Finally, it has arrived, Apple has presented officially today iOS 12, the new version of the operating system in which they have been working in recent months and which will be installed on millions of devices this year. iOS 12 brings much relevant news for users, polishing the system and with new features. Let's see in detail what has been presented about iOS 12 in this keynote, the availability date and iOS 12 compatible devices.
Craig Federighi has presented us the news of iOS 12, the first of them and more remarkable iOS and is compatible with all devices that work with iOS 11. Apple has focused on this occasion in improving the stability of the system and its performance.
Craig Federighi has presented us the news of iOS 12, the first of them and more remarkable iOS and is compatible with all devices that work with iOS 11. Apple has focused on this occasion in improving the stability of the system and its performance.
Complete iOS 12 Updates
Here, we will discuss everything about the iOS 12 version. So, bookmark this post for the future reference.
Augmented reality everywhere
Augmented reality is gaining relevance in iOS more and more. Apple has started the news with the improvements in 3D graphics and augmented reality of ARKit. For example, iOS 12 introduces a new tool to easily measure the elements of real life.
ARKit 2.0 will be available from iOS 12 and supports face recognition, object recognition in three dimensions and shared experiences. The latter is ideal to allow multiplayer games in augmented reality.
Photos for iOS level up in iOS 12
Photos are one of the most important applications of iOS because we do take dozens of photographs and all of them are stored there. It is the place to find and share memories. In iOS 12 the app improves considerably with an improvement in the search tool, which is now smart and understands what we are looking for depending on the context.
The 'For you' section also comes to Photos, which shows suggestions, compilations of moments and more outstanding and personalized content for us. This is practically the same as Apple Music's 'For You'.
Siri on iOS 12 is smarter and does more actions than before
The virtual assistant of Apple improves considerably in iOS 12, because from now on it opens more to third-party applications so that they can integrate the best assistant in their apps. For example, you can say "Siri, help me relax" and connect with one of your mindfulness apps for it. In the lock screen now intelligent suggestions of Siri will appear depending on the context in which we are.
Siri Shortcuts, automation comes to iOS
Remember when Apple acquired the Workflow app? Now everything makes sense, Apple has incorporated its workflow creation system in its new app called Shortcuts. Thanks to this we can make shortcuts that allow us to automate tasks directly in iOS.
Shortcuts will be incorporated into iOS 12 and developers will be able to use its API to integrate it into their own applications. It is the best possible way for us to use Siri directly with third-party apps and save time and tasks.
News, Stock Exchange, Voice Notes and iBooks are renewed
Although Apple News has not yet reached few countries, Apple has renewed and improved the application to offer more content and greater relevance to users. It is not the only app to do so, which will now show news related to the direct economy in the app. On the other hand, the app finally reaches the iPad as well.
Voice notes have been completely rewritten and redesigned. The app will now also be available on the iPad. On the other hand, Apple Books comes as a novelty in iBooks. The app not only changes its name but also introduces the audiobooks and other improvements that we will discover in the coming weeks.
Digital health in iOS
The time we spend in front of our devices is important. Apple is aware of this and has introduced new tools to better self-manage the time we spend with the iPhone and iPad. The first one is Do not disturb in bed. Now the iPhone to be in bed will show us much less information if we activate it so that we focus on sleep.
Apple finally improves notifications in iOS. Now we can directly manage notifications in the banner that appears in a notification. Even Siri will recommend us which applications should activate notifications and which should not. And yes, finally come the groups of notifications in iOS, grouping the notifications by groups according to their importance and relevance.
Screen Time is a new tool that will show us how much time and how we use our iPhone and iPad. The app will offer us a weekly report on how we use the device, at what times we use it and which apps are the ones that we use the most or those that send us the most notifications.
Devices compatible with iOS 12
Check the list of which iPhone and iPad devices are compatible with iOS 12 here.
Date and availability of iOS 12
As it happens every year, Apple has presented a previous version of iOS 12, it is not the final version but a beta that will be refined in the coming months. The beta 1 of iOS 12 can be downloaded from today for devices registered as developers, within a few weeks the public beta will arrive for all those registered in the public betas program. The final version and supposedly without errors will arrive in September for all users with a compatible iPhone or iPad.
Remember that you can discover the rest of the innovations presented by Apple during the WWDC 2018 in Applesteer. Both what we already know and what is to come and the analysis in detail of all the new features that Apple is making available to users in this conference for developers.
Stay tuned to our website for more updates.
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