All about IOS 7-disruptive major updates! The biggest revision of IOS since the IPhone was born

At the 120-minute WWDC 2013 conference, Apple released numerous hardware and software products. The iOS 7 conference, which took nearly 1/3 of the time to explain, shows Apple's focus on the new system, and let's review the main features of iOS 7.

The new interface design is a bright one, overturning the previous design style, the most radical changes since the birth of IOS. As previously rumored, the new IOS interface design is closer to "flattened", removing a large number of elements such as texture design. The overall appearance of the system, all the built-in applications, icons have been redesigned. The new system fonts are thinner, and buttons, lists, and labels are all visually simplified. The overall style of the new color scheme is bright and vivid, contrasting strongly with the deep style of Android's original black main tone. At the press conference, Craig Federighi a lot of bridges about the design of the new calendar when it introduced OS X.

From the abolition of the classic sliding unlock interface, the new interface is also a large number of added gestures to facilitate interface switching, due to the screen elongated "upper left corner return key" headache problem will become history. Desktop application Folder can be accepted by the number of applications also no longer set limits. New weather applications can also play a corresponding animation effect depending on the weather in the selected area.

The new control center implements the usual switches such as flight mode, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, no disturb mode, and so on, to Android. It is worth mentioning that the control center also added a flashlight function. The function of the notification Center is also enhanced and can be used in the unlocking interface.

Real multitasking is finally implemented on IOS. According to the official propaganda, the multitasking mechanism is based on the user's habit of learning, according to the different applications using frequency and time to adjust the background of the system resource consumption, and even before the user clicks on the application before loading memory. In addition, officials say the new multitasking mechanism does not compromise on battery-powered issues.

New camera applications use gestures to quickly switch between photos, cameras, panoramic shots, and a series of filters for users to use. Photo albums are also added in a variety of ways to view photos, similar to the desktop version of IPhoto. In addition, video can also be shared by ICloud in addition to pictures.

AirDrop features added to iOS, content sharing has been greatly enhanced, with the ability to easily share photos and files between iOS 7 devices via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.

Safari Browser upgrades to the new Full-screen browsing interface, the address bar and search bar integrated into one, and added a multi-label interface. The list you want to read automatically jumps to the next post after you finish reading an article. The IOS 7 Safari will also begin to support ICloud keychain.

Music, the rumored "Iradio" also appears in IOS 7, the official name is itunes Radio, integrated in itunes. Consistent with previous rumors, the service is similar to Pandora's form, where users can customize the radio, listen for free on iTunes tracks (including ads), and provide purchase buttons. itunes Radio is completely free of existing itunes Match users.

Apple continues to refine Siri. In addition to English, French and German added to the optional male voice, sound is also more natural. Now, with Siri, you can change some of the system settings (such as adjusting the screen brightness, switching Bluetooth, and so on) and searching directly for content on Bing, Wikipedia, and Twitter. Apple has also announced the integration of Siri-focused IOS features and cars. Apple said that by 2014, a number of major carmakers, including Honda, Mercedes, Nissan, Ferrari, Hyundai and others, would launch a built-in IOS-backed model to make it easier for iPhone users to use Siri, navigation, and information on their dashboards.

App Store apps can now recommend the application based on your location and add a "children" category. It is estimated that many users will be pleased that IOS 7 will support automatic background updates installed applications, no longer with a small red disc to prompt you.

Find My iphone has been enhanced, once the iphone is lost, to turn off the Find My iphone feature or to erase the data, you must enter the Apple ID and password to do so. Even if the iPhone has been erased, it needs to be reactivated with the original Apple ID and password.

Other minor enhancements include the use of FaceTime for audio calls (although it can be achieved by going back to the main screen or locking the phone), the walking navigation mode of the map and the night mode, Safari's no tracking mode, and so on. In addition, new call and SMS blacklist features, VPN for a single application, and Tencent Weibo integration are expected to be welcomed by domestic users.

With regard to the new SDK, the conference mentions that IOS 7 has added more than 1500 APIs for developers to use.

can support equipment and update date

IOS 7 will support IPhone4 and all subsequent iphones, fifth-generation ipod Touch, and all ipad 2 after ipad (including the ipad mini).

The developer preview version of IOS 7 is open to developers and will be released until the fall of this year.