Kicking off Apple's WWDC for 2018 is the newest version of their mobile software: iOS. Enter iOS 12 w/ a more robust list of features coming to iPads & iPhones like more augmented reality (AR) abilities, FaceTime group chats, Apple's take on Samsung's AR Emojis, more sharing, Shortcuts, and tons more. Let's break it all down below:
- FaceTime Group chat w/ up to 32 people at a time.
- Make an Animoji of yourself w/ the new Memoji.
- You can now group notifications, finally like on Android.
- The Measure app which is an AR ruler to measure 3D things in the real world.
- More AR games that support multi-users.
- The Photos app get more sharing suggestions as AI can better detect people in the shot.
- Shortcuts app adds homescreen shortcuts for Siri to do on a daily basis like grabbing coffee, checking the weather, etc.
- Voice Memos now arrive to the iPad.
- Siri can now offer more than 40 language pairs and brings more knowledge of sports, celebrities, food and nutrition.
- The CarPlay app will be improved with third-party maps support, including Google Maps and Waze.
- iBooks gets a new design and becomes Apple Books & offer live previews of books.
- Apple is taking a page from Google's book w/ digital health as they'll be introducing app limits, screen time, family monitoring, and more Do Not Disturb features.
- Faster overall performance by 40%, keyboards loading 50% faster, and the camera opening 70% faster on older devices.
Be on the lookout for the iOS 12 update slated to officially arrive later in the fall along side the new iPhones. Any of the new features pique your interest?
