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IT House September 21 News According to Apple’s official introduction, iOS 15 provides new ways to stay in touch, powerful updates to help users stay focused and explore, and users can also use the iPhone to achieve more possibilities through device-side smart technology. The FaceTime update brings a more natural video call experience, and the focus mode helps users reduce distractions, live texts and other new features. Use device intelligence to provide useful information, upgraded map App provides a new way to explore the world, and more exciting features . iOS 15 will be released as a free software update starting today.
Improved FaceTime call experience, more intimate and natural
FaceTime calls are more important than ever, helping users easily connect with the most important people. FaceTime call audio and video have been greatly improved, making the call experience more natural and cordial. The new microphone mode “voice highlighting” uses machine learning technology to identify and shield environmental noise, so that the user’s voice can be highlighted. “Broad Spectrum” can record all the sounds in the background into your call. The portrait mode of FaceTime is inspired by the stunning portrait photos taken by the iPhone, which can blur the background and let the focus fall on the person. Voice highlighting, wide spectrum and portrait modes are all suitable for third-party apps such as Webex and Zoom.
Users can use iPhone, iPad, or Mac to create a link, share this link through messages, calendar, mail or third-party apps, making it easier to communicate with family and friends.
IT Home is informed that Apple said that later this fall, simulcast sharing will bring users a new way to share wonderful experiences with relatives and friends during FaceTime calls, such as listening to songs together, or sharing screens, and viewing apps together. Simultaneous sharing will apply to Apple Music and many third-party apps in the future. Users can use simulcast sharing via iPhone, iPad and Mac, and all participants of simulcast sharing can control playback, pause or fast forward through shared playback controls.
In more ways, keep in touch through the information App
“Shared with you” is a new section in photos, Safari browser, music, and Apple Podcasts. It displays photos, articles, music and other content shared by relatives and friends through the messaging app. Sharing with you will automatically display the shared photos in the photo app and display the corresponding content in other related apps. The column shared with you will show the sender of the content, and users can easily view related information and continue the conversation.
In iOS 15, simulacrum emoticons provide users with more ways to express themselves through colorful headwear, more glasses types, cochlear implants, oxygen tubes, and soft helmets. The customization options for Memoji stickers include more than 40 costumes and 9 new sticker poses, such as Shaka gestures, waving hands, and a flash of light.
The shared with you section in the photo app displays photos shared by friends and family through the messaging app.
The shared with you section in the photo app displays photos shared by friends and family through the messaging app.
Powerful tools help users stay focused throughout the day
iOS 15 introduces a focus mode, which can filter notifications based on the user’s current tasks, helping users reduce distractions. For example, users can set work focus mode during working hours, allowing only colleagues and work-related apps to send notifications; private focus mode allows users to avoid interruptions when sharing intimate time with relatives and friends, and fitness focus mode helps users Give your full attention while exercising. The user can create a custom focus mode, or choose a preset focus mode. The latter will use device-side intelligence to suggest which contacts or apps are allowed to send notifications. In order to further play the role of the focus mode, users can also create a dedicated home screen page when they need to stay focused through the App and widgets.
In the focus mode, the status will be automatically displayed in third-party apps that support this function, such as Information App and Slack, so that others should not be disturbed at the moment. Users can also get suggestions to turn on focus mode based on factors such as the time of day or location; setting focus mode on one Apple device will automatically apply to the user’s other Apple devices.
The focus mode helps users filter notifications to reduce distraction. Users can use a custom focus mode, or a recommended focus mode, such as work or fitness.
Renewed appearance of notifications
The redesigned notification adds contact photos and a larger App icon to make it easier for users to identify. The notification summary function presents a practical summary of the notifications received every day in the time period selected by the user. The summary uses device-side intelligence to sort by priority and put the most relevant notifications at the top based on the way users interact with the App. Urgent notices, messages and phone calls will be delivered immediately, so users don’t have to worry about missing urgent messages. In addition, users can easily mute an App or information dialog for the next hour or day.
iOS 15 introduced the notification summary function, which can present a useful summary of notifications received every day at a time period selected by the user.
Device-side smart technology drives live text, improved focused search, and recall function in the photo app
Live text helps users interact with the text in the photo. The live text function recognizes the text in the entire system, including network photos, through the device-side intelligent technology, so that users can copy, paste, query information, and translate. Users can tap the phone number in the photo to make a call, or tap the URL in the picture to open the page in Safari. With the help of the neural network engine, the camera app can also quickly recognize and copy the current text, such as the Wi-Fi password displayed in a coffee shop. Through the image query function, users can learn more about various items in the photos, such as artworks, landmarks, books, specific flowers or dog breeds, etc.
Focused search is a common way to start a search on the iPhone. Now users can access Focused Search directly from the lock screen and can search for pictures based on location, person, scene, or item. With live text, focused search can find text and handwritten content in photos.
iOS 15 brings the biggest update to date for the memory function. The new version of Memories includes a brand-new appearance and interactive interface, incorporating Apple Music into it, using device-side smart technology to customize song recommendations, creating a movie-like atmosphere, and allowing users to easily relive the beautiful moments that have been cherished or forgotten.
Live text uses device-side smart technology to recognize text and enhance the photo App experience.
Focus search can now search for pictures by location, person, scene, and object.
A refreshed Safari browser experience
The redesigned Safari browser makes one-handed control easier. The new tab page bar is located at the bottom of the screen by default, making it easier for users to swipe with one hand to switch between tabs. Tab groups allow users to manage tabs and easily access them at any time on iPhone, iPad and Mac. New features such as a customizable start page and web extensions on iOS make the Safari browser more personalized and powerful.
The redesigned Safari browser has a new tab bar and tab group, providing a better web browsing experience.
Explore the world with a map app
The Map App of iOS 15 brings a new way of observing the world. In the map with outstanding visual effects, the details of urban blocks, commercial areas, buildings, and custom-designed landmarks have been significantly enhanced, and a night mode with moonlight is also provided. The navigation function adds a new three-dimensional driving view that includes detailed road information to help users more easily identify turning lanes, central separation zones, crosswalks, and sidewalks. The enhanced version of the map is available for Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco, and more cities will be added soon. The beautifully designed interactive three-dimensional globe brings more detailed details of the topography of mountains, deserts, forests, and oceans.
Now, users who frequently take public transportation can view information about all nearby trips with a single tap, and they can also put commonly used public transportation routes on the top. The Map App automatically follows the selected traffic route, notifying the user when it is about to arrive at the destination, and passengers can also use Apple Watch to keep track of the movement. Users only need to lift the iPhone to get detailed augmented reality walking navigation.
Map App adds 3D city navigation and exploration experience, and the details are more realistic and colorful.
The Map App automatically follows the selected traffic route and notifies the user when it is about to reach the destination.
New keys and ID documents added to the wallet app
The Wallet App in iOS 15 adds support for key types such as home, hotel, office, car, etc., allowing users to enter more daily places with a single click. With the support of ultra-wideband technology, the digital car key is more complete, and users can now safely lock, unlock and start a supported car without taking out the iPhone from their pocket or bag. Users can also use iPhone to unlock home, office and even hotel rooms, through the key stored in the wallet App.
After putting the family and hotel keys into the Wallet App, you can unlock the daily locations with a single tap.
After putting the family and hotel keys into the Wallet App, you can unlock the daily locations with a single tap.
Redesigned weather app
The Weather App has been redesigned to include a full-screen map and image display of weather data, as well as a dynamic layout that will change accordingly according to the specific situation. The beautifully designed animated background more accurately reflects the position of the sun, cloudiness and rainfall, and notifications will be sent before the start and end of rain and snow.
The Weather App has been redesigned to include a full-screen map and a dynamic layout that will change accordingly according to weather conditions.
Organize and collaborate in the Memo App
The Memo App adds user-created tags so that users can quickly categorize memos; the “@ment me” function allows members who share memos to notify each other of important updates. The new activity view allows users to view the recent history in the shared memo, and the highlighting will mark who has made which changes to the memo. You can view and edit quick memos created on Mac and iPad in the Memo App.
The Memo App has added a “User Created” tab to quickly categorize related content.
More privacy controls
The new privacy protection function is further improved, making the data provided by users to the App more transparent and controlled. The mail privacy protection function prevents the sender from knowing whether the mail has been opened, and hides the user’s IP address, so that the sender cannot know the user’s location information, or use this information to create a user profile. Siri protects user privacy even further. Through device-side voice recognition, the user’s voice to Siri is completely processed on the device by default. This also makes more personalized and offline requests possible, and Siri’s performance has also been significantly improved.
Other functions
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Siri adds the ability to broadcast notifications through AirPods, and allows users to share content on the screen just by calling Siri. Third-party HomeKit accessories can now enable Siri; HomePod and HomePod mini users can easily and safely request Siri to send messages, set reminders, or broadcast intercom information to the whole family from more devices in the home.
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iCloud+ retains all the features that iCloud users love, and adds more advanced features, including hiding email addresses and improved HomeKit security video support. Current iCloud subscribers will be automatically upgraded to iCloud+ at no additional cost. All iCloud+ plans can be shared with members of the family sharing group, and each member can enjoy the new features, storage plans, and upgrade experience provided by the service.
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The health app adds a new sharing tab, allowing users to share health data with family members, caregivers or care teams; “Trend” allows users to focus on the progress of a specific health indicator; “Walking stability” is a new health Indicators to help users actively prevent and manage fall risks. Users can also directly store verifiable COVID-19 vaccination information or test results in the health app for easy recall at any time.
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The translation app has a new automatic translation function, which can automatically detect when the user starts to speak, and can translate the conversation without tapping the microphone button, making cross-language communication more smooth and natural. System-wide translation allows users to select text anywhere on the iPhone and tap to translate. Handwritten text can also be translated.
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When iPhone is enabled, the new iPhone settings make the experience more seamless than ever. Existing iPhone users can temporarily back up their data on iCloud—even if they don’t have a subscription—so that they can easily import the data to the new iPhone. Users who switch to iPhone for the first time can easily migrate albums, files, folders, and accessibility settings through the enhanced “transfer to iOS” experience, making the new iPhone handy from the start.
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Accessibility features include using narration to explore more details of people, objects, text, and tables in the image. The new “background sound” can continue to play sound in the background, thereby covering up redundant environment or external noise. The sound operation suitable for switching control allows the user to make a sound to control the iPhone. Users can also customize the display mode and text size for each App. Apple will also add support for recognizing audiograms for the headphone adjustment function. Audiogram refers to a chart that shows the results of a hearing test.
The hidden email address function allows users to use a randomly generated unique email address to forward emails to their own personal email addresses to prevent personal email addresses from leaking.
The “trend” in the health app allows users to see the progress of a specific health indicator at a glance.
System-wide translation allows users to translate text anywhere on the iPhone.
Price and time to market
iOS 15 will be released as a free software update from today, applicable to iPhone 6s and subsequent models. For more information, see apple.com.cn/ios/ios-15. Some features are only available in certain regions or languages.