Apple iOS 10: Awesome features you should know about

Featuring ourselves in today’s era for status-conscious people is considered to be incomplete if they are not using the Apple product. Apple is consistently upgrading its good-will by discovering new and very astounding features in the Apple product. Moreover, the expectation and the curiosity of the users increase to access the cool features of Apple. Speaking about specifically of iPhone’s, the upcoming features of the same is creating a sensation in the market. Here are top 10 new features of iOS 10:

“Update: ZeroWaste is now InstaCash”

1) SIRI:

According to recent statistics Siri services over 2 billion requests per week from iOS users. iOS 10 will enable the digital assistance in order to perform many more tasks since it is been opened up to developers which will lead to the ability to interact with the third-party applications involving audio-video calls, searching images, booking a ride. Siri in iOS 10 can do photo search feature on third-party apps like Pinterest. It can also handle payments with the apps, for instance, square cash.

2) 3D TOUCH:

Adding one more exciting feature to the jar of innovations, iPhone 6s 3D touch makes itself stand apart from the crowd. But checking their potential in this feature has not yet stopped. The iPhone’s force-sensing screen suddenly feels a lot more useful. A widget will also be available in iOS 10 for 3D touching, which relaxes many complexities. For instance, weather forecasting, activity details, calendar, favorite contacts.

3) Tidying Up The Control Center:

The iOS control center adds a dedicated panel for music. Starting from the 3D touch, the feature is now baked into parts of the control center. Music control has been allotted a specific tab with enough tool button, album art, and progressive tool. Also, the panel is recognized and feels a bit less crowded as a result.

4) Changes In Quick Type:

iOS 10 has brought Siri intelligence to the keyboard! Quick type helps to make intelligent decisions and suggestions and it will predict the user’s choice. The deep learning process, relative study basically called as Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), to predict the longer content. For example, Siri can make relative responses to the incoming message. You can directly send your current location to someone, who wants to see your exact location. Quick type can frequently access the details from your contacts if you are asked for someone’s contact.

5) Images Turning To Memories:

Photos in iOS 10 are smart enough to dig out your images to your library. The application can recognize scenes and common objects. All computations are done systematically which results to put the unwanted data access to the minimum. The facial recognition extends its ability to the next level. Every image that you take, of a person, gets its own album named by him/her. This helps to access the images which you want to see at the best priority. After all, this it is not surprising that it has its own tab. Auto-generation of the albums of the events occurred, filter the respective photographs. It’s an absolutely remarkable performance in terms of images that is what conversion of images into memories is all about.

6) Changes In Maps:

Formerly Apple introduced the nearby and the Transit features to maps. In iOS 10 maps has been redesigned. Unlike casual features, it is going to be more active by predicting your daily activities that are performed usually. As you have the daily routine which hardly gets changed, the maps will check all the traffic scenario at that point in time and will give you the update respectively. The contextual menu in the maps will let you know the calendar events of the day and the locations of your meetings or any other occasion. The addition of the dynamic view to the apps will facilitate you more so the navigation information can be more precise. Also zooms in as you take a turn and zooms out as you take a straight road.

The QUICK CONTROL option is to search along the route food and the gas station and will let you know the each update regarding the distance and time. The developers will be able to use maps extensions. Also, Apple is adding a feature in iOS 10 that allows you to book a ride and pay with the Apple Pay and monitor the status of the driver without leaving the maps app.

7) The Lock Screen:

iOS 10 has flooded with many expectations with respect to the redesign of the user interface. For giving a teaser of the complete redesign the lock screen has been introduced. The swipe to unlock has vanished, instead of that now you have to press the home button once to wake up your device and again to get your home screen. The overall fast response of the fingerprint lock is well known by the iPhone users. Specifying in detail, iOS 10 will wake up the screen as soon as we lift up the phone. Without single button press will take you to the notification area. If lift the phone vertically, then only the phone will light up.

8) Change In Apple Music:

Apple is the fastest growing music service in its starting year. They crossed 15 paid million subscribers milestone. In iOS 10, the music app has redesigned from the base level. When you will access the Apple music in iOS 10, the first tab will be the library; from there you can access the playlist, artist, albums, and songs etc which are recently added. Lyrics will appear in the bottom of the screen. At the top of it FOR YOU section is a DISCOVERY MIX which is a personalized section for users based on their favorites.

9) Home App:

Controlling the home appliances through the device, Apple released the home kit, years ago to control the appliances in our home. The INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) problem was also solved, as users download some inappropriate and incompatible apps. Home Kit includes approximately all types of categories including garage doors, fans and so on. In iOS 10 the user will be able to handle the camera and door locks also. When you will open the HOME app, you will see all your house appliances and your personalized wallpaper and the control of the same. You can say the device is just one touch away from you. In iOS 10 you will come across the Interactive notification built-in iOS 10.

10) Messages:

The messages section is the all-time favorite of the iPhone users. iOS 10 has received tons of new features. One of the best changes is rich links. Now if you share a website in the message, it will show the image also. Videos can be played within the transcript, whenever you want to send video or audio in iMessage, you will be able to see the contacts of your camera without leaving the transcript. Emoji in the iOS 10 are made three times bigger in the transcript. The prediction will occur as you type. This feature is activated by tapping the emoji after writing the emoji.

The invisible ink feature will help you to share your personal text or the confidential one. The recipients will not able see the message until they slide finger on the particles covering the chat bubble.

The handwritten message will give a personal touch in your iMessage. Also, the digital touch helps you to send the sketches, videos, photos etc.

The JibJab app for iMessage is interactive in a way that lets you add the faces of your friends.

The developer broadcast of iOS 10 is available now and the public beta version will be available in July. The iOS 10 will support almost all the devices of apple starting from iPad (4th generation) to iPhone 6s plus. There is no doubt in saying that Apple is given a remarkable performance in the technology, always coming up with the cool features that give a huge impact across the globe.

Note: This post was originally published in June 2016 and has been completely revamped and updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness.