They aren't secrets Apple news outlets just call them that for clickbate. Devin Prater Assistive Technology Instructor certified by World Services for the Blind JAWS certified
> On Sep 19, 2018, at 4:54 PM, Jewel <jewelbla...@kinect.co.nz> wrote: > > If these features are so great, why keep them secret? > > Jewel > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "M. Taylor" <mk...@ucla.edu> > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2018 4:33 AM > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Apple iOS 12 Has 25 Great Secret Features, Forbes > > Apple iOS 12 Has 25 Great Secret Features > By Gordon Kelly, 10:30 pm > > Alongside the new iPhone XS (guide), iPhone XS Max (guide) and iPhone XR, > Apple iOS 12 has landed. While it focuses primarily on performance and > stability (with mixed success), it still hides many great secret features as > well. > Let's take a look 25 of the best hiding beneath the surface. > 'Great Secret Features' and 'Nasty Surprises' are my regular columns > investigating operating system updates for the best features / biggest > problems hidden behind the headlines. > > Apple iOS 12Apple > 3D Touch > New Shortcuts - It may be facing the bullet, but 3D Touch improves in iOS 12 > with new Camera and Note shortcuts. 3D Touch (hard press) the Camera icon > and you can jump to scanning a QR code, while doing the same on the Note > icon brings up a new shortcut to scan documents. > AirPods > Live Listen - to transform your AirPods into hearing aids go to Settings > > Control Center > Customize and select 'Hearing'. This magnifies people's > voices. > Apple Music > Lyric search - simply type the lyrics of a song into Apple Music and it can > find what you're looking for, specific track names are no longer required. > > Apple Music can now search using lyricsGordon Kelly > Battery > Express Card with power reserve - On the iPhone XS, XS Max and XR, iOS 12 > retains enough battery life even when the phone powers off for digital > transit cards and student ID cards to still work. For now, support for the > former is limited to China and Japan and the latter to the US but expect > that to change. > Cellular smarts - when you're without cell coverage your iPhone will > constantly look for it, so iOS 12 adds 'No Cell Coverage' to the Battery > Usage by App list at the bottom of battery settings. This will help alert > you to apps which are particularly power hungry in dead zones. > Read more - Apple iOS 12: Should You Upgrade? > Camera > Feature Parity - limited to the iPhone X in iOS 11, iOS 12 gives all iPhones > support for stickers and filters. > Face ID > Two Faced - finally Face ID can support more than one face (two to be > exact). Just navigate to Settings > Face ID & Passcode > Set Up an Alternate > Appearance. > Ignore Passcode - after several failed Face ID unlocks you no longer have to > enter your passcode, instead swipe up from the bottom of the screen and you > can try Face ID again. > Face ID now supports two faces in iOS 12Gordon Kelly > Gestures (iPhone X) > Swipe to close - the iPhone X can finally close apps (like every other > iPhone) by swiping them away in the multitasking view. Previously you had to > tap a small cross, which was stupid. > iPad > New Gestures - in iOS 12 these align more closely with the iPhone X as you > can swipe down from the top right corner to open Control Center (previously > it was a swipe up from the bottom) while swiping up from the dock takes you > to the Home screen. > Keyboard > Trackpad for all - Previously this required 3D Touch, but now you can turn > the Apple keyboard into a trackpad just by tapping and holding the space > bar. > Messages > Faster codes - iOS (like Android) can now automatically scan text messages > for one-time login codes and copy and paste them for you. > Fast actions - Tap the bubble icon of a contact and FaceTime audio and video > call options appear. Previously you were taken to a new page for this > information. > Longer, more flexible Animojis - both Animojis and Memojis (don't ask) can > now be dragged and dropped on top of photos and messages while message > lengths can now last 30 seconds. (Limited to iPhone X, XS, XS Max and XR). > Send Animated Labels - in addition to Animojis and Memojis, animated words, > phrases and hashtags can be added to photos and videos you share. > Animojis can now comment on existing animojis and images. Heaven help > us.Gordon Kelly > Notifications > Do Not Disturb shortcut - advanced DND controls were added to iOS 12, but > you can also access them straight from the lockscreen. Swipe a notification > to turn on 'Deliver Quietly'. You won't get any pop-ups for that app, but > you will still its alerts in the Notification Center. > Do Not Disturb tricks - everyone knows DND can be triggered at user > specified times, but it can also be triggered based on your location. Great > when leaving the office. You can also 3D Touch (hard press) in Control > Center to turn on DND. > Safari > Favicons - navigate to Settings > Safari > Show Icons In Tabs to get icons > for your bookmarks in the tab bar. A handy space-saving feature as the > visual reminder means you can cut down on text. > Safari favicons can be enabled in iOS 12Gordon Kelly > Siri > Smart suggestions - On the lock screen and Search pane Siri will suggest > contextual app shortcuts, such as messaging ahead when you're running late. > iPhone 6 and older iPhones won't get this feature. > New Voices - In addition to British and American, you will now find Irish > and South African male and female assistant voices to choose from. Settings >> Siri Search > Siri Voice. > Find any device - you can now tell Siri "Play alert on my iPad" from your > iPhone (or vice versa) to locate your it. > More power in low power - "Hey Siri" now works in Low Power mode, something > that was disabled in iOS 11. > Screenshots > Accidental assistance - taking accidental screenshots was too easy in iOS 11 > as pressing the Volume Up and Power button even in your pocket with the > screen off would result in a useless snap being added to your gallery. Now > the display has to be turned on for this key combo to work. Logical and long > overdue. > Extra options - there's now a broader choice of pen colours to markup a > screenshot, while you can also markup existing photos by going to any photo > and selecting Edit > More options (three dots) > Markup. > Screenshot markup has many more colours in iOS 12Gordon Kelly > Voice Memos > New features - alongside a new user interface, Memos in iOS 12 can trim > audio and even splice in new audio files. > > Original Article at: > https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2018/09/18/apple-ios-12-has-25-grea > t-secret-features-iphone-ipad/#45b58e164048 > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's > post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly > rather than posting on the > list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. 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