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    11 ways iOS11 is better than previous version

    Synopsis

    ET Wealth familiarises you with some interesting new features of the next version of Apple's operating system for the iPhone and iPad, iOS 11.

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    Apple announced the next version of its operating system for the iPhone and iPad, iOS 11, at WWDC 2017. This will be available later in the year for users. ET Wealth familiarises you with some of the most interesting new features.

    Revamped control center
    This is one of the most prominent changes in iOS 11. Apple has completely revamped the control center and made it customisable. You can place icons for all your frequently used controls and use the full screen for icon placement. In addition, you can now swipe down in the control center to view new notifications and double swipe to view all notifications.

    Siri improvements
    Siri gets a new voice that will sound more natural (both male and female versions) thanks to Apple’s push for machine learning and artificial intelligence. This means that you will notice change in tempo, pitch and even know when Siri is emphasising a point. Other big addition to Siri is a new translation feature that lets user translate English words to other languages.

    Camera and photos
    Apple has finally added support for optical image stabilisation along with HDR for portrait mode (on compatible devices only). Live photos now get additional options called Loop and Bounce for creating fun short videos. In addition, iOS 11 will use High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF) that reduces file size for photos as well as videos.

    Driving mode
    iOS 11 adds an automatic driving mode to your iPhone. The phone will detect when you are in a car and enable ‘do not disturb while driving’ mode. All notifications are automatically silenced and even the screen does not come on to show incoming notifications. If you are not driving, then you can disable the mode with one touch.

    Redesigned app store
    The app store has also got a facelift with iOS 11 to make app and game discovery faster. A new Today tab will show featured apps while apps and games are now separated with dedicated sections. Even app detail pages will get a facelift. iMessage app store also gets a new app drawer for swift access to stickers and apps.

    New design elements
    A number of small changes have been done throughout the interface on iOS 11. The network signal dots have been replaced with bars, battery status bar icon is changed, new icons for App store, calculator and iTunes store have been added and fonts are bolder. Moreover, interface for weather app, mail, safari and photos app also get changes and additions.

    Storage management
    iOS 11 comes with multiple options to save storage on your device. The offload unused apps feature removes unused installed apps without removing the app data. You can reinstall the app when you need it later and continue to use it. There is also ‘auto delete old conversations’ for cleaning messages app and OS also shows suggestions to move data to iCloud.

    iPAD EXCLUSIVE FEATURES

    Drag & drop
    iPad’s large screen makes it easy to run two apps simultaneously in split sceen mode. However, now Apple has added drag and drop support in iOS 11 for the iPad. This means you can easily drag images, links etc. between running apps and you can even drag and drop multiple items together.

    Updated dock
    The icon dock on the iPad has got a major revamp and allows users to have up to 15 apps placed on it. Moreover, the dock can now be accessed anywhere (even within apps) by swiping upward to make it easy to launch/switch between apps.

    New app switcher
    App switcher is similar to what we see on Apple’s MacOS. You see a tile view of all open apps along with a preview screenshot of current status of the app. The switcher makes it easy to switch between running apps and integrates the control center on the iPad

    Files
    This new app is a file manager for the iPad. However, it not only shows you files stored on the device but also files on iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive and any other connected cloud storage. Keep in mind that the app will only let you access user stored documents and files.

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