Speaker 1: The new features coming to the iPhone in iOS twelve.
Speaker 1: I'm Rich Damiro. This is rich on Tech Daily, coming
Speaker 1: to you today from San Jose, where Apple is holding
Speaker 1: its Worldwide Developers Conference this week, and after the company's
Speaker 1: keynote to kick things off, we have a better idea
Speaker 1: of the software features coming soon to all Apple products.
Speaker 1: But in this podcast, I'm gonna concentrate on iOS twelve. Now.
Speaker 1: While everyone predicted iOS twelve would be a snoozer, it
Speaker 1: actually has some pretty meaningful updates for starters. It's gonna
Speaker 1: run on all devices that run iOS eleven. So if
Speaker 1: you have a device that's running iOS eleven right now,
Speaker 1: you're gonna be good to go for iOS twelve. But
Speaker 1: before you think this is going to ruin your device
Speaker 1: by slowing it down, Apple says they actually went to
Speaker 1: great lengths to optimize iOS twelve for even the oldest devices.
Speaker 1: They say that the apps, the camera, and even the
Speaker 1: keyboard will all launch faster, and the battery life is
Speaker 1: supposedly better. That's a welcome change and something that might
Speaker 1: allow a lot of folks to squeeze in another six
Speaker 1: months or even a year out of their older devices.
Speaker 1: There are lots of little improvements as usual, but the
Speaker 1: biggest new feature might be something called screen time. We
Speaker 1: hear a lot of talk about managing our digital wellness,
Speaker 1: our digital wellbeing. This is a new feature that lets
Speaker 1: you manage your notifications and the time that you spend
Speaker 1: inside your apps. You're gonna get a dashboard that lets
Speaker 1: you see how much time you spend in each app,
Speaker 1: Plus you can set time limits for yourself. You'll also
Speaker 1: get insights like trends like how long did you spend
Speaker 1: on the apps this week versus last week. When it
Speaker 1: comes to time limits, the example that Apple showed was Instagram,
Speaker 1: something we can all identify with. Right when time is up,
Speaker 1: you get a little warning that your allotted time limit
Speaker 1: has been reached. It's a time limit that you set,
Speaker 1: and of course there is a way to get an exemption.
Speaker 1: The neat thing about all of this is that we
Speaker 1: can use it as adults, but parents can set and
Speaker 1: manage time limits from their devices to manage what their
Speaker 1: kids are doing on theirs. I will definitely be setting
Speaker 1: a Netflix time limit to a certain number of hours
Speaker 1: each week on my kids iPads as soon as we
Speaker 1: get this feature. You can also make it so that
Speaker 1: when you sneak a peek at your iPhone lock screen
Speaker 1: in the middle of the night. Yep, we've all done
Speaker 1: that when you're supposed to be sleeping. It doesn't show
Speaker 1: you any notifications. You're not tempted to take a dive
Speaker 1: in at three am. Another useful new feature is FaceTime
Speaker 1: group video chat. You can now have up to get
Speaker 1: this thirty two people on screen in the same conversation.
Speaker 1: The person talking is automatically highlighted with a bigger on
Speaker 1: screen box. Now we're gonna have to see how this
Speaker 1: works in the real world when everyone's talking at the
Speaker 1: same time. But this new feature, along with the screen time,
Speaker 1: got the biggest response when I posted them to Twitter. Personally,
Speaker 1: I think this is going to be great for group
Speaker 1: family video chats. A potentially big new feature for the
Speaker 1: power user is something called Serie shortcuts. Think of these
Speaker 1: as customizable routines that you activate with a Serie phrase
Speaker 1: that you actually choose. For instance, if the same cup
Speaker 1: of coffee via mobile app every day and then drive
Speaker 1: to work and listen to a podcast, you can set
Speaker 1: a phrase like Siri, I'm leaving for work, and she
Speaker 1: will place the mobile order start up your maps, navigation,
Speaker 1: and tune into the podcast you want. You set this
Speaker 1: all up yourself using what looks like kind of a
Speaker 1: workflow app. It's something that Android has had for a
Speaker 1: long time, using apps like Tasker, but it's always been
Speaker 1: kind of complicated on that platform. I think it's interesting
Speaker 1: that Apple is letting people do this. It seems like
Speaker 1: a good thing because Siri gets much more functional without
Speaker 1: a lot of complex programming on Apple's end. The apps
Speaker 1: sort of build in the functionality and then users just
Speaker 1: string them together. There are also lots of little things
Speaker 1: like four new animojis, Ghost, Koala, Tiger, and t Rex.
Speaker 1: Plus you can now build your own memoji. This is
Speaker 1: an animoji that you customize to look like you. All
Speaker 1: the animojis are more responsive, so they track your facial
Speaker 1: movements more, especially your eyebrows and your tongue movements, so
Speaker 1: now you can stick your tongue out and the animoji
Speaker 1: will do the same. The Voice Memos app is also
Speaker 1: getting a full refresh, and it's now on the iPad
Speaker 1: for the first time and connected to iclouds. Your voice
Speaker 1: recordings easily sync between devices. That's handy for podcasting, voice notes,
Speaker 1: and more, and my personal favorite car play is getting
Speaker 1: support for third party navigation apps, including Google Maps and Ways.
Speaker 1: I never thought i'd see that happen. I cannot wait
Speaker 1: for that one now. If you follow me at all
Speaker 1: on social media, you know I am in the process
Speaker 1: of getting ready to launch my ebook with lots of
Speaker 1: fun tips and tricks for the iPhone. I was kind
Speaker 1: of relieved to be sitting in the audience today to
Speaker 1: realize that most of what I talk about in my
Speaker 1: book still holds true, so I don't have to do
Speaker 1: too many revisions for iOS twelve. But be on the
Speaker 1: lookout for that ebook soon. Thanks so much for listening.
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Speaker 1: or go to richontech dot tv. I'm Rich Damiro I'll
Speaker 1: talk to you real soon.