Apple’s iOS 7 Features

iOS  7, most awaited update for iPhone’s, iPad’s and iPod’s is available now to download.

This update features a beautiful new design and also contains hundreds of new features, including the following:

• •  New design
•         ◦  Redesigned interface updates the entire system and every built-in app
•         ◦  Subtle motion and animation; layers and translucency provide depth
•         ◦  Elegant new color palette and refined typography
•         ◦  Updated system sounds and ringtones
• •  Control Center
•         ◦  Quick access to commonly used controls and apps with a swipe up from the bottom of the screen
•         ◦  Turn on & off Airplane Mode, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Do Not Disturb; adjust screen brightness; access media controls; turn on AirPlay and AirDrop
•         ◦  Quickly access flashlight, timer, calculator, camera and music controls
• •  Notification Center improvements
•         ◦  New Today view gives you an overview of your day, including weather, calendar, and stocks
•         ◦  Notifications dismissed on one device dismisses across all your devices
• •  Multitasking improvements
•         ◦  Preview screens of open apps when you switch between them
•         ◦  Permits any app to keep content up-to-date in the background
• •  Camera improvements
•         ◦  Swipe through different camera modes – video, still photo, square aspect, and panorama
•         ◦  Real-time photo filters with iPhone 4S or later, and iPod touch (5th generation)
• •  Photos improvements
•         ◦  Automatically organizes your photos and videos based on time and location into Moments
•         ◦  iCloud Photo Sharing supports multiple contributors and videos, plus a new Activity view
•         ◦  Add photo filter effects
•         ◦  Flickr and Vimeo support
• •  AirDrop
•         ◦  Quickly and easily share content with people nearby
•         ◦  Securely encrypted transfers with no network or setup required
•         ◦  Supported on iPhone 5, iPad (4th generation), iPad mini, and iPod touch (5th generation) and requires an iCloud account
• •  Safari improvements
•         ◦  New iPhone tab view that lets you easily switch between open web pages
•         ◦  Unified smart search field for both search terms and web addresses
•         ◦  Shared Links shows web pages shared by people you follow on Twitter
• •  iTunes Radio
•         ◦  Streaming radio service
•         ◦  Pick from over 250 featured and genre-focused stations
•         ◦  Start your own station from your favorite artist or song
• •  Siri improvements
•         ◦  New, more natural sounding male and female voices for US English, French and German
•         ◦  Integrated Wikipedia, Twitter search, and Bing web search results
•         ◦  Change settings including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and brightness
•         ◦  Supported on iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPad with Retina display, iPad mini, and iPod touch (5th generation)
• •  App Store improvements
•         ◦  See apps relevant to your current location with Popular Near Me
•         ◦  Discover age-appropriate apps in the Kids category
•         ◦  Keep your apps up to date automatically
• •  Find My iPhone Activation Lock
•         ◦  Turning off Find My iPhone, erasing your device, reactivation, and signing out of iCloud requires your Apple ID password
•         ◦  A custom message can be displayed on your device even after a remote erase
• •  iTunes Store improvements
•         ◦  Preview and buy songs you’ve heard on iTunes Radio while inside the iTunes Store
•         ◦  Add to, and shop from, your iTunes Wish List
•         ◦  Scan code with camera to redeem iTunes Gift Cards
• •  Music improvements
•         ◦  Play music purchases from iCloud
•         ◦  Rotate your iPhone or iPod touch to browse your music with the Album Wall
• •  Videos improvements
•         ◦  Play movie and TV show purchases from iCloud
•         ◦  View similar movies and TV shows from Related
• •  Maps improvements
•         ◦  Turn-by-turn walking directions
•         ◦  Automatic night mode
•         ◦  Bookmarks shared across devices via iCloud
• •  Mail improvements
•         ◦  New Smart Mailboxes, including Unread, Attachments, All Drafts and To or CC
•         ◦  Improved search
•         ◦  View PDF annotations
• •  FaceTime audio calling
• •  Block unwanted Phone, Messages and FaceTime callers
• •  Support for sending long MMS messages
• •  Pull down on any Home Screen to reveal Spotlight search
• •  Scan to acquire Passbook passes
• •  New ringtones, alarms, alerts and system sounds
• •  Definitions of a selected word for additional languages: Italian, Korean, and Dutch
• •  Inclinometer in the Compass app
• •  Wi-Fi HotSpot 2.0 support
• •  Accessibility features
•         ◦  Individuals with limited physical motor skills can now control their device using Switch Control
•         ◦  Customize closed caption style
•         ◦  Handwriting input support in VoiceOver
•         ◦  Math input support using Nemeth Braille in VoiceOver
•         ◦  Select from multiple premium voices for speak selection and VoiceOver
•         ◦  Support for Made for iPhone Hearing Aids and stereo audio for iPhone 5 and iPod touch (5th generation)
• •  Enterprise features
•         ◦  Manage which apps and accounts are used to open documents and attachments
•         ◦  Per App VPN
•         ◦  App Store license management
•         ◦  Enterprise single sign-on
•         ◦  Remote configuration of managed apps
•         ◦  Automatic data protection for third-party apps
•         ◦  Exchange Notes syncing
•         ◦  Install custom fonts
•         ◦  New management queries and restrictions
• •  Education features
•         ◦  Mobile device management for Apple TV
•         ◦  Request AirPlay Mirroring from a student device to Apple TV
•         ◦  Pre-configure AirPlay destinations and AirPrint printers
•         ◦  Streamlined MDM enrollment
•         ◦  Ability to restrict changes to accounts
•         ◦  Web content filtering
•         ◦  Authorized apps can initiate single app mode
•         ◦  Configure accessibility settings for single app mode
• •  Features for China
•         ◦  Tencent Weibo integration
•         ◦  Chinese-English bilingual dictionary
•         ◦  Improved handwriting input with improved accuracy, stroke order independence and support for simultaneous multiple character input
• •  Bug fixes

Some features may not be available for all countries or all areas.

For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222