1 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 1: The new features coming to the iPhone in iOS twelve. 2 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: I'm Rich Damiro. This is rich on Tech Daily, coming 3 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:13,400 Speaker 1: to you today from San Jose, where Apple is holding 4 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: its Worldwide Developers Conference this week, and after the company's 5 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 1: keynote to kick things off, we have a better idea 6 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:23,240 Speaker 1: of the software features coming soon to all Apple products. 7 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: But in this podcast, I'm gonna concentrate on iOS twelve. Now. 8 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 1: While everyone predicted iOS twelve would be a snoozer, it 9 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 1: actually has some pretty meaningful updates for starters. It's gonna 10 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 1: run on all devices that run iOS eleven. So if 11 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 1: you have a device that's running iOS eleven right now, 12 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:42,199 Speaker 1: you're gonna be good to go for iOS twelve. But 13 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 1: before you think this is going to ruin your device 14 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:47,839 Speaker 1: by slowing it down, Apple says they actually went to 15 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 1: great lengths to optimize iOS twelve for even the oldest devices. 16 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 1: They say that the apps, the camera, and even the 17 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 1: keyboard will all launch faster, and the battery life is 18 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 1: supposedly better. That's a welcome change and something that might 19 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: allow a lot of folks to squeeze in another six 20 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 1: months or even a year out of their older devices. 21 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 1: There are lots of little improvements as usual, but the 22 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:14,680 Speaker 1: biggest new feature might be something called screen time. We 23 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 1: hear a lot of talk about managing our digital wellness, 24 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 1: our digital wellbeing. This is a new feature that lets 25 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: you manage your notifications and the time that you spend 26 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:26,880 Speaker 1: inside your apps. You're gonna get a dashboard that lets 27 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:29,279 Speaker 1: you see how much time you spend in each app, 28 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:32,040 Speaker 1: Plus you can set time limits for yourself. You'll also 29 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: get insights like trends like how long did you spend 30 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: on the apps this week versus last week. When it 31 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: comes to time limits, the example that Apple showed was Instagram, 32 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:43,759 Speaker 1: something we can all identify with. Right when time is up, 33 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 1: you get a little warning that your allotted time limit 34 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 1: has been reached. It's a time limit that you set, 35 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 1: and of course there is a way to get an exemption. 36 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 1: The neat thing about all of this is that we 37 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 1: can use it as adults, but parents can set and 38 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 1: manage time limits from their devices to manage what their 39 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: kids are doing on theirs. I will definitely be setting 40 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 1: a Netflix time limit to a certain number of hours 41 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: each week on my kids iPads as soon as we 42 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 1: get this feature. You can also make it so that 43 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 1: when you sneak a peek at your iPhone lock screen 44 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:13,639 Speaker 1: in the middle of the night. Yep, we've all done 45 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: that when you're supposed to be sleeping. It doesn't show 46 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 1: you any notifications. You're not tempted to take a dive 47 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 1: in at three am. Another useful new feature is FaceTime 48 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 1: group video chat. You can now have up to get 49 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 1: this thirty two people on screen in the same conversation. 50 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 1: The person talking is automatically highlighted with a bigger on 51 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: screen box. Now we're gonna have to see how this 52 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 1: works in the real world when everyone's talking at the 53 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: same time. But this new feature, along with the screen time, 54 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 1: got the biggest response when I posted them to Twitter. Personally, 55 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 1: I think this is going to be great for group 56 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: family video chats. A potentially big new feature for the 57 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:53,679 Speaker 1: power user is something called Serie shortcuts. Think of these 58 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:57,799 Speaker 1: as customizable routines that you activate with a Serie phrase 59 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 1: that you actually choose. For instance, if the same cup 60 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:02,959 Speaker 1: of coffee via mobile app every day and then drive 61 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 1: to work and listen to a podcast, you can set 62 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:07,920 Speaker 1: a phrase like Siri, I'm leaving for work, and she 63 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: will place the mobile order start up your maps, navigation, 64 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 1: and tune into the podcast you want. You set this 65 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: all up yourself using what looks like kind of a 66 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 1: workflow app. It's something that Android has had for a 67 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: long time, using apps like Tasker, but it's always been 68 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 1: kind of complicated on that platform. I think it's interesting 69 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 1: that Apple is letting people do this. It seems like 70 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 1: a good thing because Siri gets much more functional without 71 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:32,920 Speaker 1: a lot of complex programming on Apple's end. The apps 72 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: sort of build in the functionality and then users just 73 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 1: string them together. There are also lots of little things 74 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: like four new animojis, Ghost, Koala, Tiger, and t Rex. 75 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 1: Plus you can now build your own memoji. This is 76 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 1: an animoji that you customize to look like you. All 77 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: the animojis are more responsive, so they track your facial 78 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 1: movements more, especially your eyebrows and your tongue movements, so 79 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: now you can stick your tongue out and the animoji 80 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 1: will do the same. The Voice Memos app is also 81 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 1: getting a full refresh, and it's now on the iPad 82 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: for the first time and connected to iclouds. Your voice 83 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 1: recordings easily sync between devices. That's handy for podcasting, voice notes, 84 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 1: and more, and my personal favorite car play is getting 85 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:18,720 Speaker 1: support for third party navigation apps, including Google Maps and Ways. 86 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:21,480 Speaker 1: I never thought i'd see that happen. I cannot wait 87 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 1: for that one now. If you follow me at all 88 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:26,239 Speaker 1: on social media, you know I am in the process 89 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:29,280 Speaker 1: of getting ready to launch my ebook with lots of 90 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: fun tips and tricks for the iPhone. I was kind 91 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: of relieved to be sitting in the audience today to 92 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:36,479 Speaker 1: realize that most of what I talk about in my 93 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 1: book still holds true, so I don't have to do 94 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: too many revisions for iOS twelve. But be on the 95 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 1: lookout for that ebook soon. Thanks so much for listening. 96 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: You can see more of my WWDC coverage on Twitter 97 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,479 Speaker 1: and Instagram stories and Facebook Live. You can find a 98 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 1: link to all my social media accounts on the show notes, 99 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 1: or go to richontech dot tv. I'm Rich Damiro I'll 100 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 1: talk to you real soon.