With Apple releasing iOS 13 and now iOS 13.1 to consumers around the world, we go hand son with the new operating system to explore its new features, including Dark Mode, an all-new Find My app, a new voice for Siri, powerful new privacy tools, and much more…
FASTER THAN EVER :-
Just like with iOS 12, Apple took the time to introduce some performance improvements to this year’s operating system, speeding up everyday tasks on new and older iPhones. For Face ID devices, for example, iPhones now unlock up to 30% faster than on iOS 12, and apps now launch up to twice as quickly, as Apple has managed to reduce the size of apps by up to 50% when first downloading, and up to 60% when updating thanks to under-the hood optimizations - which are on Apple’s side, rather than on the side of developers. As apps are now smaller than ever, Apple has removed limitations on downloading apps over cellular, and you can download apps of any size over an LTE connection if you’re away from WiFi.
DARK MODE :-
Though iOS 13 looks virtually identical to iOS 12 at first glance, the biggest change is a system wide Dark Mode, which now serves as an alternative to the Light Mode that’s been on iOS since its inception. Perhaps one of the most-requested iOS features of all time, iOS 13 introduces a mode that transforms the look of the entire operating system, darkening inbuilt Apple apps and even new wallpapers, which can dynamically change throughout the day like on macOS Mojave. What’s more, iOS 13 introduces a Dark Mode API, so developers will be able to make their third-party apps compatible, and websites can tap into Dark Mode strings to trigger darker CSS, too. Some of the App Store’s most-used apps, like Facebook, are yet to be transformed, though we’re expecting developers to issue updates in the coming weeks.
MAKING PRIVACY A BIG DEAL :-
Over the past couple of years, Apple has been ramping up its privacy efforts to demonstrate to consumers why the iOS and macOS ecosystem is preferred over Chrome and Android. In a highly competitive move, Apple fired shots at Facebook and Google and its latest privacy-focused feature, Sign in with Apple, is designed to serve as an alternative to sign-in options from those tech giants. Though such services are super convenient and negate the need for a password, they track your profile and collect data as you travel around the web, selling it on to advertisers for future marketing purposes. Sign in with Apple, on the other hand, does not track or profile you when you use the feature, and it has some in-built benefits to boot. You can use Sign in with Apple in the same way as you’d use Sign in with Facebook, except you’ll use your Apple ID. Because of that, there’s no need to create a login name or email address or provide other information - and you can authenticate every login via Face ID or Touch ID, backed up by two-factor authentication to create the most secure login alternative.
What makes Sign in with Apple even better is that, if you don’t want to share your email address with a service, you can hide it and Apple will create a unique single-use email address for you that forwards to your real email address. The best part? Apple’s terms of service state that all App Store apps that offer Google, Facebook, and Twitter sign-in options to also provide a Sign in with Apple button, so the option should be pretty prominent soon. Apple introduced a bunch of other privacy focused features including the ability to give an app or website your location just once, with a requirement to ask again when the next time it wants to use location data. What’s more, Apple will now send you notifications when apps use your location data in the background, and you can then turn off tracking for that app if you desire. Companies such as Facebook are most likely to be affected by these changes. When it comes to sharing content such as images and videos on social media, iOS 13 now lets you control where you share your location data, and under the in-built Share Sheet panel, you’ll be able to turn off location metadata from your photos. VoIP apps like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger have also seen some changes in iOS 13, with Apple limiting data collection. Apple’s APIs were originally meant to allow apps that provide phone calls over the internet to listen for calls in the background, but developers were using them to keep their apps running in the background to collect data, which Apple banned from iOS 13. Facebook and WhatsApp will now collect less data on everyday users.
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