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The 11 Best New Features Coming to Your iPhone 11
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Quote:At WWDC, Apple gave us a preview of the new features coming to the iPhone with iOS 14 — and there’s a lot to get excited about. From a completely new home screen (with widgets, finally!) to much-needed improvements to iMessage, a brand-new translation app to more immersive AirPods, we’ve rounded up all the best new features to get you prepped and ready. Unfortunately, you’ll have to wait until the fall for iOS 14 to try them all out. Unless you’re game to try out the public beta (which is expected to become available as soon as July 14).

1. The Home screen is getting widgets, finally.
Apple is bringing about the biggest redesign of the Home screen with iOS 14, and that means widgets. Widgets on the Home screen have been something that Android smartphones have been able to do for years (and iPads as of more recently), and they allow your favorite apps, like Calendar, Photos, Podcasts and Weather, to display more information directly on the Home screen. Widgets will come in three sizes: small, medium and large.

It’s not yet clear which apps will be able to become widgets (or be able to put in “Widget mode”) and in which sizes, but Apple says that third-party app developers will be to create widget experiences. Since these Widgets will take up more real estate, this means that your Home Screen won’t have the same, neat app gridlock look, for better or for worse.

2. Stacks of widgets.
Apple is also introducing a feature called Smart Stack. It’s a widget just like the others, except it houses multiple apps instead of just one that you can swipe between. For example, you can place the Smart Stack on the Home Screen and then swipe between various apps like Calendar, Fitness and Mail, without leaving the Smart Stack widget. Apple claims that the Smart Stack widget will also be intelligent enough to learn which apps you use at different times of the day, and display them at that exact time.

3. You’re getting an App Library.
App Library is a new feature that basically helps you organize and find all of the apps on your iPhone. The all-new App Library page automatically organizes all your apps into folders based on what they do. For instance, all your streaming apps (i.e Netflix, Hulu and Apple TV+) will be in a folder located “Entertainment,” while your social media apps (i.e Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat) could be put in a folder called “Social.” You will be able to get to the all-new App Library by swiping all the way from the right from the Home screen.

Secondly, the App Library can display all your apps in an alphabetical list. It’s similar to the Apple Watch’s “List View” mode, which organizes the apps in an alphabetical list on your Apple Watch, which is a great alternative to the honeycomb that is “Grid Mode.” Both organization methods of App Library simply make it easier to find the apps you’re looking for.

4. Call notifications are going to change.
When you get an incoming call in iOS 14, instead of seeing a message that takes up your entire iPhone screen, the message will only take up a sliver of your iPhone — sort of like you’re getting a push notification. The idea is that if you’re in the middle of doing something on your iPhone, you can simply swipe the call notification away and not disrupt your workflow. These small call notifications will work with normal phone calls, FaceTime calls and calls from third-party apps like Skype or Slack.

5. Picture-in-Picture for calls and other videos.
iOS 14 is adding a bunch of new multi-tasking and productivity features, and one of the most important is picture-in-picture. It essentially allows you to watch a video from video-playing apps while doing other things in other apps. The video will appear as a small floating screen over the other apps you’re using. You can move this small video player around your screen or off it completely while still listening to the audio.

6. iMessage is changing messages forever.
iOS 14 is introducing a feature called “inline replies” to messages. It essentially allows you to create threads or sub-conversations within a group text like you can in many more robust chat applications like Slack. Inline replies will allow you to respond directly to a specific message within a group chat without appearing as the “bottom” or “most recent” message. You can also tag people within the group chat so they’ll be able to see a message within one of these inline replies. It’s going to take some getting used to, but it’s also going to make group chats be way less chaotic.


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