5 new features iOS 15 will bring to your iPhone next week

Date:
Sun, 12 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0000

Description:
While some features have been delayed, iOS 15 gives users a lot to look forward to, especially with these features.

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As we approach the September 14 Apple event , which is rumored to be where
the company announces the iPhone 13 , its traditionally an event where we expect to see the release date of the latest iOS. That may mean youll be able to download iOS 15 very soon, if Apple releases it next week.

However, iOS 15 has seen some changes since its unveiling at WWDC. Safari has seen its new redesign mostly reverted back to iOS 14, and other features such as SharePlay and Universal Control now scheduled for a later release.

But this doesnt mean that iOS 15 is a release to avoid - its certainly the opposite, with better privacy settings, a new weather app, and much more.

With this in mind, weve rounded up the five best features of iOS 15 that
youll likely wonder how you managed without them. Here's what we know about Apple's September 14 event Exclusive: Glass wants to make a social platform for photographers What is the best iPhone for you in 2021? A new look for Safari (Image credit: Apple)

This is a redesign thats seen many variants since its announcement back at WWDC. While its user interface saw some huge changes, strong user feedback resulted in a final redesign thats a mix of what came before, and whats been refined in the months since WWDC.

By default, the address bar will be located at the bottom, making it much easier to reach with your thumb, while swiping to the left or right on the address bar will switch between any open tabs. But you can switch it back to its original position if you want Safari to look the same as it always has.

Theres also a new home screen that you can set a wallpaper to, which can also show any open tabs on your other Apple devices thanks to iCloud, alongside
any suggestions of websites to check.

Tabs also see an improvement in Safari for iOS 15. Tab Groups can open up a collection of your favorite websites at once so you can check up on the
latest news, without having to separately open a tab and navigate to the website. These are also synced across your Apple devices, similar to how individual tabs are synced, so you can open the same groups on your iPad. Using Focus for your workflow (Image credit: Apple)

Sometimes you may be at work or busy attending an event where you dont want certain notifications to make you aware of something. This is where Focus redesigns how apps can let you know when you want them to. You can set up different Focus moments, so if you arrive in a certain location, or you open
a certain app, the right Focus will be enabled, allowing you to read or complete a project in a curated way.

This feature also applies to Messages, so if someone sends you a picture for example, it will be delivered to your device, but not as a notification.
Focus will let the recipient know that youre busy, but they can bypass this
to deliver it with a notification if its urgent. These Focus settings also apply to your other Apple devices, so any notifications will also be muted at certain times of the day if needed.

You can also set Focus to change your home screen when a certain scenario has been enabled. This can bring other apps to the forefront that youll most likely use for that period of time. Copy text from a photo with LiveText (Image credit: Apple)

You may be on vacation and will want to visit a restaurant, but its in a language you dont understand. By taking a photo of this in iOS 15, LiveText can tell whats text in the picture, and can offer to translate it for you.

LiveText is a feature that can apply to all the photos youve taken so far, alongside when youre facing your iPhone to an object in real time. Privacy, supercharged (Image credit: Apple)

This is a topic thats a big focus for Apple, and theres plenty of new
features in iOS 15 that showcase this.

Theres an App Privacy Report that gives you an overview of the installed apps on your iPhone that have used certain hardware features such as the camera or microphone, and whether an app has been trying to use any personal data.

When sending mail in iOS 15, your IP address is hidden, so recipients wont know if their email has been opened or deleted.

iCloud+ is also a big tentpole for iOS 15, where Hide My Email which allows you to generate a random email alias so youre protected from spam, similar to the Sign in with Apple feature that appeared in iOS 12.

Theres also a Private Relay feature, which can hide your IP address when browsing in Safari, but this will only be available in beta to try out once iOS 15 is released. A new day for Weather (Image credit: Apple)

After the acquisition of Dark Sky in 2019, the Weather app is seeing a big redesign for iOS 15. Theres now notifications for rain, thunderstorms and snow, alongside new animations for all weather changes on the main screen.

Theres now a second window that can show you much more detail of your current location or other places, from the timing of sunsets and sunrise, to the probability of rain in the next hour.

Theres also maps integrated into the weather app, so you can check the forecast in various locations to see the status of air quality, precipitation and temperature. iPhone 13 sounds likely to bring back MagSafe, and hopefully with few changes



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