Although you may want to wait to install iOS 10 for now, the new software has a lot to offer: There’s a greater emphasis on photos and messaging, an improved Maps interface, and it finally allows you to remove default apps like Stocks or Find My Friends.
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You can also force press on the clear button in the notification shade to clear all notifications, which, frankly, should have been there from the beginning.
Easier to read Notifications on your home screen, that don’t require you to log on to the phone to read.
From bricked phones to redesigned emojis, some Apple device owners have taken to social media to vent their frustrations after upgrading – or trying to upgrade – their iPhones, iPads and iPods to iOS 10.
“We are getting reports of connectivity issues & Apple is working on a fix”, T-Mobile tweeted Thursday. You can add and remove as many apps as you want here, though there’s only a handful of apps that even have extensions at this point. And swiping to the right shows you all the notifications, and recently used apps among others. For whatever reason, Apple in iOS 9 thought it would be a good idea to completely pause all audio playback when a user opens up the Camera app. Once Control Center is open, swipe to the left to get audio and video controls.
Apple’s Photos now has numerous same features of rivals such as Google Photos.
You might have been scared off by some horror stories, of phones locking up. Those widgets join app and news recommendations that were already there. For drivers, there’s now an option to avoid tolls, matching Google Maps.
Siri is also now baked into the QuickType keyboard for more intelligent suggestions and contextual input, such as mentioning meetings in chat linked to the Calendar app.
Sharing web links in iOS 9 isn’t all that hard, but it’s not the most seamless process. Other models don’t have this 3D Touch capability. In the past, you chose messages in a thread individually.
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And the Photos app has more options for searching and viewing highlights.
