail
o Maps
o Music
o News
o Notes
o Podcasts
o Reminders
o Stocks
o Tips
o Videos
o Voice Memos
o Watch app
o Weather
The apps are now available as standalone downloads on the App Store, meaning that Apple can issue updates for each app independent of iOS updates.

If you have an Apple Watch paired with your iPhone, removing an app from your Home screen also removes that app from your Apple Watch.

Removing apps can unsurprisingly impact related functionalities such as CarPlay and Notification Center widgets.

Wake Alarm

A new Bedtime tab has been added to the Clock app with a Wake Alarm function that can help you go to sleep and wake up at the same time every day. When enabled, the recurring wake-up alarm will remind you when it is time to sleep, track how many hours you slept, and provide detailed sleep analysis.

Individual Read Receipts

Read receipts can be toggled on a per-person or per-conversation basis on iOS 10, rather than be simply turned on or off entirely.

Music Storage Optimization

New Keyboard Sound

New iOS keyboard sound is weeeirdhttps://t.co/c4HxZDZfuQ - Owen Williams ? (@ow) June 13, 2016

Other tidbits can be found in our iOS 10: All The Little Things and iOS 10 beta 1 discussion threads.

Article Link: iOS 10 Tidbits: Individual Read Receipts, Wake Alarm, Music Storage Optimization, and More

 

[saudor]

Avoid tolls

^ FINALLY

 

[jingbugle]

Yawn!!!

 

[Attirex]

Fail.

 

[Master Atrus]

So we can remove them now? That's awesome! But what happens to things that are "connected" to it? Can we assign a new default weather app for Siri for example?

 

[dannys1]

Some nice little tweaks there - its the little stuff i'm always more interested in.

Voip API is my favourite new feature - drove me mad having normal calls, Facetime Audio, Skype Audio, WhatsApp and Facebook calls all in different apps.

 

[Andres Cantu]

Game Center has been removed!?! Whatever will gamers do now?

 

[misterjmann]

Avoid tolls

^ FINALLY

Best tidbit I've read from the whole event. I use Google Maps for my personal device but my company phone has an oppressive lockdown on authorized apps and this will make GPSing client addresses on company data much easier!

 

[dontwalkhand]

Thank god for the removal of Game Center and tips!

 

[allanfries]

Finally!! we can remove stock apps. Now thats reason to update right there. Celebration time!!

 

[filmantopia]

Looks like the new keyboard sound is another step away from skeuomorphic design.

 

[Carlanga]

the best part was not in the conference...
being able to delete first party apps!
I guess they didn't want people to stand up and wohooo celebrate this point lol

 

[stormboy2011]

WTF
GAME CENTER REMOVED
How we should play or see Friend Scores?!
Somebody Answer!!!!

 

[bigchrisfgb]

Looks like the new keyboard sound is another step away from skeuomorphic design.

Any chance of you or anyone else providing a video/audio?

 

[Carlanga]

Some nice little tweaks there - its the little stuff i'm always more interested in.

Voip API is my favourite new feature - drove me mad having normal calls, Facetime Audio, Skype Audio, WhatsApp and Facebook calls all in different apps.

aren't they all still different apps, you can use siri now though
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Any chance of you or anyone else providing a video/audio?

its on the news post
but here: https://t.co/c4HxZDZfuQ

 

[bigchrisfgb]

aren't they all still different apps, you can use siri now though
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its on the news post
but here: https://t.co/c4HxZDZfuQ

Yeah I see now, thanks.

 

[haydn!]

Not surprised Game Centre has gone, it was irritating as hell.

Tips was equally as pointless - surely some kind of optional initial walkthrough of key features at set-up of a new device would have been more useful - with the option to relaunch it hidden in settings somewhere.

 

[IanRawz]

I wonder where they got the idea for the News-app logo...

 

[Haxley]

Now the flashlight has different intensities

 

[djcerla]

Awesome.

 

[Carlanga]

WTF
GAME CENTER REMOVED
How we should play or see Friend Scores?!
Somebody Answer!!!!

this the time when you stop being a stormboy and become a stormman

 

[dontwalkhand]

Not surprised Game Centre has gone, it was irritating as hell.

Tips was equally as pointless - surely some kind of optional initial walkthrough of key features at set-up of a new device would have been more useful - with the option to relaunch it hidden in settings somewhere.

During setup? For the same reason people still don't know about Apple Pay or even iCloud, the carrier stores skip these screens.

 

[DevNull0]

So instead of realizing that in 2016 flash memory is insanely cheap, Apple adds a "feature" to automatically delete stuff you haven't used in a while.

 

[Scottsoapbox]

Game Center is gone! About time since it's been broken for a while.

 

[thisisnotmyname]

Hurray avoid tolls! (On principle)