WEBVTT - iOS 12 Speeds Up Older iPhones 0:00:04.440 --> 0:00:07.960 iOS twelve is available as a free download today and 0:00:08.200 --> 0:00:09.959 it will make your phone run faster. 0:00:10.360 --> 0:00:13.400 What's going on? I'm rich Demiro. This is Rich on Tech. 0:00:13.800 --> 0:00:17.280 iOS twelve was previewed back in June at Apple's Worldwide 0:00:17.320 --> 0:00:20.440 Developers Conference, and now it is ready for prime time. 0:00:20.640 --> 0:00:24.400 The new software is scheduled to launch today for iPhones, iPads, 0:00:24.400 --> 0:00:26.000 and other iOS devices. 0:00:26.320 --> 0:00:27.240 I've been using the. 0:00:27.080 --> 0:00:29.480 Beta version of it and it's pretty cool. It does 0:00:29.520 --> 0:00:32.520 bring some new changes. But first things first, who can 0:00:32.560 --> 0:00:34.879 actually get this? Well, if you have an iPhone, you 0:00:34.920 --> 0:00:36.600 can get this. If you have an iPhone all the 0:00:36.640 --> 0:00:39.960 way back to the iPhone five S, so five S 0:00:40.080 --> 0:00:43.960 and above you will get access to iOS twelve. With iPads, 0:00:44.000 --> 0:00:46.000 it goes all the way back to the iPad Mini two, 0:00:46.680 --> 0:00:51.519 iPad Air, iPad, fifth generation iPad pros, so you've got 0:00:51.520 --> 0:00:54.360 a lot there. And with the iPod Touch only the 0:00:54.440 --> 0:00:58.080 latest sixth generation iPod Touch will be getting the update 0:00:58.120 --> 0:01:01.400 to iOS twelve. Now, the thing about this release is 0:01:01.400 --> 0:01:03.880 that Apple made it a point to tell us that 0:01:04.000 --> 0:01:07.400 this will actually make your old iPhones and old devices 0:01:07.600 --> 0:01:10.320 run faster. They made it a priority to make it 0:01:10.360 --> 0:01:14.280 so that this software runs speedier on even old devices. 0:01:14.319 --> 0:01:16.320 So that's some good news if you have an old phone. 0:01:16.360 --> 0:01:17.920 If you have an old device you want to breathe 0:01:17.959 --> 0:01:20.160 some new life into it. I think you can probably 0:01:20.200 --> 0:01:23.000 squeeze an extra six months or a year out of 0:01:23.080 --> 0:01:25.760 your device if Apple's claims are true, and that's a 0:01:25.760 --> 0:01:28.440 good thing because it'll save you money. Apple says app's 0:01:28.480 --> 0:01:31.160 launch up to twice as fast, the camera launches up 0:01:31.200 --> 0:01:34.720 to seventy percent faster, and even the lowly keyboard will 0:01:34.720 --> 0:01:38.280 appear faster on your screen and feel more responsive. Now, 0:01:38.319 --> 0:01:40.360 I've been running the beta on my device, which is 0:01:40.360 --> 0:01:42.880 an iPhone ten, and this is a new device, so 0:01:42.959 --> 0:01:45.240 clearly it has the best processor, or well, it used 0:01:45.280 --> 0:01:47.600 to have the best processor until the new A twelve 0:01:47.640 --> 0:01:50.120 Bionic came out in the new phone. But it does 0:01:50.160 --> 0:01:53.400 seem snappier, and although this version of iOS doesn't bring 0:01:53.440 --> 0:01:56.160 a huge visible change, there are a lot of nice 0:01:56.200 --> 0:01:58.920 little touches and especially things under the hood. The first 0:01:58.960 --> 0:02:01.800 thing you'll probably notice is how it handles your notifications. 0:02:01.880 --> 0:02:04.880 They are now grouped together by default, so they're much 0:02:05.000 --> 0:02:07.240 easier to manage, especially if you get a bunch of 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:10.480 notifications all from one app like Instagram. You can see 0:02:10.520 --> 0:02:13.120 them all kind of like in a little stack, and 0:02:13.160 --> 0:02:15.480 then you can tap to expand them to see them 0:02:15.480 --> 0:02:17.480 all one by one. Now, if you don't like them 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:19.720 grouped together, and for certain apps you might like to 0:02:19.760 --> 0:02:21.880 have them stay one by one, you can go into 0:02:21.880 --> 0:02:24.760 the notification settings for that individual app and change it, 0:02:25.080 --> 0:02:26.720 or you can turn off grouping all together. 0:02:26.960 --> 0:02:27.120 Now. 0:02:27.120 --> 0:02:29.400 The other new big thing is a revamp of Do 0:02:29.480 --> 0:02:33.040 not Disturb and the introduction of screen time. These are 0:02:33.080 --> 0:02:35.880 two items that should help with our digital wellness, but 0:02:35.960 --> 0:02:37.040 that remains to be seen. 0:02:37.080 --> 0:02:37.560 Who knows. 0:02:38.120 --> 0:02:40.520 So with do not Disturb, the big difference here is 0:02:40.520 --> 0:02:43.480 that you can now choose a bedtime option, so your 0:02:43.520 --> 0:02:46.160 phone will not show you a whole screen full of 0:02:46.200 --> 0:02:47.920 notifications when you're trying to sleep at night. 0:02:47.960 --> 0:02:49.040 Come on, you know you've done it. 0:02:49.320 --> 0:02:51.160 You kind of like wake up in the middle of 0:02:51.200 --> 0:02:53.200 the night and you take a little sneak peek at 0:02:53.200 --> 0:02:54.200 your phone and you see. 0:02:54.000 --> 0:02:55.800 All those notifications and you're like, oh my gosh, now 0:02:55.800 --> 0:02:56.480 I'm stressed. 0:02:56.240 --> 0:02:58.080 Out because I want to reply or look at all 0:02:58.120 --> 0:03:00.440 those Well, that will no longer happen if you turn 0:03:00.480 --> 0:03:02.960 this feature on. It's a new toggle under your do 0:03:03.000 --> 0:03:07.080 not Disturb settings, it says bedtime and basically so there's 0:03:07.080 --> 0:03:09.760 two different things you've got do not disturb, which kind 0:03:09.760 --> 0:03:12.360 of like doesn't ring your phone unless it's important. But 0:03:12.480 --> 0:03:14.880 now if you add the bedtime option in, it actually 0:03:14.880 --> 0:03:18.120 won't even show you anything on your screen when it's bedtime. 0:03:18.160 --> 0:03:20.560 I highly recommend doing that because we need some digital 0:03:20.560 --> 0:03:22.360 wellness in our lives, so do that. And you can 0:03:22.360 --> 0:03:24.520 also have this turn on with the bedtime feature, So 0:03:24.680 --> 0:03:26.880 if you're not using this, I highly recommend you use it. 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:29.320 If you're using a standard alarm to wake you up, 0:03:29.560 --> 0:03:31.680 you probably want to switch to bedtime. It's a little 0:03:31.680 --> 0:03:33.400 bit trickier to set up because you kind of have 0:03:33.440 --> 0:03:35.640 to use a slider to set your alarm, but it's 0:03:35.680 --> 0:03:39.240 so much better because bedtime alarms actually wake you up gently. 0:03:39.760 --> 0:03:42.200 Their audio slowly gets louder in the morning. 0:03:42.560 --> 0:03:45.240 So if you're familiar with the standard iPhone alarm, there's 0:03:45.240 --> 0:03:49.040 only one setting. It's basically really loud, really blaring, all 0:03:49.040 --> 0:03:50.880 in your face all at once, and for me, I 0:03:50.920 --> 0:03:52.920 can't deal with that early in the morning, So I 0:03:53.000 --> 0:03:57.160 love the bedtime feature because it slowly gets louder. Screen 0:03:57.200 --> 0:03:59.280 Time is also fascinating because now you can see how 0:03:59.360 --> 0:04:02.000 long you spend in each app and on your phone 0:04:02.000 --> 0:04:04.560 in general. And more importantly, you can now set limits 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:06.160 on yourself and your kids. 0:04:06.520 --> 0:04:08.800 So there's a feature called downtime. This is new. 0:04:09.080 --> 0:04:11.520 It's sort of like do not Disturb, but it's for apps. 0:04:11.560 --> 0:04:13.880 And once you turn it on, you only have access 0:04:13.920 --> 0:04:16.719 to certain apps of your choice. So some apps you 0:04:16.720 --> 0:04:18.880 can say you always have access to, like your phone 0:04:18.880 --> 0:04:21.080 and your camera, but you can turn off access to 0:04:21.120 --> 0:04:23.760 these other apps on your phone if you have downtime 0:04:23.839 --> 0:04:25.560 turned on. And you can also turn this on for 0:04:25.600 --> 0:04:28.240 your kids devices, which will really come in handy. And 0:04:28.320 --> 0:04:30.719 you can also have it turn on automatically and off 0:04:30.760 --> 0:04:32.680 at certain times of the day. Like let's say you 0:04:32.720 --> 0:04:35.440 want them to read in bed for an hour before 0:04:35.440 --> 0:04:38.240 they go to sleep. You can have this downtime feature 0:04:38.279 --> 0:04:40.480 turn on at let's say seven pm if they're supposed 0:04:40.480 --> 0:04:42.880 to go to bed at eight pm. Basically it renders 0:04:42.960 --> 0:04:47.080 their I devices useless, so hopefully they read the book. 0:04:47.279 --> 0:04:48.600 And yes, your kids are not going to like you 0:04:48.680 --> 0:04:50.760 for turning on this feature. I can guarantee that. Then 0:04:50.800 --> 0:04:53.200 you have something called app limits. These are time limits 0:04:53.240 --> 0:04:56.200 that you can set on individual apps or categories of 0:04:56.279 --> 0:05:00.599 apps like social networking, entertainment, games, reading, and more. You 0:05:00.600 --> 0:05:02.960 don't have to put the apps into these categories. Apple 0:05:03.000 --> 0:05:05.880 automatically does it. So for me, I've been setting a 0:05:05.880 --> 0:05:08.599 one hour time limit on all my social networking apps, 0:05:08.960 --> 0:05:10.520 and yeah, I pretty much reached that. 0:05:10.480 --> 0:05:12.320 Limit, like in the morning most days. 0:05:12.680 --> 0:05:14.720 So once you reach your limit, the app is greade 0:05:14.720 --> 0:05:16.760 out and you see a little kind of sand timer 0:05:16.839 --> 0:05:18.920 next to it, and that tells you, Nope, no more 0:05:18.960 --> 0:05:21.560 time on this app. So if you want, if you 0:05:21.560 --> 0:05:23.400 still want to use that app, you can just tap 0:05:23.440 --> 0:05:25.080 it and it will give you a little menu to 0:05:25.080 --> 0:05:27.560 say ignore, and you press ignore, and then you could 0:05:27.600 --> 0:05:30.719 ignore for fifteen minutes or the full day. And once 0:05:30.720 --> 0:05:33.320 you ignore that app, it doesn't it doesn't affect the 0:05:33.360 --> 0:05:35.600 other apps. So all the other social networking apps are 0:05:35.600 --> 0:05:37.960 still grade out, so basically you can kind of use 0:05:37.960 --> 0:05:40.640 them on a one by one basis. Now for me personally, 0:05:40.680 --> 0:05:44.719 in the social networking is included Facebook Messenger is included 0:05:44.760 --> 0:05:46.880 in there, and that's kind of like an oversight. 0:05:46.880 --> 0:05:48.280 I got to figure out how to take that out 0:05:48.320 --> 0:05:48.560 of the. 0:05:48.480 --> 0:05:51.600 Social Networking bundle because I'd still like to use that 0:05:51.680 --> 0:05:53.839 even when I'm not using Twitter or things like that. 0:05:54.400 --> 0:05:56.200 You can also set a pass code so your kids 0:05:56.240 --> 0:05:59.080 can't just ignore these time limits. And there's the ability 0:05:59.120 --> 0:06:02.400 to combine you usage times across devices, So if your 0:06:02.440 --> 0:06:04.599 kid has an iPhone and an iPad, or if you do, 0:06:04.960 --> 0:06:07.919 you can have one timer across all your devices. So 0:06:07.960 --> 0:06:09.919 if you use Twitter on your iPhone and your iPad, 0:06:10.160 --> 0:06:11.520 you can say, look, I only want to use it 0:06:11.520 --> 0:06:14.520 for an hour across everything. This is a pretty powerful feature. 0:06:14.520 --> 0:06:17.080 I think Apple did a really nice job on it. Obviously, 0:06:17.120 --> 0:06:19.679 it will evolve as people use it and as Apple 0:06:19.720 --> 0:06:21.960 gets feedback on it, but I think it's a good 0:06:21.960 --> 0:06:24.440 thing for us to have this. Personally, I cannot wait 0:06:24.480 --> 0:06:27.000 to limit my kids to one hour of Netflix a day. 0:06:27.240 --> 0:06:30.080 I will be updating their iPads with that, and yeah, 0:06:30.080 --> 0:06:32.240 they'll probably disown me as their dad. The other thing 0:06:32.240 --> 0:06:35.360 I'm super excited about in iOS twelve is Seriri shortcuts. 0:06:35.400 --> 0:06:38.400 You can find these under settings and Siri and Search. 0:06:39.040 --> 0:06:42.200 You'll notice there's a few suggested shortcuts already made for you. 0:06:42.560 --> 0:06:45.080 But what's brilliant about these is that you can now 0:06:45.160 --> 0:06:49.480 set a shortcut of your making, plus an associated SII phrase, 0:06:49.600 --> 0:06:52.159 kind of like a keyword phrase that you come up 0:06:52.520 --> 0:06:55.080 with what Siri reacts to. For instance, phone will listen 0:06:55.120 --> 0:06:57.119 to my podcasts and navigate to work in the morning. 0:06:57.320 --> 0:06:59.679 I could set a series shortcut that says I'm headed 0:06:59.680 --> 0:07:02.279 to work, and when I say that, Siri would spring 0:07:02.320 --> 0:07:05.479 into action, playing my morning podcast playlist and then navigating 0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:07.440 to work for me. So she kind of does this 0:07:07.480 --> 0:07:11.080 little routine of things, and you do record the serie shortcut, 0:07:11.200 --> 0:07:13.240 So you come up with the phrase and then there's 0:07:13.240 --> 0:07:15.640 a little record button and you record it, and I 0:07:15.640 --> 0:07:16.960 guess Siri reacts to that the. 0:07:16.920 --> 0:07:18.200 Next time, so it's kind of cool. 0:07:18.640 --> 0:07:21.040 Keep in mind, individual apps do have to activate all 0:07:21.080 --> 0:07:22.920 these shortcuts in there, so you might not have a 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:25.520 ton of shortcut options all on day one. But I 0:07:25.520 --> 0:07:28.240 think this is really going to extend the functionality and 0:07:28.360 --> 0:07:31.520 usefulness of Siri in a very big way. Another thing 0:07:31.560 --> 0:07:33.960 I'm very excited for, and this doesn't apply to everyone, 0:07:34.240 --> 0:07:37.880 but now CarPlay in iOS twelve has support for third 0:07:38.000 --> 0:07:42.440 party navigation apps. So nothing against Apple Maps. It's beautiful, 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:44.720 but I'll be honest, I like to use my Google Maps, 0:07:44.920 --> 0:07:48.080 so that will now be available in iOS twelve. Ways 0:07:48.120 --> 0:07:51.240 will be available other third party navigation apps will be available. 0:07:51.240 --> 0:07:53.520 The big question is when will they be available. Now. 0:07:53.600 --> 0:07:56.000 If I was Google, I would have it immediately available 0:07:56.080 --> 0:07:58.480 day one, but I don't think that's how Google works. 0:07:58.480 --> 0:08:01.200 Hopefully we'll see Google Maps and way on CarPlay very 0:08:01.200 --> 0:08:03.120 soon when we plug our phones in in our car. 0:08:03.600 --> 0:08:06.320 Now for other little improvements, there are some revamped apps, 0:08:06.480 --> 0:08:08.800 like the Voice Memo app. It's all new and now 0:08:08.840 --> 0:08:12.040 auto titles your memos based on your GPS location. Plus 0:08:12.040 --> 0:08:14.680 it can sync your audio files to iCloud. There's a 0:08:14.680 --> 0:08:18.160 new virtual tape measuring app called Measure. This uses augmented 0:08:18.240 --> 0:08:21.520 reality to measure things. It's kind of cool. iBooks is 0:08:21.560 --> 0:08:24.000 now renamed Apple Books that has a whole new look 0:08:24.040 --> 0:08:28.040 and feel, and the battery now shows a lot more information. 0:08:28.200 --> 0:08:31.080 So the battery stats inside your settings now shows you 0:08:31.080 --> 0:08:33.120 a whole bunch of stuff. For instance, you can now 0:08:33.200 --> 0:08:34.960 see which one of your apps are using the most 0:08:35.000 --> 0:08:38.600 battery over time. So for me, over the past ten days, 0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:41.440 it is Google Photos twenty four percent of my battery. 0:08:41.440 --> 0:08:43.760 But that's fine because I know I'm backing up a 0:08:43.760 --> 0:08:46.679 lot of pictures, then Twitter, then Camera, then Instagram. 0:08:46.679 --> 0:08:46.960 For me. 0:08:47.400 --> 0:08:49.480 You can also now see your average screen time and 0:08:49.520 --> 0:08:51.200 screen off time for your battery. 0:08:51.559 --> 0:08:52.160 So for me. 0:08:52.280 --> 0:08:54.280 Today or I guess the last ten days, I got 0:08:54.360 --> 0:08:56.600 four and a half hours on my charge and then 0:08:56.679 --> 0:08:59.120 two hours off my charge, So I guess that means 0:08:59.160 --> 0:09:00.920 I got six and a half hours of battery life 0:09:00.960 --> 0:09:03.560 on a charge on my iPhone ten. That seems kind 0:09:03.559 --> 0:09:05.040 of low, but I do do a lot of stuff 0:09:05.040 --> 0:09:08.600 on my phone, and again that's an average. So maybe 0:09:08.600 --> 0:09:10.320 one day I use my phone for like a Facebook 0:09:10.320 --> 0:09:11.599 Live and I use a ton of battery in a 0:09:11.640 --> 0:09:14.120 short amount of time. But today I'm averaging eight and 0:09:14.120 --> 0:09:16.680 a half hours on my battery, so that's good. Anyway, 0:09:16.679 --> 0:09:18.480 you can see how iOS twelve will bring a whole 0:09:18.480 --> 0:09:20.840 bunch of new stuff to your iOS devices. I know 0:09:20.960 --> 0:09:23.920 some of you do not like to download these things immediately. 0:09:23.960 --> 0:09:26.520 That's fine, but I will say the beta of iOS 0:09:26.559 --> 0:09:29.000 twelve has been rock solid, so if you want it, 0:09:29.200 --> 0:09:31.240 you can check for it in your settings, go to 0:09:31.320 --> 0:09:33.960 General then Software Update, or you can wait for a 0:09:33.960 --> 0:09:37.760 notification from Apple. Usually these things hit earlier in the morning, 0:09:37.840 --> 0:09:40.920 but who knows, it could happen anytime during the day. 0:09:41.200 --> 0:09:42.280 Thanks so much for listening. 0:09:42.320 --> 0:09:44.120 You can find links to everything I talk about here 0:09:44.200 --> 0:09:49.280 at richontech dot tv, or you can check the show notes. Also, 0:09:49.360 --> 0:09:51.440 I was up in Petaluma over the weekend, so I 0:09:51.480 --> 0:09:53.840 filled in for Leo Laporte on his radio show, and 0:09:53.880 --> 0:09:56.800 also did an episode of the new Screensavers on Twitter. 0:09:57.000 --> 0:09:58.640 So if you want to see any of that stuff, 0:09:58.679 --> 0:10:00.720 I'll put all the video and audio you in the 0:10:00.760 --> 0:10:02.960 show notes. You can watch that, listen to that, and 0:10:03.040 --> 0:10:04.520 also put it on my website as well. 0:10:04.600 --> 0:10:06.880 I'm Rich Tomiro. Thanks so much for listening. I'll talk 0:10:06.880 --> 0:10:07.720 to you real soon.