The next major iOS release for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch was unveiled by Apple at WWDC 2018 and dropped out for everyone on September 17, 2018, less than a week after Apple unveiled the new iPhone lineup. We've summarized all the great visuals and secret features and changes we could find so you know exactly what to expect when you upgrade to iOS 12 on your iPhone.
Instead of introducing many new features, Apple has spent a lot of time on stability improvements for iOS 12 since iOS 11 was such a mess, with numerous bugs, sloppy updates, and promised features that were at least eight months late. This means Apple has postponed some of its biggest updates to the iOS 1
3 release in 2019, such as a redesigned home screen, side-by-side apps, new Apple Pencil features, an email thread mute, one better CarPlay app, and redesigned photos.
For now, here's everything Apple includes in iOS 12 for iPhone. Some have been highlighted by Apple in recent months while others are hidden below the surface, hidden in the view – some features actually came from our wish list. Note, however, that all of the iOS 12 features listed below may be pushed back to iOS 13 or a later 12.x update if they were not ready for prime time on September 17, even though we have not seen any except FaceTime
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Augmented Reality in iOS 12
1. You can measure real objects
With Apple's new ARKit 2.0, you can measure real objects like desks and tables with the camera on your iPhone. With the new built-in Measure app, you can retrieve the dimensions of a 3D object before Augmented Reality. It's not 100% accurate right now (the keyboard below is actually about 17 inches), but hopefully things will get better when it's ready for prime time.
PS: The "level" previously in the Compass app has been moved to fairs
2. ARKit 2.0 brings support for multiplayer AR games
This makes perfect sense because games dominate the iOS App Store, and multiplayer gameplay is usually a must to follow. There are currently no large numbers of AR games in the iOS App Store, but this feature will likely be released soon. And this could cause augmented reality games to finally reach mainstream status among their non-AR peers.
. 3 ARKit 2.0 Has 3D Object Recognition
Another enhancement offered by ARKit 2.0 over its predecessor is the ability to detect 3D objects through the camera lens. The AR app you use can specify exactly which object is in the view, such as A couch, and how it is aligned based on your device model. 3D objects can also be used to trigger certain experiences. For example, an AR app may look for DVD or Blu-ray and then show you a trailer for the movie as soon as it discovers it or refers you to the book on which it is based.
4. ARKit 2.0 has improved face recognition
What does that mean for you? Well, if you use AR apps like Snapchat, Messages, and FaceTime, filters can work better with your face for a more seamless look. It supports eye tracking in iOS 12, so it knows exactly where to look, as well as tongue and wink detection (see "Detecting Tongue and Angle" in the iPhone X section).
5. ARKit 2.0 Has Persistent Experience
This is almost exciting as a multiplayer support. With this feature in ARKit 2.0, developers can use other experiences than just multiplayer features in other ways. For example, if you leave a note at a specific location in an AR app, it may later be displayed by another user at the same location. Apple also notes that it could be used as "more examples" to "create an Easter egg virtual search or a persistent AR art exhibit".
6. ARKit 2.0 makes virtual objects even more realistic
Previously, virtual objects displayed on the screen of your favorite AR app would look the same no matter where your camera was pointing. Now, in iOS 12, ARKit 2.0 adds scene reflection, meaning that virtual objects show reflections over them, if necessary, based on your current environment, just like a real object.
7. You can view AR content with "Quick Look"
ARKit 2.0 adds a new file format to the mix that allows developers to create virtual content for mobile devices. However, this format is also supported in the Apple ecosystem. This means you can "quickly search" apps like Mail, News, and Safari to quickly see AR content and animations.
Music in iOS 12
8. Search songs for lyrics in music
The music app has a new reverse lyrics search option. It's basically like Shazam, but instead of figuring it out, actually playing it, it finds it through the words that are in your head. Best of all, you do not need an Apple Music subscription to benefit from it. However, you will need one to see a preview of the results to see if they are the ones you are looking for.
Notifications in iOS 12
9. You can copy messages back from notifications
Interactive notifications in iOS let you quickly respond to a text or iMessage, but you really could not do more without having to jump to the News app itself. Now Apple gives us a new feature for these quick response notifications: tapback capabilities. You can only double-tap on a message in a thread within messages to add a reaction emoji, but now you can double tap on an advanced notification.
10. Notifications Are Automatically Grouped
While Apple has found a way to group apps into iOS 9, they have been removed in subsequent updates. Well, now it's back and better than before. Now notifications are grouped with the setting "Automatic". However, you can change these for individual apps so that they are "By App" or "Off." You can interact with them individually within the group or select the entire group at once.
. 11 You can fine-tune notifications without going to settings
If you are on the lock screen or in the pull-down notifications, and you tap a notification or notification group, tap the omission symbol (•••) in the upper-right corner of the screen Notification to manage notifications for this app. You can also just swipe left and choose "Manage" instead. This new feature is called " Instant Tuning".
You can choose Silent Delivery. This means that future notifications will not be displayed on the lock screen, the existing banners, or any sound, but they will still be displayed in your Notification Center and as a badge app icon. If you have set to "quiet," you can also go back and select "Prominently deliver" to restore it to normal. If you choose Shut Down, notifications will be completely disabled. "Settings" shows you the notification settings of the app, in which you can customize further elements.
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While this has not yet been implemented, Apple allows selected developers to break the "do not disturb" mode when activated by the user-not all apps can choose, only apps. Focusing on specific needs such as medical apps for physicians, in apps like these you can choose to ignore Do Not Disturb and Silent Mode, or behave like any other app.
13 You will receive TV notifications for & # 39; Up Next & # 39;
if you use the TV app on your iPhone to episode Watching your favorite TV show or making a list of things you want to watch, you can take advantage of the "up" feature. However, you will not be notified in advance if a new episode is available, but in iOS 12 you will receive these notifications.
Siri in iOS 12
14. Siri will suggest shortcuts for you
Siri suggests shortcuts for apps on the lock screen and in the search area. For example, if you are late for a scheduled meeting, Siri may suggest that you write a text to the other participants to let them know that you are running late. If you've missed an important call, Siri may suggest that you call her back. When you type "photos" in the search window, you'll see suggestions like "See the latest photos" and "View photos."
This feature will not appear on the iPhone 5 S [19659050] 6 or 6 Plus.
15. You can also choose preset Siri keyboard shortcuts
You can also go into the "Siri & Search" settings and choose from some recommended keyboard shortcuts based on your current usage. These are not the same as the Siri suggestions above, but they are just as useful if you see one you would use in the end. If you add one, you can enter a new phrase for Siri.
sixteenth And You Can Create Your Own Siri Shortcuts
For those who have never worked with workflow, I still get shortcuts. It lets you create powerful workflows to automate many tasks on your device. Yes, it was mentioned above for the option to add Siri commands to initiate the workflow, but you can also use it without Siri, as you would in the workflow before that.
18th You Can Create Siri Shortcuts from Third-Party Applications
Another small but exciting change, Siri can be put on an Irish or South African accent, not just American, Australian and British. This applies to both male and female sexes using an American language.
20. Siri can translate more than 40 language pairs
According to Apple, Siri can now translate more languages with more than 40 language pairs. We're not sure yet what all the new language pairs are, but we'll keep you up to date.
21. Siri Can Show You Your iCloud Keychain Passwords
If you need to see a password and do not use AutoFill to automatically fill it out, you'll need to search for your iCloud Keychain in the Settings app. In iOS 12, however, Apple makes it easier by using "Hey Siri" to get directly to the credentials you need. Just tell Siri "Show me my passwords" or "Show me my password for the account name" to get to the corresponding page.
While Siri has been able to answer some questions about sports, celebrity, food, and nutrition, Apple has greatly expanded Siri's knowledge in these areas. For example, Siri can access information from the USDA database so you can ask things like "how much caffeine is in [whatever]" and "how many calories are in [whatever]". You can even ask how healthy something is and Siri will do his best to give you an accurate answer.
24. Siri Can Help You Find More Specific Photos
Earlier you could ask Siri to find a picture of something specific, and it would do his best to show you the results, but now it is better than ever. You can ask Siri to find a photo of a specific person, location, event, time, or topic. Siri opens the Photos app with the filter applied. In the results you can see all available media in photos Moments and categories .
25. You can & # 39; Hey Siri & # 39; in sleep mode
In iOS 11 and older, you can not say "Hey Siri" in sleep mode. Well, you can, what a nice change since turning low power mode is not yelling that the convenience of handsfree Siri would be effected. If you've only turned on Energy Saver all day to keep the battery longer, you still want to use "Hey Siri," right? Correct.
Photos in iOS 12
26. There's a new "For You" tab in photos
Instead of the "Reminders" tab, there's now a "For You" tab where your reminders are stored. It also includes feature photos, effects suggestions, shared album activity, and sharing suggestions.
27. Sharing with friends and family is easier
If you did not understand that, the new For You tab has suggestions for sharing photos and videos. These are smart suggestions that recognize who is in the photos and videos and suggest that you share the album with them. They can also "return" photos and videos they took with them.
28. Photos will suggest effects that look good
If you want to use bounce, loop, and long exposure effects on photos, iOS 12 makes it easier to do so by suggesting in the "For You" tab which photos deserve a special effect. [19659004] 29th There are suggestions on the Search tab
When you search for a photo in the Photos app, Siri suggests something based on previous searches or the current time on the Search tab. According to Apple: "Even before you start typing, you'll see suggestions for current events, people, and places."
30. You can apply multiple keywords
If you search for a specific item on the Search tab in Photos and get too many results, you can add another keyword to refine the results. Apple also claims that "the results are smarter and more powerful," so expect these keyword filters to do their job well. You can also use Siri to do the work for you, as mentioned in Siri section.
31st You Can Search Photos by Places and Events
While you've previously been able to search for photos from a specific location, you can now search by company name or event for even more specific results.
For example, if you were In a particular museum, you can search all the photos and videos taken there for the name of the museum, rather than the city or neighborhood. You can even simply search for "museum" and get results from all museums too. As for events, there are sports games, concerts, festivals, exhibitions and much more, for which you can search by name. Apple claims photos understand "more than 4 million unique events"
If you've previously used "markup" for a photo, a screenshot, a PDF, or other image file in photos to draw or input the image, you can only choose between six different colors. Now you have the same six colors as the default selection, but there's one more than you can choose any color from the palette, so you went from six loose options to 120 different colors. Not too shabby. Markup is also available in Mail and other apps, not just photos, so love is spread across supported apps.
iPhone X in iOS 12
34. Closing apps is only a finger tip (iPhone X only)
Now, just like other iPhone models, you can easily access the App Switcher and swipe up the map … stop pushing and hold first! You can even wipe several cards at the same time.
35. You Can Have a Second Facial ID Scan (iPhone X Only)
If you wear sunglasses a lot, have a favorite hat that is always on your head, or have a nice collection of wigs, those are the things that face You can stumble upon ID and, instead, enter your password. Now, iOS 12, it makes Apple easier to work in these cases by adding an "alternative look". Best of all, this new look does not even have to be you – it could be someone else's face.
36. You can swipe up to the face ID again to try (iPhone X only)
Before you end face detection after a few failed attempts to scan your face, you will need to enter your passcode. Now, in iOS 12, this is still the case, only you can still try to re-try Face ID until it works. Just swipe up from the bottom of the screen when you see the passcode buttons and try again.
If new Animojis are not enough for you, thanks to Apple's new "tongue detection" feature, you can now rock with your very best Gene Simmons imitator, which finally supports Animojis' tongue. There is also a "Winkerkennung" for all your flashing needs.
39. There's an improved Animoji interface (only iPhone X)
With new Animojis comes a new interface, if you have not already noticed some of the screenshots above. Instead of having the vertical selector on the page to select your animoji, you can now simply swipe left or right. You can also swipe up to expand the menu and see all at the same time.
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It was far too easy to accidentally make a screenshot on the iPhone X. Every time you grab the iPhone, the M exists possibility that you press the "Side" and "Volume Up" buttons accidentally together and initiate a screenshot. In iOS 12, Apple has made it difficult to accidentally trigger by allowing only screenshots when the screen is on. However, I have to admit that I still do a lot of random screenshots because of "Raise to Wake"
News in iOS 12
42. Everyone gets stickers in the news camera
Even if you do not have the iPhone X, you can still use Apple's new sticker support that can be added with iMessage sticker packs.
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44. And there's text support for that News Camera
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45. As well as forms in the news camera [19659005] If stickers, filters, and text are not enough, you can also add shapes to messages in the built-in camera. When you paste them into videos, they get animated. If they are on a still picture, they will not be animated.
46. You can start making calls easier in messages
In previous versions of iOS, if you want to call someone from a conversation thread in messages, tap the person's balloon icon or tap the i (info) button. Both methods display a separate page where you can make a FaceTime video call or audio call (which allows you to choose between Phone or FaceTime). Now, when you tap the person's speech bubble icon in iOS 12, it will expand to show audio and video call options – without taking you to another page.
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If you're in a group conversation thread in messages, top it up tapping the names will expand other options to include an "Audio" call or a "FaceTime" call, but this is not live yet as it will come in a future iOS 12.x update (see the "FaceTime in iOS 12 "for more information).
48. Apple Watch users receive activity stickers
If you're an Apple Watch user, you probably already know you'll receive an activity sticker that you can use with the iMessage While this is still true in iOS 12, there are 11 non-services available gs Activity Stickers anyone can use immediately with an Apple Watch.
50. Inviting users to group calls is easy (comes later)
As Group FaceTime becomes available, adding new contacts to a group call that is already in progress becomes seamless. Die Einladung wird den Empfänger erreichen und sie können sich sofort oder jederzeit anschließen, solange der Gruppenanruf noch andauert.
51. FaceTime erkennt, wer spricht (kommt später)
Wie jede gute Gruppenrufplattform kann Group FaceTime automatisch erkennen, wer gerade anruft, und ihr Bild im Vordergrund des Bildschirms hervorheben. Es wird auch die Bilder jeder Person anpassen, je nachdem, wie aktiv sie in der Konversation sind, wie lange es her ist, seit sie geredet haben, wie lange sie geredet haben, wie laut sie sprechen und wie viel Bewegung involviert ist (wenn ein Videoanruf). Wenn Sie nicht sagen oder sich bewegen, werden Sie ein kleines Quadrat am unteren Rand des Bildschirms im "Roster" sein.
52. Sie können Video oder Audio wählen (kommt später)
Wenn Sie zu einer Group FaceTime eingeladen werden, können Sie zwischen Video und Audio wählen, ganz gleich, was die anderen Leute benutzen. Dies sollte auch bei Einzelgesprächen der Fall sein.
53. FaceTime Calls haben Animojis, Memojis, Stickers & More
Genau wie wir es erwartet haben, hat FaceTime Unterstützung hinzugefügt, um Animojis zu verwenden, während Sie in einem FaceTime-Anruf Video-Chats durchführen. Zusätzlich gibt es Aufkleber und Memojis sowie Filter und Textbeschriftungen.
Safari in iOS 12
54. Favicons werden schließlich in Safari-Tabs unterstützt
Wenn Sie nicht wissen, was ein Favicon ist, ist es das kleine Bildsymbol, das jeder Site zugeordnet ist. Sie haben diese Symbole wahrscheinlich schon in Safari gesehen, wenn Sie einen neuen Tab öffnen, auf dem Ihre "Favoriten" -Bookmarks gespeichert sind.
Vorher und nachher. Ohne (links) und mit (rechts) Favicons
55. Safari verhindert die Datenerfassung über Tracking-Schaltflächen
Obwohl es bereits einige Tools zum Schutz Ihrer Daten vor Drittanbieter-Werbetreibenden gibt, geht Safari in iOS 12 einen Schritt weiter und verhindert, dass Share / Like-Schaltflächen und Kommentar-Widgets auf Websites Sie ohne Tracking erkennen Ihre Genehmigung. Zuvor konnten Websites diese Funktionen verwenden, um Sie über das Internet zu verfolgen – auch wenn Sie nicht mit ihnen interagieren. Jetzt werden Sie gefragt, ob Sie zulassen möchten, dass eine Website "Cookies und Websitedaten während des Surfens" auf der Website "verwendet", was Sie ablehnen können.
Bild über Apple
56. And Thwarts Device Fingerprinting
Außerdem können Werbetreibende Ihr Gerät nicht abtasten, d. H. Sie können die einzigartigen Merkmale Ihres Geräts wie Systemkonfigurationen und installierte Schriftarten nicht erfassen. Websites verwenden diese Daten, um Ihnen ihre Website richtig zu präsentieren, aber Werbetreibende und Verfolgungsunternehmen locken diese Daten an. Ohne Zugriff auf diese Informationen können Anzeigen nicht auf Ihr Gerätemodell ausgerichtet werden. Außerdem können Anzeigen nicht im Web neu ausgerichtet werden. Apple führt dies durch, indem Sie Safari haben:
Zeigen Sie eine vereinfachte Version Ihrer Systemkonfiguration, sodass mehr Geräte mit Tracker identisch aussehen.
Nur die Liste der integrierten Schriftarten anzeigen, sodass benutzerdefinierte Schriftarten nicht verwendet werden können als eindeutiger Bezeichner
Legacy-Plug-Ins werden nicht mehr unterstützt, sodass sie nicht zur Identifizierung von Ihnen verwendet werden können.
Sicherheit in iOS 12
57. Sichere Passwörter kommen zu Safari & Apps
Dies ist ein weiterer Grund, warum Sie LastPass oder einen anderen Passwort-Manager eines Drittanbieters ablehnen möchten. Wenn Sie in iOS 12 versuchen, ein Konto in Safari oder in einer unterstützten App zu erstellen, stellt Ihnen iOS ein eindeutiges, komplexes Kennwort zur Verfügung, das automatisch erstellt wird. Auf diese Weise haben Sie immer sichere Passwörter, ohne sie selbst erstellen zu müssen. Wenn Sie es verwenden, wird das Passwort in Ihrem iCloud Keychain gespeichert. Natürlich können Sie dieses Passwort verweigern und trotzdem Ihr eigenes erstellen, wenn Sie wollen, aber warum sollten Sie das tun?
58. Sie können Kennwörter für wiederverwendete Dokumente prüfen
Wenn Sie mit iCloud Keychain alle Passwörter für Ihre Website und App anstelle eines Passwort-Managers eines Drittanbieters speichern, können Sie jetzt alle Ihre Konten sehen, die ihre Passwörter teilen mindestens ein anderes Konto in der Liste. They are marked with a triangle warning sign, and when you tap on it, you're presented with an option to "Change Password on Website" to get a stronger password right away.
59. You Can AutoFill Security Codes Texted to You
Instead of having to remember or copy/paste security codes from the Messages app that you receive for other apps and services, SMS one-time passcodes will now appear automatically as AutoFill suggestions. No more memorizing or typing them out anymore!
60. Third-Party Password Managers Can Use AutoFill
While iOS 11.4 added an under-the-hood feature that locked up the Lightning port, preventing any data transfer and only allowing charging, after seven days without having been unlocked, iOS 12 ups the ante to one hour instead of seven days and seems to disable charging in some instances too. This will most definitely keep law enforcement officials out of your personal life.
Image by Justin Meyers/Gadget Hacks
Well-Being in iOS 12
62. There's a New 'Digital Health' Initiative
Apple introduced a new suite of tools in iOS 12 that will improve your digital wellbeing. As a whole, it's called "Digital Health," and it will let you curb app usage, block notifications, gently ease into notifications in the morning, and more. Each of these will be listed in more detail below.
63. Do Not Disturb Blocks Nightly Notifications
If you wake up with a ton of notifications, that will no longer be an issue in iOS 12. With the new "Bedtime Mode" enabled, calls and notifications will be silenced, and all notifications will be sent to the notification history so you can view them if necessary. This mode also gently eases you into notifications for the day when morning comes.
64. Do Not Disturb Can Be Turned On for an Hour
If you don't want to manually set a Do Not Disturb time in Settings, or if you manually turned it on via the Control Center and don't want to remember to turn it off after a certain task is done, iOS 12 has just the feature for you. In the Control Center, instead of just turning it on and off, you can choose to turn it on for only one hour. While it may not be good enough when in a movie theater, it's definitely enough time to keep the calls silent during your daily meditation.
65. Or Until the Next Morning or Evening
If one hour is not enough time for Do Not Disturb, you can also use the Control Center to enable the feature until the morning or evening, depending on when you turn it on.
66. Or Until You Leave Your Current Location
If you're not worried about time, but simply want Do Not Disturb to automatically disengage when you leave a certain location, you can also set this very quickly from the Control Center.
67. Control Center Gives You Access to Do Not Disturb's Settings
One more thing about the new Do Not Disturb control in the Control Center — you can tap the new "Schedule" button to jump right into Do Not Disturb's preferences in your Settings app. Now, if only they would do the same thing for Wi-Fi and some of the other controls.
68. You Can View 'Screen Time' Data
As part of the Digital Health initiative, "Screen Time" shows a daily and weekly summary of your app usage, how often you pick up your device, which apps are giving you the most notifications, and more.
As part of Digital Health, you can use the "App Limits" menu to set time limits for individual apps that you frequently use. Reminders will tell you that you're almost out of time for using the app, though you can ignore it if necessary. This syncs across all your iOS devices, so you can't cheat by using a timed-out app on another device.
71. Parents Have More Control
Thanks to the App Limits feature, parents can now set a variety of app restrictions for their children's iOS devices. Parents can schedule downtime, which prevents kids from using the iOS device completely during set times, such as bedtime. They can also see app limits per app or by app categories. There's also the ability to set some apps to always work. And, like you already could before, you can restrict websites, apps, etc. based on age.
72. Your Location Will Be Sent Faster to 911 Centers
If you know that you've used an app recently but it's not in the Battery Usage by App list, or it is but has a dash next to it, it might not be clear that no battery was actually used. Previously, when charging while using apps, no usage would show, but in iOS 12, if you used the app without wasting any battery, "Connected to Charger" will be displayed instead. As you can see, I used "Music" for about three hours, but it's indicating that I used no battery even though I did use the app.
76. Battery Stats Also Shows Cell Coverage Now
Apple has added "No Cell Coverage" to the Battery Usage by App list. Not everyone will see this, but if you're in a dead zone for a while, your iPhone will constantly look for a signal to latch onto and will eat up a lot of battery in the process. If you see a percentage next to "No Cell Coverage," you'll know it's probably a good idea to turn off cellular data until you're back in a coverage zone.
It both serves as a reminder that the Camera app can indeed scan QR codes and makes sure you always land on the "Photos" mode instead of your most recently used "Video," "Pano," or whatever else mode.
78. Apps Are Sorted by Usage in Cellular Data Section
If you like seeing what apps are using up most of your cellular data, you just go into the "Cellular" settings and look in the Cellular Data section. Previously, iOS would list all of the apps in alphabetical order, but in iOS 12, it's now sorted by how much data the apps use, from most to least.
79. There's Finally a Thesaurus
Before, when you chose to "Look Up" a word, you would only see the dictionaries that you had set. Now, you can add the "Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus" from the "Dictionary" settings. You can access the preferences by searching for "Dictionary" in Settings or going right there from the "General" settings menu.
80. There Are Three New Language Dictionaries
These include an Arabic and English bilingual dictionary, a Hindi and English bilingual dictionary, and a Hebrew dictionary. You can access them by searching for "Dictionary" in Settings or going right there from the "General" settings menu.
81. Let's Not Forget There's a New Wallpaper
Apple always includes at least one new wallpaper in their big updates, and iOS 12 does just that. While there are no new dynamic or live wallpapers, the colorful still one seen below is a nice addition.
Books in iOS 12
82. iBooks Is Now Called Apple Books
Because Apple's reading app is not just for e-books but for audiobooks, it's been rebranded as "Apple Books," or just "Books" on your home screen. This appeared in some early iOS 11 betas but disappeared soon after. now it's back with a slight redesign too that makes it easy to read, discover, and listen to your favorite books.
83. Books Has Been Redesigned
The old stale design of iBooks has finally been improved in iOS 12 with Books. No longer will you see that old-style Newsstand-like shelf for your library, which is about time. Also, in place of the "My Books," "Featured," "Top Charts," "Search," and "Purchased" tabs in iBooks, Apple Books now has "Reading Now," "Library," "Book Store," "Audiobooks," and "Search."
84. Audiobooks Has Its Own Section in Books
If you didn't catch that from the previous section, there's now an "Audiobooks" tab in Books, so you can keep audiobooks separate from e-books — just like it should be.
85. There's a 'Want to Read' Wish List in Books
The newly updated Stocks app has a different interface that includes spark times, which show when big surges are happening on each of your stocks. There is also "Top Stories" from Apple News incorporated into the app, and you don't have to leave the app to read the stories. After-hours pricing is also available, but sorry altcoin fans … there's no Bitcoin or other altcoin support.
87. You Can Reset Your Identifier in Stocks & News
In the Settings for both the Stocks app and Apple News, you can now "Reset Identifier" to reset the unique tracking ID that those apps use to report statistics to news publishers. The next time you open one of the apps, your unique identifier will be reset. Repeat as needed.
88. The Camera Has Improved Portrait Mode
With "advanced machine learning," the default Camera app in iOS 12 can now capture "fine details between the subject and background, so things like hair are perfectly outlined and Portrait Lighting looks even better," according to Apple.
89. The Camera Now Highlights QR Codes
If getting a dedicated button in the Control Center wasn't enough, iOS 12 makes scanning QR codes easier in general. When pointing the Camera at a QR Code, the QR code will be highlighted in the frame so you can scan it right the first time.
90. There Are New 3D Touch Icons for Camera & Notes
I guess the rumors of Apple getting rid of 3D Touch aren't true after all, especially since they are adding new 3D Touch actions. On the home screen, when you hard-press on the Camera app icon, you get a "Scan QR Code" option, and for Notes, you get a "Scan Document" shortcut.
91. Student IDs Work in the Wallet App Now
While you should still have your physical student ID in your real wallet, you probably won't need to pull it out as much because you can just use the digital version stored in your Apple Wallet, which you can access via the double-click shortcut on the Side or Home button.
92. Apple News Makes It Easier to Discover More Sources
Apple New's UI has been tweaked a little. Now, instead of having tabs for "For You," "Spotlight," "Following," "Search," and "Saved," there's just "Today," "Spotlight," and "Browse." Today is effectively For You, while Browse is the Search, Saved, and Following tabs combined. This "makes it simple to jump straight to your favorite channels and topics or discover new ones," according to Apple.
One app that Apple has forgotten about in previous iOS updates is Voice Memos, and the company has finally added some improvements to it in iOS 12. First off, it looks completely different — and better. Even the home screen icon is different, with a black background instead of white, as well as colored bars. The interface itself looks sleeker, with more prominence on your saved files when not recording. The edit screen also focuses on the file at hand instead of also showing other files.
95. And Voice Memos Finally Has Settings
Yep, before, there was no menu item for "Voice Memos" in the Settings app. However, there is now in iOS 12, and you can choose to auto-wipe deleted files anywhere from right away to never, set audio quality to compressed or lossless formats, and prevent it from naming new recordings based on your current location.
96. There Are More Options in the Podcasts Settings
If you're a Podcasts addict, you'll love this. Apple added skip buttons to go backward or forward in a podcast, and you can customize the time to be either 10, 15, 30, 45, or 60 seconds each. Also, it also lets you choose what happens when you click the controls on your headphones or in your car, and you can make them either play the previous or next episode or skip backward or forward by the number of seconds you set.
97. Health App Records Will Be More Useful
For this one, I won't be able to describe it any better than Apple does:
In the Health app, a new API enables developers and researchers to create an ecosystem of apps that use health record data to better manage medications, nutrition plans, diagnosed diseases, and more. With the user's consent, developers can integrate allergies, conditions, immunizations, lab results, medications, procedures, and vitals to provide richer, more personalized experiences. Medisafe, a medication management app, will connect with health records so consumers can easily import their prescription list without manual entry to enable pill reminders and drug-drug interaction warnings.
Performance in iOS 12
98. Your Devices Will Run Faster
Apple has really sped things up with the iOS 12 update, no matter what iOS device you're using. To quote Apple, there's "up to 70% faster swipe to Camera, up to 50% faster keyboard display, and up to 2x faster app launch [and share sheet launch] under heavy workload." That's pretty fast, considering iOS 11 slowed many older devices down. There are also smoother animations and the share sheet will display 2x faster under a heavy workload.
99. The Performance & Stability Is Improved Overall
For the first time ever, Apple has made one of its iPhones support a total of six big iOS updates. That, of course, is the iPhone 5Swhich started with iOS 7 and supports iOS 12 now. It probably won't last to iOS 13, but there are a total of 14 iPhone models that can run iOS 12, counting the three new 2018 models.
We're not sure. This latest iOS version will be in beta development all the way up until the stable release on Sept. 17, 2018, so it's likely some features will be removed and new ones will be added. Some might even get pushed back to iOS 13 so Apple can focus on making iOS great again.
We'll continue to update this roundup whenever we uncover new gems we think you'll want to know about, so keep checking back to see if there any other hidden features we uncovered in iOS 12 for iPhone.
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