Apple ios 14 new features summary (these 9 new features are super cool)

This morning, Apple finally pushed the official version of iOS 14.

There are so many new features in this upgrade!

And the overall stability and power consumption are much better than the previous big version.

If you haven't upgraded your system, you'd better click Download now and then return to this article.

After reading the article, you can probably upgrade.

Let's start with iOS 14.

Application resource pool

The biggest change of iOS 14 is the home screen, and one of the changes is the App resource library.

In the past, the icons of the iOS system were arranged on the home screen.

Faced with larger and larger screens and more and more apps, the previous home screen and icon arrangement are no longer easy to use.

Now, all applications will be stored in the application repository at the far right of the home screen.

The system will sort them out and put them in the corresponding folder.

According to your usage habits, the system will provide three apps you may need to use at the top of each classified folder.

You can open the App directly without clicking on the folder.

You can also search the name of the App directly through the search bar at the top, which is very convenient to use.

For a regular multi-page home screen, we can also press and hold the space bar to enter the editing interface of the home screen.

Then click the page selection button below to hide the unwanted home screen pages.

Don't let others find applications you don't know easily. You can hide them on this page.

Hiding means deleting. If you check it again, it will be restored. Don't change the layout if you win.

It should be noted that at least one page should be reserved for the main screen page, and it is not possible to use only the combination of negative one-screen App resource libraries.

Widget

Another major change in the home screen is the addition of gadget functions.

Widgets can be used by dragging them to the main screen in the negative screen.

We can also press and hold the blank space of the screen to enter the screen editing mode, click the plus sign in the upper right corner to enter the widget selection page, and select widgets according to our own needs.

Widget function has existed on Android for a long time, but the usage rate has not been very high, and it exists as some simple shortcut switches.

However, the usage of iOS 14 widgets is very different from that of Android.

IOS 14 widgets are more used as the entrance of the App and the direct information viewing function, and there is no quick switching function.

For example, weather gadgets can see weather information without entering the App. After clicking, you can go directly to the App to view detailed weather information.

This is more like an upgrade of the application icon, which gives the icon the ability to display information content.

Many users discussed this change in the beta.

A more reliable guess is that Apple may make a system layout for the later AR/VR system in advance, which expands the information density and information display capability of the home screen and the application itself, and improves the efficiency of the use of large-screen space.

Of course, this is just a guess, right? We won until Apple knew. S separate AR/VR products appeared late.

In the past three months of testing, I think the gadgets that are more useful are smart overlay and App suggestion.

Smart stacking can stack multiple widgets at a time, and there are three sizes to choose from.

If you only want to keep one home screen, but need multiple widgets, smart stacking can solve the space utilization problem well.

In terms of the intelligent suggestion function of the App, iOS 14 will automatically provide you with apps that may need to be used for different operations or at different times according to your daily usage habits.

This widget is placed on the home screen, just like two rows of App icons, and it is completely invisible as a widget.

The last two or three lines are APP suggestions.

After comprehensive use, I found that the intelligent prediction effect of iOS 14 is quite good.

After learning the algorithm for a while, you can basically provide the App you want with high accuracy.

Compact design

Compact design is reflected in many functions.

The first is the small call window. First of all, iOS is no longer afraid to call and interrupt the game.

The other is Siri, which no longer covers the whole screen after exhaling, but appears in the form of a floating window.

However, if you select "Type to use Siri" and use text input instead of voice commands, Siri will still be displayed as a global page.

Because there must be a keyboard.

In addition, some system-level notifications, such as connecting AirPods headphones and calling clipboard software, will also appear in the form of compact notifications.

Picture in picture function

According to the compact design, the upgrade of the picture-in-picture function conforms to this concept.

Now, we can finally use the video being played or FaceTime voice chat in the form of picture in picture.

The way to enable it is to click the picture-in-picture button in the system player of iOS 14, or directly use the gesture of returning to the home page.

So the video will be played in the form of picture-in-picture.

The picture-in-picture window can be resized and slid to the edge to hide.

Hide is not closed, it will continue to play in the background, but it will pause after the screen is locked.

In this way, you can watch the video and learn the posture of brushing your brother or WeChat official account in the hive box evaluation room again.

But!

There are very few apps that adapt to the picture-in-picture function now.

In domestic application, it has been adapted. If you find other adapted apps, please leave a message to add.

In foreign applications, Netflix and YouTube also support the picture-in-picture function.

If you want to use the PIP function in inappropriate applications, it is not impossible.

Open the corresponding video website directly in the browser to play the video. If the video can be played through the iOS system player, then we can also turn on the PIP function through the system player.

The curve saved the fruit.

Spatial audio

After upgrading to iOS 14, AirPods Pro can be used by updating to the latest 3A283 firmware.

When both iPhone and AirPods Pro are upgraded to the latest firmware, we can find the switch of spatial audio in the volume adjustment of the control center or in Settings-Accessibility -ai rpods.

This feature allows us to feel a strong spatial stereoscopic effect when watching supported movies on the iPhone.

When the iPhone moves to the left, the sound will also move, the sound of the right earphone will decrease, and the sound of the left earphone will increase.

Immersion is very strong, just like in the movie, and the effect is wonderful.

Users who use AirPods Pro must also upgrade iOS 14 to use this feature.

Many analysts also believe that this function is also prepared for future AR/VR devices.

Again, we can wait until Apple's future conference. S VR glasses to verify.

Privacy control

Privacy management is the top priority of this Apple upgrade, which is reflected in all aspects of the system.

Many apps will steal user background data, clipboard data, and location data unnoticed;

Even secretly turn on the camera and microphone to steal user privacy data.

This time, Apple strengthened the management of these problems, and the first shot was the clipboard call.

Now, as long as an App calls your clipboard data, Apple will directly push system-level messages to tell you the situation.

Then, in the past, some unruly apps had the following ghost situations.

However, it should be noted that not all clipboard calls are stealing your information. Some of them may be clipboard calls of iCloud relay function, or specific analysis of specific problems.

For the call between the camera and the microphone, Apple will tell the user in the form of a dot on the right side of the bangs.

If you don't turn on the camera or microphone, but this point appears, then you should pay attention.

Also, if an App wants to call your location information, now we can not only set it to enable when the app is opened, but also choose fuzzy positioning to avoid revealing specific positioning data.

Now you can also turn off access to LAN information to avoid more private information being retrieved by applications in the same LAN.

In terms of privacy control, iOS 14 still adds a lot of functions, but all the above mentioned are to make some sensitive behaviors of the App transparent and open, so that users can know whether their privacy has been stolen by the App.

I hope the domestic system can keep up with this function as soon as possible.

In addition to some important updates mentioned above, iOS 14 also has some functional updates worth mentioning.

Custom application

IOS 14 allows us to customize the default browser and mail application, and Safari and Edge browsers have also joined the support range of the default browser.

Light App

App is Apple's own quot applet, which provides complete portals such as QR code, NFC and webpage embedding for users to use.

Since it is a quot applet, it certainly has the characteristics of small size, no need to download and fast startup.

Gospel for 64GB users.

Enabled lightweight applications will be displayed in the application repository and can be enabled multiple times.

But in the end, can it replace all kinds of domestic applets? I think the WeChat applet has seized the market in recent years, and its development is relatively mature, leaving few opportunities for Apple.

Step back gently.

There is also a practical backswing function, which can be turned on in Settings-Auxiliary Functions-Touch Backslapping.

After opening, we only need to tap two or three times on the back of the phone to enable some system functions.

The mobile phone case can also be used normally when actually worn.

Its function, whether it has a shell or not, is likely to be touched by mistake.

Because there is no 3D Touch after the iPhone 1 1 series, I usually use this function to replace the screenshot of the auxiliary touch and the small white dot quot of the lock screen, and the experience is ok.

These are all important new features of iOS 14. After several test versions, the system has been relatively stable and mature.

However, the problem of virtual keyboard input jam has not been solved, and computer friends who plan to upgrade can wait a while before upgrading.

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