It seems like a small change, but it actually says a lot about the current state of iOS. Apple regards iOS as a mature platform. Just as you don’t have to update your Mac to the latest version of macOS. don’t want to, you can now upgrade at your own pace.
Also, iOS should be viewed as a mature platform for app developers, so adoption of iOS 15 will be slower than usual as users don’t necessarily upgrade to iOS 15 right away. Apps should work longer on older iOS versions.
Of course, when purchasing a new iPhone, users will “upgrade” to a new version of iOS and replace their old iPhone. But Apple has people who pre-ordered the iPhone 13 and they will get iOS 15.
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Focus on You Not Your Phone
One of the biggest changes in iOS 15 is the ability to change your focus from the control center. It’s a surprisingly powerful feature with lots of options and settings. I would say it doesn’t feel like an Apple feature.
But it’s definitely one of the coolest features of iOS 15. Most likely, you spend a lot of time on your phone and your device requires a lot of attention from you. With this new feature, it reverses the balance and gives you control back.
Do not disturb users are familiar with the idea that you can mute notifications when you don’t want to.If you want to keep using “Moon Mode” with iOS 15, you don’t need to change anything.
But now you can create additional insights. By default, Apple suggests a few approaches: work, sleep, driving, exercising, gaming, mindfulness, personal, and reading. Each focus can be adapted to your needs and you can create a new focus from scratch. .
When you activate a certain focus, notifications are always blocked by default. You can then add people and apps so that notifications from those people and apps will continue to be sent. Application developers can also mark a notification as time sensitive so that it always goes through. I hope you don’t abuse this feature.
There are three more settings you can enable: first, you can optionally share that your notifications are currently muted in Messages and supported third-party apps; Second, you can completely hide the pages from the home screen. Third, you can hide lock screen notifications and home screen badges.
Focus becomes particularly interesting when you consider that targeted focus can be coupled with automation functions. For example, you can automatically activate “Sleep” at night or you can automatically activate “Work” when you come to work.
Advanced users will also have a lot of fun setting up a focus and pairing it with a shortcut. For example, you can use shortcuts to open the clock app when you put it to sleep. You understand, this new feature has a lot of depth and beta users are only just beginning to scratch the surface.
Tips and tricks
There are a ton of small changes that make iOS 15 better than iOS 14. Let me list a few of them:
- If you have a compatible home key, hotel key, office key, or ID card, you can now add them all to the Wallet app.
- You can share some health information with another person. It can be helpful when you live far from loved ones or want to upgrade your health team.
- If you paid for iCloud, you are now an iCloud + user. In addition to storage space, you get additional features: iCloud Private Relay, which is available as a beta feature, allows you to surf the Internet with more privacy; Hide My Email allows you to create randomly generated email addresses to create new accounts on the web.
- If your family uses iCloud for their email addresses, you can now set up a personal domain name and set it up in iCloud.
- iOS uses speech recognition on the device, which means text can be dictated much faster.
- But that’s not all, iOS processes some Siri requests right on your device, which means you can start a timer, set an alarm, or change the music right away. The way I use Siri has changed.
- You can add an account recovery contact if your iCloud account is locked. This is important in convincing more people to use two-factor authentication.
- Speaking of two-factor authentication: Apple’s built-in password manager called “Passwords” can now store 2FA details and automatically complete 2FA fields. It works very much like 2FA in 1Password.
- You can set a legacy persona for your Apple ID. I encourage you to take a close look at this feature. I’ve spoken to several people who couldn’t get the
- photos of their loved ones after they died because Apple couldn’t easily distribute the photos.
- Apple added labels to reminders and notes. You can also @mention people in Notes.
As you can see, the list of changes in iOS 15 is quite long. But it’s up to you to decide if you want to upgrade to iOS 15. When Apple added cut, copy, and paste with iPhone OS 3, it was an obvious choice. Personally, I like the new features and it was worth updating. This review can help you decide whether or not to upgrade.