There are many new features in this upgrade!
Moreover, the overall stability and power consumption are much better than the previous big version upgrade.
If you haven't upgraded your system, you'd better click Download now and return to this article.
After reading the article, you can probably upgrade.
Let's start with iOS 14.
Application resource pool
The biggest change of iOS 14 is the home screen, and one of the changes is the App resource library.
In the past, the icons of the iOS system were arranged on the home screen.
Faced with larger and larger screens and more and more apps, the previous home screen and icon arrangement are not easy to use.
Now, all applications will be stored in the application repository at the far right of the home screen.
The system will classify them and put them in the corresponding folders.
According to your usage habits, the system will provide three applications you may need at the top of each classified folder.
You can open the App directly without clicking on the folder.
You can also search the name of the App directly through the search bar at the top, which is very convenient to use.
For a regular multi-page home screen, we can also press and hold spaces to enter the editing interface of the home screen.
Then click the page selection button below to hide the unwanted home screen pages.
Applications that you don't want others to find easily can be hidden in this page.
Hiding is not the same as deleting. If you check it again, it will be restored and the layout will not change.
It should be noted that at least one page should be reserved for the main screen page, and the combination of negative screen and +App resource library cannot be used.
Widget
Another manifestation of the big change in the home screen is the addition of widget function.
In the negative screen, press and drag to the home screen to use Widgets.
After entering the screen editing mode, we can also hold down the blank space of the screen and click the plus sign in the upper right corner to enter the widget selection page and select widgets according to our own needs.
Widget function has existed on Android for a long time, but the usage rate has not been very high, and it exists as some simple shortcut switches.
However, the usage of widgets in iOS 14 is very different from that in Android.
Widgets of iOS 14 are mostly used as the entrance of the App and the direct information viewing function, and there is no quick switching function.
For example, weather gadgets can see weather information without entering the App. After clicking, you can go directly to the App to view detailed weather information.
This is more like an "upgrade" of the App icon, giving the icon the ability to display information content.
Many users discussed this change in the beta.
A relatively reliable guess is that Apple may have made a system layout for the AR/VR system in advance, which has expanded the information density and information display capability of the home screen and the application itself, and improved the use efficiency of the large screen space.
Of course, this is just a guess, right? We have to wait until Apple's separate AR/VR products appear.
In the past three months of testing, I think the more useful widgets are smart stacking and App suggestions.
Smart stacking can stack multiple widgets at a time, and there are three sizes to choose from.
If you only want to keep one home screen, but need multiple widgets, smart stacking can solve the space utilization problem well.
In terms of the intelligent suggestion function of the App, iOS 14 will automatically provide you with the App you may need according to your daily usage habits in different operations or at different times.
This widget is placed on the main screen, just like two rows of App icons, and it is completely invisible as a widget.
The last two or three lines are APP suggestions.
After comprehensive use, I found that the intelligent prediction effect of iOS 14 is quite good.
After learning the algorithm for a period of time, it can basically provide you with the App you want to use with high accuracy.
Compact design
The compact design has many functions.
The first is the call window. First of all, calls from iOS are no longer afraid to interrupt the game.
The other is Siri, which is no longer full-screen coverage after exhalation, but appears in the form of a floating window.
But if you choose "type to use Siri" and use text input instead of voice commands, Siri will still be displayed as a global page.
Because you must have a keyboard.
In addition, some system-level notifications, such as connecting AirPods headphones and calling clipboard software, will also appear in the form of compact notifications.
Picture in picture function
According to the compact design, the upgrade of the function of picture-in-picture in line with this concept is discussed.
Now, we can finally use the video being played 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 of returning to the home page.
So the video will be played in the form of picture-in-picture.
The picture-in-picture window can be resized, and it can be hidden by sliding to the edge.
If hidden, it will continue to play in the background, but it will pause after the screen is locked.
In this way, while watching the video, we can learn posture from Brother Brush or WeChat official account in HIVE BOX Evaluation Room.
But!
There are very few apps that adapt to the picture-in-picture function now.
In the domestic application, the beep has been adapted. If you find other adapted apps, please leave a message to add.
In foreign applications, Netflix and YouTube also support the picture-in-picture function.
If you want to use the picture-in-picture function in an unsuitable App, it is not impossible.
Open the corresponding video website directly in the browser to play the video. If the video can be played on the iOS player, then we can also turn on the picture-in-picture function through the system player.
The curve saved the fruit.
Spatial audio
Upgrade to iOS 14, and use AirPods Pro after updating to the latest 3A283 firmware.
When both iPhone and AirPods Pro are upgraded to the latest firmware, we can find the switch of spatial audio in the volume adjustment of the control center or in Settings-Accessibility -AirPods.
This feature allows us to feel a strong stereo effect when watching supported movies on the iPhone.
When the iPhone moves to the left, the sound will also move, the sound of the right earphone will decrease and the sound of the left earphone will increase;
The immersion is very strong, just like in the movie, and the effect is very wonderful.
Users who use AirPods Pro must also upgrade iOS 14 to use this feature.
Many analysts also believe that this function is also prepared for future AR/VR devices.
Again, we can wait until Apple's VR glasses are launched in the future.
Privacy control
Privacy management is the top priority of this Apple upgrade, which is reflected in all aspects of the system.
Many apps will steal user background data, clipboard data and location data without knowing it;
Even secretly turn on the camera and microphone to steal user privacy data.
Apple has strengthened the management of these problems this time, and the first shot is the clipboard call.
Now, as long as an App calls your clipboard data, Apple will directly push system-level messages to tell you the situation.
Then, in the past, some unruly apps appeared the following ghost and animal situations. ...
However, it should be noted that not all clipboard calls are stealing your information, and some may be clipboard calls of iCloud relay function, or specific analysis of specific problems.
When the camera and microphone are called, Apple will tell the user in the form of dots on the right side of bangs.
If you don't turn on the camera or microphone, but this dot appears, then you should pay attention.
Also, if an App wants to call your location information, now we can not only set it to enable when opening the app, but also choose fuzzy positioning to avoid revealing specific positioning data.
Access to LAN information can also be turned off now to avoid more private information in the same LAN being retrieved by App.
In terms of privacy control, iOS 14 has added many functions, but all the above mentioned are to make some sensitive behaviors of the App transparent and open, so that users can know whether they have been stolen by the App.
I hope the domestic system 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 some functional updates worth mentioning.
Customize the default application
IOS 14 allows us to customize the default browser and mail application, and Safari and Edge browsers have also joined the support range of the default browser.
Light App
Light application is Apple's own "applet", which provides complete portals such as QR code, NFC and webpage embedding for users to use.
Since it is a "small program", it certainly has the characteristics of small size (mandatory less than 10MB), no need to download, fast startup and so on.
Gospel for 64GB users.
Enabled light applications will be displayed in the application repository and can be enabled multiple times.
But whether it can replace all kinds of small programs in China, I think WeChat small programs have seized the market in recent years, and their development is relatively mature, leaving not many opportunities for Apple.
Step back gently.
There is also a practical tap back function, which can be turned on in Settings-Accessibility-Touch-Tap Back.
After opening, we only need to tap the back of the phone two or three times to enable some system functions.
It can also be used normally when wearing a mobile phone case.
It is this function, whether there is a shell or not, the probability of accidental touch will be a bit high.
Because there is no 3D Touch after iPhone 1 1 series, I usually use this function to replace the screenshot and screen lock of the auxiliary touch "little white dot", and the experience is ok.
These are the more important new features of iOS 14. After several test version updates, the system has been relatively stable and mature.
However, the problem of virtual keyboard card input has not been solved, and computer friends who plan to upgrade can wait a while before upgrading.
Finally, if you like iOS 14 or feel that there is room for improvement, please leave a message and discuss it together.
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