As expected, the Cupertino giant has announced iOS 14 for iPhone and iPad at the WWDC 2020 virtual developer conference.
The latest operating system comes with new features like a new home screen, interface, library, widgets, and improvements. Apple has also released beta version of iOS 14 for developers. If you are registered with Apple’s Developer’s Program you can go ahead and install beta version of iOS 14 on your compatble iPhone, iPad devices.
The article hereby discusses the major features of the operating system in detail.
iOS 14 Features
1. Newly designed App library and Home screen
This update will let you remove the entire apps from the home screen and reconfigure the entire screen once again by choice. There will be a provision of the dedicated app library to make the entire apps reside therein. The app library will create big folders to keep your recently used apps along with the other categories. Furthermore, there will a provision to search the installed applications via the search box. The auto-categorization of the apps will be available in terms of technology, health, social, and several others.
2. New Widgets
Widgets have been redesigned in iOS 14 for iPhone, iPad.The update will let you access the completely new experience with several flexibilities. For example, you will be able to drag the widgets and make them fitted inside your phone’s home screen. There will be an availability of the ‘Smart Stack’ widget letting you move through the frequently used widgets. The system will even get automated in case you make use of a similar widget several times during the day.
3. A New Siri Interface
Siri comes with a new interface in iOS 14, it will not take full-screen anymore. Siri, when launched, will be shown just as an icon at the bottom of the screen, and it will show results at the top of your screen. You will be able to use Siri while performing other tasks.
4. iPhones with Picture-in-Picture update
Picture-in-Picture was once available only with the iPads. However, the latest technological updates with iOS 14 will let you access a similar picture-in-picture update for iPhone. Now, the users can swipe back to the home screen, or perform multitasking with the other available apps using their iPhone while remaining in conversation via video calls. You can keep on performing your activity, and let the latest iOS update play your video on the small screen.
5. Update on Messages
iOS 14 update will let the users pin nine different preferred communications at the top of the message stacks. You can reply to a particular message, get notified when someone mentions you, set up a photo for your group chats or emojis.
6. Updates on Memoji
Apple will be Memojis more expressive, there will be seven numbers of Memoji under hairstyle, sixteen in the category of headwear, along with the additions in the head covering. The users can even notice much enhanced facial structure to better express ourselves using Memoji and Memoji stickers.
7. Photos
The iOS 14 update will let you caption the photographs and even search via the provided captions in the huge library of images. It will make the image identification experience better in all regards. Moreover, you can apply filters via the labels including favorites, edited, videos, and others.
8. Voice memo apps update
The update will even let you edit the audio quality while editing any particular voice note. You need to click on the music wand and the feature will let you reduce the background noise for a crystal clear recording process. There will not be a requirement of any more third-party apps installation for the purpose. The meeting recording, YouTube audio, and video recording, as well as interview recording processes, will get easier.
9. New App: Translate
iOS 14 update will introduce you with the brand new app with the title ‘Translate’. As already clear with the name, it will be performing similar functionality like Google Translate. To expand the global reach all across the countries, and help make the users feel convenient in using the devices, this latest update has been introduced. The users can now be able to successfully translate the voice, or texts in eleven different languages. Most importantly, this feature will execute offline also, without any worries of getting online.
Other features include an update on maps, privacy, UI tweaks, and several others
iOS 14 compatible devices
iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR, iPhone X, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE (1st generation), iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPod touch (7th generation).
iOS 14 Release Date
iOS 14 was announced by Apple at WWDC 2020, however, no official launch date is confirmed by the company. Apple has released developer beta, it is expected that the public release of iOS 14 will come with the launch of iPhone 12 in fall.
iOS 14 Jailbreak
Apple released its first beta of iOS 14 to its developers a few days back, and Checkra1n has released a video showing iPhone X jailbroken running on iOS 14 beta.