{"id":846,"date":"2019-09-24T09:10:05","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T09:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.amt.in\/?p=846"},"modified":"2019-09-24T09:10:05","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T09:10:05","slug":"introduction-to-ios-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.amt.in\/index.php\/2019\/09\/24\/introduction-to-ios-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to iOS 13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>iOS 13\u00c2\u00a0is the\u00c2\u00a0thirteenth major release\u00c2\u00a0of the\u00c2\u00a0iOS\u00c2\u00a0mobile operating system\u00c2\u00a0developed by\u00c2\u00a0Apple Inc.\u00c2\u00a0The successor to\u00c2\u00a0iOS 12, it was announced at the company&#8217;s\u00c2\u00a0Worldwide Developers Conference\u00c2\u00a0on June 3, 2019, and was released on September 19, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>iOS 13 and\u00c2\u00a0iPadOS\u00c2\u00a013 were introduced by software engineering director\u00c2\u00a0Craig Federighi\u00c2\u00a0at the\u00c2\u00a0Apple Worldwide Developers Conference\u00c2\u00a0keynote address on June 3, 2019.\u00c2\u00a0The first\u00c2\u00a0beta\u00c2\u00a0was made available to registered developers after the keynote.\u00c2\u00a0The second beta was released to registered developers on June 18, 2019, and the first public beta was released on June 24, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>iOS 13 changes the handling of location data. When an app requests access to location, the user chooses whether to grant access whenever they are using the app, or only once. The user will receive similar prompts for background location access, and when an app requests access to Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.<\/p>\n<p>In August 2019, it was reported that beginning in April 2020, the PushKit API for\u00c2\u00a0VoIP\u00c2\u00a0will be restricted to internet telephone usage, closing a &#8220;loophole&#8221; that had been used by other apps for background data collection.<\/p>\n<p>A system-wide\u00c2\u00a0dark mode\u00c2\u00a0allows users to enable a light-on-dark color scheme for the entire iOS and iPadOS user interface, all native applications, and supported third-party apps. It can be manually turned on or set to automatically switch between light and dark modes based on the time of day.<\/p>\n<p>iOS 13 introduces an updated volume indicator that appears on the left side of the screen and allows the user to set the volume by sliding a finger on the indicator. Previous versions have the indicator in the center of the screen.<\/p>\n<p>Siri\u00c2\u00a0uses a software-generated voice called &#8220;Neural TTS&#8221;, intended to sound more natural than previous versions that use clips of human voices. Siri will also become more functional and new sound control will be available. The Siri Shortcuts app is now installed by default. Siri will also use HomePods to learn and recognize voices of different people. It will also be possible for Siri to automatically read incoming messages aloud on AirPods.<\/p>\n<p>The QuickType virtual keyboard now features QuickPath, allowing the user to swipe their finger across the keyboard to complete words and phrases. This functionality was previously exclusively available via third-party keyboard applications such as\u00c2\u00a0SwiftKey,\u00c2\u00a0Adaptxt, or\u00c2\u00a0Gboard.\u00c2\u00a0Emoji stickers have been included on the\u00c2\u00a0emoji\u00c2\u00a0keyboard and can be used wherever regular emoji can be.<\/p>\n<p>iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 add a new system-wide gesture interface for cut, copy, paste, undo, and redo. A three-finger swipe left or up will undo; three fingers right or down will redo. A single three-finger pinch will copy, a second three-finger pinch will cut, and a three-finger spread pastes. A three-finger single tap will bring up a shortcut menu with all five options.<\/p>\n<p>The blue text cursor can now be moved around text fields by pressing and holding to pick it up and move it. Many new options for text selection have also been added: double-tapping a word will select it, triple-tapping selects a sentence, and quadruple-tapping a paragraph selects it.<\/p>\n<p>iOS 13 makes several performance improvements.\u00c2\u00a0Face ID\u00c2\u00a0unlocks the\u00c2\u00a0iPhone X,\u00c2\u00a0XS\u00c2\u00a0\/\u00c2\u00a0XS Max, and\u00c2\u00a0iPhone XR\u00c2\u00a0up to 30<span class=\"nowrap\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>percent faster than on iOS<span class=\"nowrap\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>12. A new file format makes app downloads as much as 50<span class=\"nowrap\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>percent smaller, app updates as much as 60<span class=\"nowrap\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>percent smaller, and app launches up to twice as fast.<\/p>\n<p>The version of iOS for\u00c2\u00a0iPad\u00c2\u00a0devices was renamed\u00c2\u00a0iPadOS, reflecting the different functionalities of iPhones, iPods touch, and iPads.<\/p>\n<p>iOS<span class=\"nowrap\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>13 adds official support for the\u00c2\u00a0Sony\u00c2\u00a0DualShock 4\u00c2\u00a0and the\u00c2\u00a0Microsoft\u00c2\u00a0Xbox One controller.\u00c2\u00a0iOS<span class=\"nowrap\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>13 also adds support for wireless audio sharing for\u00c2\u00a0AirPods\u00c2\u00a0and certain\u00c2\u00a0Beats headphones.<\/p>\n<p>A new multi-select gesture is available in supported applications such as Files and Mail. Multiple items, such as files or emails, can be quickly selected by dragging two fingers over the desired items.<\/p>\n<p>The above is a brief about iOS 13. Watch this space for more updates on the latest trends in Technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>iOS 13\u00c2\u00a0is the\u00c2\u00a0thirteenth major release\u00c2\u00a0of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[163,447,167,7],"tags":[166,448,168,18],"class_list":["post-846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ios","category-ios-13","category-siri","category-techtrends","tag-ios","tag-ios-13","tag-siri","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.amt.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.amt.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.amt.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.amt.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.amt.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.amt.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":847,"href":"https:\/\/blog.amt.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846\/revisions\/847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.amt.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.amt.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.amt.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.amt.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}