At WWDC this year, Apple announced iOS 11, with the first developer preview released that day. After attending the opening presentation, the minority got their first taste of the new system and summed up the noteworthy changes below.
The control center was redesigned
The design of the control center has been changing since iOS 7 introduced it.
Control Center history change chart/LukeW
Came to iOS 11, the control center has undergone a big change again, from the original three pages (quick control options, music control, smart home control), restored to one page, and adopted a modular design, part of the module can be customized.
Notifies the center that the operation logic has changed
You don’t have to worry about seeing the lock notification when Touch ID unlocks too quickly anymore, you just swipe down from the top of the screen to see it again. When you pull up from the middle of the screen again, the original notification center message is displayed.
The app is designed to resemble Apple Music
Most of iOS 11’s native apps have been designed in a similar way to Apple Music, most notably in the App Store. The app bottom bar has been redesigned into five tabs: “Today, Games, Apps, Updates, Search”.
“Today” is a personalized recommendation page based on your usage habits, updated once a day, each recommendation four modules, an application tips, a game app and a general app recommendation, and a collection of app recommendations.
The “Games” TAB is a separate category for this update, reflecting Apple’s growing emphasis on games.
Other iOS visual changes
Some App ICONS have been redesigned: App Store, iTunes Store, Calculator
The Dock no longer displays the app name:
The signal indicator in the upper left corner of the screen reverts to traditional style:
The lock screen playing screen no longer displays a large album cover image, but a card-like effect:
The calculator app and podcast app have been redesigned:
The default iOS top navigation bar has also been changed to an Apple Music style design, with buttons and titles split into two lines, with the titles using large bold text:
When you unlock the iPhone, the screen slides up, echoing the lock notification that you can see by pulling down the top.
New features for the Memo app
You can now place a single note at the top for quick search:
When adding notes using the Share Sheet, you can search for:
Notes can be inserted into tables inside, add equal width font style, strikeout style:
You can directly insert handwritten content in the middle of the text, and the text of handwritten content can be directly retrieved by the system (Support Chinese and English) :
The memo also added the ability to scan documents and support simple color matching and cropping functions:
New features for China
The iOS 11 update also includes a number of updates for Chinese users, including using the system camera to scan a QR code:
New features for China include:
- Mark traffic cameras while navigating;
- The mobile phone number can be used as Apple ID, which is more in line with the habits of some users.
- Under the nine-grid keyboard, the probability of automatic recognition of English words is higher;
- New Shanghai dictation function;
- The new SMS interception function can be filtered through third-party applications such as Tencent mobile Phone Manager.
Map app update
Navigation in the new version of the map has added a do not Disturb mode to keep you from being distracted by notifications while driving.
In addition, the navigation has also been added to the shopping mall internal navigation (currently not supported in China), airport internal navigation and multi-lane navigation:
Photo – related function update
In iOS 11, photos taken in the system’s built-in camera App will be saved in a HIEF format. According to Apple, this format can reduce the capacity of the original JPEG format by half without sacrificing image quality.
In iOS 11, Live Photo can now make videos that loop and play back and forth, as well as generate long-exposure images. What’s more, Live Photo now has the ability to adjust the cover frame when it’s still, so we don’t have to worry about the gifs being good and the stills being bad.
In iOS 11 albums, you can now view giFs:
Record the screen
The ability to record screens is also new to iOS 11. To open this feature, you need to go to the control center of system Settings and add “Screen Recording” to the control center. You can then use this functionality from the control center.
screenshots
There are also changes to the screen capture feature in iOS 11. After using the Home button + power button, a 5-second preview appears in the lower left corner of the screen, which can be quickly viewed and annotated and shared.
Other features have minor changes
Keyboard one-handed mode
In iOS 11, tapping and holding down the Earth icon on the keyboard brings up the one-handed mode. Select your left or right hand and the keyboard will move to that position, making it easier to type with one hand.
Drag multiple applications at the same time
NFC
Although it was not mentioned at the event, Apple added a new framework called “Core NFC” to iOS 11. According to Apple’s developer documentation, apps can use it to read NFC information on the iPhone 7 and later, which could mean features like a bus pass will be added to iOS.
AirPods
Now, if you’re using AirPods in iOS 11, you can cut songs with two taps on the left and right headphones.
In addition to these changes, iOS 11 also has a number of new features for the iPad, and we’ll be reporting more about them in the near future.
If you want to learn more about WWDC, stay tuned for our “Minority Takes you through WWDC 2017” special. As invited media at this year’s WWDC, stay tuned for exclusive coverage from the US.
