Is iOS15 equal to iOS14.8? Is the value worth upgrading? The measured experience tells you

apple released iOS15 on WWDC21, but many users don't seem to buy it. Evaluation of iOS15 is more like iOS14.8, there is no substantial upgrade, and the updated contents are basically functions that are already available in the current Android settings or are not used at all.

is IOs 15 really so unbearable? After two days of practical experience, it is found that this upgrade still has many practical functions, and it also brings a lot of eggs. (The upgrade tutorial is attached at the end)

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Summary

Notification is a major focus of the upgrade at this time. Compared with before, the icon in the notification center has become much larger, and the notification preview is more direct.

At the same time, the function of "timed push summary" (which can be simply understood as delayed push) is added, that is, some unimportant messages are summarized and re-pushed at a specified time. Users can also set the push frequency, specific time and application, so as to avoid being harassed by some applications and not miss useful notifications.

suggestion: add some applications that are ineffective or don't want to miss the push, and turn off the notification completely for those that don't need it.

consistent with the previous forecast, in iOS15, do not disturb mode is upgraded to focus mode, and users can set the notifications allowed in Do Not Disturb, work, personal and game scenarios.

except for the pre-set apps and contacts, other notifications will be silent (no sound, no vibration, no bright screen). However, you can still see the push in the lock screen interface and notification center. If you don't want to display it in the lock screen interface, you can turn on "Deferred Push" in "Options".

in addition to setting notifications, you can also rearrange the main screen, that is, the desktop, to reduce unnecessary software on the desktop.

this feature is also a practical upgrade in iOS 15. Previously, if you want to recognize the text information in the picture, you need to use a third-party OCR application. Now, as long as you need to take a screenshot or take a photo, you can select the text and copy it by long pressing, sliding or double clicking, and the recognition accuracy is also high. The disadvantage is that the copied text needs to be re-typeset manually.

This upgrade has enabled Spolight to search for a wider range of content, which is close to the experience of focused search on Mac. The search results include files, photos, shortcut instructions and Safari browsing records.

among them, the biggest upgrade is the search content for photos (albums). For example, if you search for a mobile phone case, the returned search results will show a picture with a mobile phone case or a picture with the words "mobile phone case".

the function of "recording APP activities" has been added. In the introduction of the press conference, we can see that those applications have called the main permissions (mainly address book, camera, microphone, location information, etc.) in recent 7 days, which is helpful to check whether some rogue software has obtained user data excessively.

At present, it seems that this function is not perfect. Users can see a JSON file, but it is difficult for ordinary users to get effective information from it. However, it is only a developer's preview version at present, and this function can also be displayed at subsequent conferences.

in addition, when iCloud is upgraded to iCloud+, it also brings two privacy functions. The first one is to privacy the user's actual IP address through a "dedicated forwarding agent", but domestic users cannot use this function. The other is to hide the email address. In some software that logs in through email or APP ID, the user's real email address can be private.

although the conference mentioned that Siri can be used offline, that is, without a network, it has not been pushed after actual measurement.

in the photo album of iOS15, EXIF information for viewing photos has been added, including the camera, lens, aperture, resolution and other parameters. At the same time, the text appearing in photos can be selected and copied by long press. However, something similar has actually been available on other Android devices for a long time.

Safari browser has been upgraded on iPad, Mac and iPhone, and the most perceptive one is Safari browser on iPhone. No matter in page layout or operation logic, it has been redesigned.

the address bar and other menu functions have been moved to the bottom of the browser, and it is more convenient to switch tabs. You only need to slide the small white box at the bottom left and right, which is consistent with the use method of switching different apps, or you can use two fingers to pinch down and select other tabs.

In addition, users can set the content displayed on the start page, including reading list, favorites, etc. Besides the preset 9 backgrounds, they can also use other photos as backgrounds. The plug-ins such as advertisement interception introduced at the press conference actually existed in the Safari version a long time ago.

Music updates are mainly about sound quality and sound effects. To get panoramic sound and lossless sound quality experience, users need to go to "Settings >; Music ",the Dolby panoramic sound is changed to always on or automatic, and the audio quality can also be set to high resolution lossless.

in addition, in the music APP, you can check the highest sound quality in the album where the song is located or the details of a song. At present, most music has lossless labels, and some music has Dolby panoramic sound and digital master labels. A song occupies about 2-8M of storage space.

the interface and functions of the weather APP have been greatly changed, with modular design to display weather information, and three new views of temperature, precipitation intensity and air quality.

this search APP adds a Bluetooth-based location search function similar to AirTag to AirPods Prog/Max. AirPods will have a close-up view in the Find application, so users will be able to find the specific location of headphones more easily. Users can also make the headphones sound, so as to find the lost headphones more easily.

For other Apple devices, there is a new function called "Notify when left behind" in the search APP. In actual experience, if you leave your device (including AirTag) for more than a certain distance (the measured distance is about 1 meters), you will be reminded of the last time and location information through notification.

in this introduction to iOS15, FaceTime and iMessage are the most introduced. Obviously, for a few domestic users or foreign users, this is a very practical function, but compared with other social software such as WeChat QQ in China, it obviously has no advantage.

Although this evaluation claims that it already supports Android windows or even the web version, I believe that not many people in China will use it as a tool for chatting in videos.

as the first developer preview version of iOS 15, it also has many bugs. Many new function interfaces are still in English, and some settings are unresponsive when clicked, or it takes a long time to load. When sliding into Spolight search, I also encountered a direct jam, and some software flashed back.

If there are functions you urgently need in the above update, it is recommended to upgrade; If not, make good use of the old system. The impact of these bugs is relatively small, but it may occasionally bring some minor troubles. If you regret upgrading iOS 15, you can use imazing or itunes to restore it.

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