Ios7 Features

[sundar]

This thread is to go over all the little things in iOS 7!

A lot to go over! Im very excited!

Highlights of iOS 7

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• Control Center
• New Notification Center
• Photo Filters
• FaceTime Audio
• iCloud Photo Sharing
• Automatic App Updates
• Better Multitasking
• Overhaul to the UI
• Live Wallpapers
• Amazing looking Stock Apps
• New Safari
• All-new Siri
• AirDrop (iPhone 5 only)
  
• Phone, Messages, and FaceTime Blocking (there's something handy )
  
• iTunes Radio
• Activation Lock
• New First-Time setup menus
• Flickr and Vimeo Integration
• Newsstand is now an app.

Little Known Things

---Beta 1---
Expires: July 24th, 2013

• Contact pictures on Favorites
• Text Resize
• Cover Flow is gone from Music App
• Alarm Clock has a countdown for snooze
• Panorama reduces when battery is low
  
• Reading List icon pays tribute to Steve Jobs.
• Video Player has a new UI
• FaceTime now has its stand-alone app for iPhone.
• Night Mode on Maps
  
• Lock Screen fades in and out
• Video Support for iCloud
  
• Notification Center has bounces when swiped down quickly
• App Store shows "Popular Apps" in your location
• New Music controls in the lock screen
• When charging the battery, rather than an image of a battery on a lock screen, x% charged appears under the clock, before reverting to the date.
• You are able to toggle on and off "Automatic App Updates"
• Spotlight (Swipe down on the home screen)[/I]
  
• Control Center has a horizontal layout
• Roaming Icon changed to "1x" icon
• Screenshots no longergo to Photo Stream
• Today section in Notification Center provides traffic info on places you visit frenquently
  
• Timer shows in the clock screen
• Better Music Controls in the lock screen
  
• New fields in Contacts - "Add Social Profile" and "Add Instant Message"
  
• Hotmail is now Outlook when adding an account
• You can no longer change fonts in Notes
  
• In Messages you no longer have to scroll the the top to access "Call" "FaceTime" and "Info"
• Notification Sync
• Wifi Hotspot 2.0
  
• When you tell Siri to "Launch Maps" it gives you a choice between Apple Maps or other map apps
  
• Video Zoom
• App Store keeps records of app updates
• Adjust the radius of the geofence in Reminders.
• Gestures to navigate through Settings etc.
  
• Unified Safari Search Bar
• Older Third Party apps icons get gloss removed
• You can add an Unread, Flagged & Attachments folders in Mail.
  
• When overheating the iPhone limits some features. (Camera Flash, brightness etc.)
• Blue dot indicator of a newly updated app.
• Siri now tells you whats trending on Twitter.
• iTunes App has been renamed "iTunes Store".

--- Beta 2---
Expires: August 8th, 2013

• Siri has a new voice (Male and Female voices included)
  
• Voice Memos
  
• Keychain support
• Group message shows contact photos
  
• Messages send button text seems darker
• New PhotoBooth icon (iPad Version only)
  
• Improved FaceTime App UI
• The user is notified if their pass code is too weak
• Pink Default Wallpaper removed
  
• iCloud Keychain
  
• Improved Animation
• Reduce Motion is know referred to as "Parallax"
• Nicknames in Messages
  
• Clock icon updated and improved animation in Control Center
• Reminders UI redesign
  
• Messages has new bubble animation
• Group Chat displays contact pics next to text
  
• Swiping left on a message displays timestamps
• "Send" button is bold and turns green or blue when a text is typed.
• New icon on the bottom of the Weather app brings up the list of cities saved.
• Nike + iPod updated with a new icon and new UI
• Exchange Icon in Mail app has been updated
• Newsstand has an improved UI
• Find my iPhone icon in Setting updated
• Tweaked Music Controls in Lock Screen
  
• New layout for Calendar list view on the iPhone.
• Little tweaks to the video player UI
• Social icons (Facebook, Twitter etc.) in settings have been updated.
• New animation when deleting a photo
• Traffic Conditions may now appear in Notification Center
  
• Artists name appears when there is no album art in the Music app

--- Beta 3---
Expires: August 29th, 2013

• Folder icons are more transparent
• Shadows underneath app names in the Dock
• As you swipe down on the home screen, the Search iPhone label is centered, and moves to its original
• UI Tweaks to Notification Center
  
• Shadows underneath app names in multitasking
• Animations are a bit faster
• New loading bar for downloading apps
  
• Dots are back to the Month View in Calendar
  
• New Playlist icon in Music App
• Thicker Fonts
  
• Contact options in Messages replaced with icons
• Status Bar bigger in the Lock Screen
• Safari has seen some notable UI enhancements for the tab/bookmarks via on the iPad
  
• New Fonts in the Weather App
• Clock icon once again tweaked in Control Center
• New Genius icon in Music App
• Nice new UI for arranging tab-bar icons
  
• New silent control in iPad Control Center
  
• Game Center UI tweaks
• Tweaked interface when clicking a key in Calculator.app
  
• New font in Settings app
• Yellow selection UI in notes
• New animation while accessing Spotlight
• Some UI tweaks to iTunes Radio
  
• Dictionary is fully active
  
• "Lighting" icon next to battery when charging no longer pulses
• Siri's Voice has improved
• iPhone apps now use retina graphics when running on the iPad. They are also locked to 2x mode.
  
• Improved Reading List
• New Wi-Fi diagnostic mode
  
• Autocorrect is now enabled when typing "up against" another word.

---Beta 4---
Coming Soon...
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