Apple, here is iOS 14: news, compatible iPhones and release date
The new widgets
The concept of widgets approaches the Android one. First of all, in the usual dedicated screen reachable with a swipe from left to right, iOS 14 will allow you to insert - for all compatible apps - widgets of different sizes according to your needs and tastes. So, goodbye to the predefined formats.Secondly, the widgets can finally be moved to the homescreen, outside the dedicated screen. The logic therefore is to make them become contextual to the use of the devices, perhaps always keeping an eye on the weather or the calendar. A novelty that has been expected for some time and that Apple has finally decided to implement.
Picture-in-Picture
Even on iPhones it will be possible to view the films superimposed on the user interface , therefore using other applications simultaneously. It is the picture-in-picture functionality already seen on iPadOS, which therefore also arrives on the smartphones of the Cupertino company.In concrete terms, YouTube videos or maybe Netflix videos can be reduced to a sort of floating window, with the possibility of deciding its size and positioning on the interface. In short, yet another step towards a more driven concept of "multitasking".
Siri
Apple's back to take care of its own voice assistant, almost absent in the last events of the company. Change the user interface , with a colored sphere that appears in the lower part in the time in which it is pronounced, “Hey, Siri”. But that's not all.The team set up by the giant californian, in fact, has worked to further enhance the understanding of the language of the Syrians, and the general functionality. From this point of view, we are very curious to test these new products, considering the gap accumulated in these years compared to Google Assistant and Amazon to Alexa.
A demonstration of the power of processing is reached, Apple has shown in action the new app Challenge , designed to translate text and words in different languages almost instantly: simply hold your iPhone in landscape mode to access to the simultaneous translation.
Messages
what's New for iMessage. With iOS 14 will, in fact, possible to mention a contact in the messages (like on WhatsApp, when we use the command “@”). In this way, the user can mute the group chat but to receive the notification if it is directly mentioned. Just as on the platform of Mark Zuckerberg, you will be able to eliminate a message already posted in a way that can no longer be read even by the recipient.Also in this context, it was made a rationalization graphics, designed especially to improve the user interface in relation to the Face ID (with notch to match) that now characterizes all the latest smartphone rivals Apple, with the exception of the new iPhone IF 2020.
Maps
In the proprietary application of satellite navigation by Apple, becomes central to the concept of sharing. In fact, through the “Guides” , it will be possible to find friends and places around the world. In addition, inside the special section, it will be possible to receive recommendations and directions to reach them. Also interesting are the paths designed specifically for bicycles, which will also contain the measurements of the easiest roads to take (with altitude).the Maps will also be able to report (with constant updating) charging stations for electric cars , with the ability to identify the columns that are compatible with the type of the car.
