What are the main functions of ios14?

Early yesterday morning, Apple finally pushed the official version of iOS 14.

This upgrade has a lot of new features!

And the overall stability and power consumption are much better than previous major version upgrades.

If you haven’t upgraded your system yet, it’s best to click on download now and come back to this article.

After reading the article, you will probably be able to upgrade.

Let’s talk about iOS 14.

App Library

The biggest change in iOS 14 is the home screen, and one of the changes is the App Library.

In the past, iOS system icons were arranged on the home screen.

Faced with increasingly larger screens and more and more apps, the previous home screen and icon arrangement are no longer easy to use.

Now, all apps will be stored in the App Library on the far right of the home screen.

The system will classify them and put them in the corresponding folders.

Based on your usage habits, the system will provide 3 apps that you may need at the top of each category folder.

You can open the app directly without clicking on the folder.

You can also directly search the name of the App through the search bar at the top for precise search, which is very convenient to use.

For conventional multi-page home screens, we can also long press the blank space to enter the editing interface of the home screen.

Then click the page selection button below to hide unnecessary home screen pages.

Apps that you don’t want others to find easily can be hidden on this page.

Hide does not mean deletion. If you check it again, it will be restored and the layout will not change.

It should be noted that the home screen page must retain at least one page, and you cannot only use the combination of negative one screen + App resource library.

Widgets

Another manifestation of the major overhaul of the home screen is the addition of widgets.

Widgets can be used by holding down the screen and dragging them to the home screen.

We can also press and hold a blank space on the screen to enter screen editing mode and click the plus sign in the upper right corner to enter the widget selection page and select widgets according to our needs.

The widget function has existed on Android for a long time, but its usage has not been very high. It exists more as some simple shortcut switches.

But the usage of widgets in iOS 14 is quite different from Android.

The widgets in iOS 14 are more of an entrance to the App and a direct information viewing function, and do not have a shortcut switch function.

For example, the weather widget allows you to see weather information without entering the App. After clicking, you will directly enter the App to view detailed weather information.

This is more like an "upgrade" for the App icon, giving the icon the ability to display information content.

Many users discussed the emergence of this change during the beta version.

A relatively reliable guess is that Apple may be planning the system layout in advance for the subsequent AR/VR system, expanding the information density and information display capabilities of the home screen and the application itself, and improving the performance of large screens. Space usage efficiency.

Of course, this is just a guess. Whether it is correct or not will have to wait until Apple’s separate AR/VR products appear later.

In the past three months of testing, I think the widgets that are more useful are smart stacking and app suggestions.

Smart stacking can stack multiple widgets at one time, with three sizes to choose from.

If you only want to keep one page of the home screen, but need multiple widgets, smart stacking can solve the space utilization problem very well.

In terms of App intelligent suggestion function, iOS 14 will automatically provide you with apps you may need during different operations or at different times based on your daily usage habits.

When this widget is placed on the home screen, it looks like two rows of App icons. It doesn’t look like a widget at all.

The last 2 and 3 lines are APP suggestions

After comprehensive use, I found that the intelligent prediction effect of iOS 14 is quite good.

Let the algorithm learn for a period of time, and it will basically be able to accurately provide you with the App you want to use, with high accuracy.

Compact design

The compact design is reflected in many functions.

The first one is the small window for incoming calls. First of all, iOS calls are no longer afraid of interrupting the game.

The other is Siri. After calling out, it no longer covers the full screen, but appears in the form of a floating window.

But if you select "Type to use Siri" and use text input instead of voice commands, Siri will still appear as a global page.

Because it requires a keyboard.

In addition, some system-level notifications, such as notifications when AirPods headphones are connected and the software calls the clipboard, will also appear in the form of compact notifications.

Picture-in-picture function

Following the compact design, let’s talk about the upgrade of the picture-in-picture function that conforms to this concept.

Now, we can finally use the currently playing video or FaceTime voice chat in the form of picture-in-picture.

The way to enable it is to click the picture-in-picture button in the system player of iOS 14, or directly use the gesture to return to the home page.

The video will play in picture-in-picture format.

The picture-in-picture window can be resized and hidden by sliding to the edge.

Hide does not mean closing. It will continue to play in the background, but will be paused after the screen is locked.

In this way, we can watch the video and learn the postures through the official accounts of Jiguo or NeochaEDGE’s evaluation room.

But!

There are very few apps that are adapted to the picture-in-picture function.

Among domestic applications, Bilibili has been adapted. If you find other adapted apps, please leave a message to add.

In terms of foreign applications, Netflix and YouTube also support the picture-in-picture function.

If you want to use the picture-in-picture function in an app that is not adapted, there is no way.

Open the corresponding video website directly in the browser to play the video. If the video can be played with the iOS system player, then we can also enable the picture-in-picture function through the system player.

The curve saves the "fruit".

Spatial Audio

It will be available after upgrading to iOS 14 and AirPods Pro is updated to the latest 3A283 firmware.

After both iPhone and AirPods Pro are upgraded to the latest firmware, we can find the spatial audio switch in the volume adjustment in the Control Center, or in Settings - Accessibility - AirPods.

This feature allows us to experience a strong spatial stereo sound effect when watching supported videos on iPhone.

When the iPhone moves to the left, the sound will also move accordingly. The sound of the right earphone will decrease and the sound of the left earphone will increase;

The immersion is very strong. It's like being in a movie, the effect is amazing.

Users of AirPods Pro must upgrade to iOS 14 for this feature.

Many analysts also believe that this feature is also prepared for future AR/VR devices.

Again, we can wait until Apple’s VR glasses are launched in the future to verify it.

Privacy Control

Privacy management is the top priority of this Apple upgrade, which is reflected in all aspects of the system.

Many apps steal users’ background data, clipboard data, and location data without anyone noticing;

They even secretly turn on the camera and microphone to steal users’ private data. .

Apple has strengthened the management of these issues this time, and the first shot was on the clipboard call.

Now, as long as an app calls your clipboard data, Apple will directly push a system-level message to tell you the situation.

Then, some unruly apps in the past have the following weird situations...

However, it should be noted that not all clipboard calls are stealing your data. Some of the information may be clipboard calls of the iCloud relay function, but specific issues still need to be analyzed in detail.

When calling the camera and microphone, Apple will inform the user in the form of a small dot on the right side of the bangs.

If you don’t turn on the camera or microphone, but this little dot appears, you should pay attention.

Also, if an App wants to call your location information, now we can not only set it to be enabled only when the app is opened, but also choose to blur the positioning to avoid leaking specific positioning data.

You can now choose to turn off the acquisition of LAN information to prevent more private information under the same LAN from being retrieved by the App.

In terms of privacy control, iOS 14 also adds many features, but the ones mentioned above make some sensitive behaviors of Apps transparent and public, so that users can know whether they have been stolen by Apps. own privacy.

I hope domestic systems can keep up with this function as soon as possible.

In addition to some of the more important updates mentioned above, iOS 14 also has feature updates worth mentioning.

Customize the default application

iOS 14 allows us to customize the default browser and mail application. Safari and Edge browsers have been added to the support range of the default browser.

Light App

Light App is Apple’s own “mini program”, which provides multiple entrances such as complete QR code, NFC, and web page embedding for users to use.

Since it is a "mini program", of course it has features such as small size (mandatory less than 10MB), no need to download, and fast startup.

Good news for 64GB users.

Activated light apps will be displayed in the App Library and can be enabled multiple times.

But whether it can replace various domestic mini programs? I think WeChat mini programs have seized the market in the past few years and have matured, leaving not many opportunities for Apple.

Tap the back

There is also a useful function of tapping the back, which can be turned on in Settings - Accessibility - Touch - Tap the back.

After opening it, we only need to tap the back of the phone two or three times to enable some system functions.

In actual testing, it can be used normally even when wearing a mobile phone case.

This is the function. Regardless of whether it has a case or not, the probability of accidentally touching it is a bit high.

Because 3D Touch is no longer available after the iPhone 11 series, I usually use this function to replace the auxiliary touch "little white dot" for taking screenshots and locking the screen, and the experience is okay.

The above are the more important new features of iOS 14. After multiple test version updates, the system is now relatively stable and mature.

However, the problem of virtual keyboard lag during input has not been solved yet. Users who plan to upgrade can wait a while before upgrading.

Finally, if you have anything you like about iOS 14 or think there is room for improvement, please leave a message to discuss.

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