Apple has made available to the public beta of mobile operating system iOS 12. So now not only developers, but also iPhone and iPad users can download and install test iOS 12.
iOS 12 beta is available for download from the Apple Developer Center or over-the-air if you have an existing configuration profile.
Recall, Apple announced iOS 12 at a recent conference for developers WWDC 2018 (Apple Worldwide Developers Conference). The update brings double the performance under load, acceleration run applications up to 40% to 50% speedup on-screen keyboard, up to 70% faster camera.
Notices began to be grouped by application and the opportunity to close the entire category at once. Have the opportunity to track statistics on user interactions — how much he spent in this or that program. Parents can control the use of gadgets the child, including establishing limits on the time in apps by category.
In Messages (Messages) and FaceTime appear new Animoji, including a Ghost, a Koala, a tiger, and Tyrannosaurus, now animated emojis began to track not just the overall facial expressions of the user, but also the language. In Messages (Messages) and FaceTime appear new Animoji, including a Ghost, a Koala, a tiger, and Tyrannosaurus, now animated emojis began to track not just the overall facial expressions of the user, but also the language. Appeared Memoji — Emoji personalized created on the basis of the appearance of the user.
FaceTime appeared group conference — Group FaceTime. You can add participants at any point of the conversation: they can join via video or audio with your iPhone, iPad or Mac, as well as participate in voice conversation FaceTime with the Apple Watch.In CarPlay, introduced support for third-party navigation applications.
To iSO 12 much attention is paid to the augmented reality presented to the new engine ARKit 2 and USDZ file format for 3D objects, which is already supported by a large number of applications and services including Adobe, Autodesk.
Apple added a special “roulette”” a Measure (Measurement) with the use of augmented reality that allows you to measure distances and objects in the surrounding reality, including to determine the format of the photo or how much space is needed for complex objects, such as a guitar stand.
The Photos app (Photo) got more intelligent search for more specific content in the photo and tips who should share masterpieces. You can share photos, videos, albums in full resolution from iCloud Photo Library.
Voice assistant Siri has become smarter, a new feature called “Shortcuts” (Shortcuts) where you can define specific actions throughout the system and applications. Siri has also learned to suggest actions on the lock screen, for example, ordering coffee in an application or beginning of the exercise. She will also be able to enable Do Not Disturb (do Not disturb) on the basis of movie tickets, to recommend to call to congratulate the family birthdays.
Updated app News (news), Stocks (Shares), Voice Memos (Recorder) and iBooks. By the way, iBooks renamed Apple Books. App Stocks (Stocks) first came out for iPad. The recorder was also released for the iPad, there was synchronization between devices via iCloud.
iOS 12 will be released as a free update this fall for the same devices as the predecessor, including iPhone 5s 2013 release, all models of iPad Air and iPad Pro, iPad 5th generation, iPad 6th generation, iPad mini 2 and later and iPod touch 6th generation.