Apple has announced the newest update coming to their products during the WWDC 2018. The iPhone company discussed the new features and it seems that the company focused on its performance and eliminating some bugs.
According to the software VP Craig Federigh, they focused more on its performance and added some features, changes, and improvements to iPhones and iPads. Now, we have summarized everything that Apple users need to know about the latest update.
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Performance
As mentioned, Apple focused on the performance of their devices – especially on older iPhones and iPads. According to Federigh, the iPhone 6 Plus loads 40% faster, the camera opens 70% faster, even the keyboard comes up 50 percent faster. Older iPhones and iPads will have more enhanced performance and longer battery life.
Screen Time
Apple is going to help its users determine how much time they spend on specific apps In addition, it will track which apps are sending you the most notifications. This new Screen Time feature will provide a weekly summary of the user’s usage of each app.
Group Notifications
Notifications can be really irritating and annoying on iPhones and iPads – since the notifications pop-out individually even if most of them were from a single app. Finally, Apple adds a new feature to support group notification which will stack all related notifications into one bar.
Animoji with Tongue detection
Apple has added new characters to its Animoji feature – the koala, tiger, and tyrannosaurus rex character animations. Moreover, it will be able to detect the tongue when the user is sticking it out, which is similar to Snapchat, IG stories, Facebook’s My Day animal stickers.
Measure App
The company has added a new app to try out iOS 12’s powerful AR. Measure allows users to measure everything around them – from objects to walls to any thing.
Group FaceTime
The iOS 12 introduces Group FaceTime wherein up to 35 people can join the FaceTime sessions and it will also be supported by macOS. The windows will shrink when multiple users join the conversation. Furthermore, users can use Animoji and Memoji to spice things up.
Improved AR Experiences
Apple announced USDZ which is a new file format designed for augmented reality. Some companies including Adobe, Autodesk, and Sketchfab have already announced that they’ll be using the new USDZ file.
Memoji
Another avatar feature has been added to Apple devices. The update will let users create personalized avatars of themselves – which is a bit similar but a more advanced characterization compared to Samsung’s AR Emoji. Users can choose their own appearance, skin color, hairstyle, and even outfit and accessories for their avatar.
