iOS 7 Beta 4 Tidbits: Lockscreen Redesign, Notification Center Improvements and New Search Options

[Tankmaze]

The lockscreen line to access the control center is a smart move,
Goes to show that apple really do listen to critique.

 

[FanDude]

Siri Can Change Phone Settings now

Siri can also change your screen brightness...
And turn on and off bluetooth, wifi etc.
Is that new with Beta 4?
If not, it's the First Ive seen it.
Either way... really cool!
Check it out!
By the way did you know she can also read you last email out loud.
Just ask her to read my last email from whomever... it doenst have to be an unread message either.
Thanks!

 

[Will2145]

Siri can also change your screen brightness...
And turn on and off bluetooth, wifi etc.
Is that new with Beta 4?
If not, it's the First Ive seen it.
Either way... really cool!
Check it out!
By the way did you know she can also read you last email out loud.
Just ask her to read my last email from whomever... it doenst have to be an unread message either.
Thanks!

been there since beta 1

 

[jasonefmonk]

This is big! Incoming notifications can be swiped away!!! Yeah!!! Just swipe up when the notification appears!!!! Great news. I wish it was a different gesture, but that will also do!!!

In iOS 6 you can swipe the notification banner right-to-left and it will hide.

 

[d3bruts1d]

been there since beta 1

Yup. However, Siri cannot enable personal hotspot.

 

[koen]

Really wish Skype would update their app already. They are devs for iOS so i assume they have access to these beta's too.

Surely you're joking? Right?

 

[jasonefmonk]

My goodness but that is some seriously ugly screenage.

Very Microsoft-like.

Swiping away notifications is "new" for iOS? Good grief...

You can swipe away notifications in iOS 6 (right-to-left over the banner).

 

[lamina]

They fixed the shuffle button wonkiness in the music app.

 

[aloshka]

Apps that use some sort of reordering functionality is now fixed. In Beta 3 it didn't show the three lines at the end of the item, so you couldn't reorder anything. Now works! So glad!

 

[comics addict]

In Beta 4 iPhone 4s now supported for Camera Filters

Not a big deal but it's nice to know that there is only upcoming feature, "Airdrop", that is not gonna be supported in my 4S and it's due to a hardware issue.

 

[samcraig]

I made the one on the right. I was showing what I hoped for.

My bad. I do like your version better (it's cleaner). That being said - theirs looks like the spinning circle when you open your library on ATV has been included (hidden) in the middle

 

[CausticPuppy]

Parallax is now much smoother on an iPad3. Photos app no longer crashes when viewing photostreams.

Definitely making progress.

 

[donutbagel]

Ew the phone app design is hideous. I don't know what they were thinking when they designed parts of iOS 7.

 

[LastLine]

In Beta 4 iPhone 4s now supported for Camera Filters

Yeah, I noticed that - definitely awesome.

 

[doug in albq]

...reduced the garish gradation behind Safari and Mail (edit: and other app icons)...seems they are listening to all us "arm-chair" designers...

 

[GregoryGearGuy]

There is a setting that determines how names display in messages.

There is a setting that determines how names display in messages. This setting is under the contact settings for short name. If you turn off short names it will display the full name in the messages app. If short names are turned on you have 4 different options.

First Name & Last Initial
First Initial & Last Name
First Name Only
Last Name Only

There is also an option to prefer nicknames.

 

[karlwig]

This is so sexy. Still, I'm not sold on the new app icons.

 

[Cdm94]

This is also new for this beta. After installing while my phone was connected to my work computer it prompted me if I trusted this computer.

 

[Watabou]

Has it always scrolled faster and faster in the app switcher if you keep swiping on the thumbnails?

Yep, been there since beta 1. I think it's a tiny bit faster though.

 

[petvas]

This is also new for this beta. After installing while my phone was connected to my work computer it prompted me if I trusted this computer.

This isn't new. I had it in beta 3

 

[koen]

No.

Developers cannot release apps optimized for iOS7 until iOS7 has been officially released.

 

[l0renz]

HDR option changed

 

[HenryDJP]

by the time it will be released to the general public, everyone will already be proficient in ios7

Yep, most of all people the non-developers.

 

[0ptix]

The Dictionary doesn't seem to be working for me.

 

[moxin]

i am liking what i am seeing