"IPhone 6+ altitude and pressure sensors" what will happen?

Recent rumors about the iPhone6 ​​is really a lot, but in addition to we all know the metal shell, sapphire screen and the screen becomes larger, the iPhone 6 will have what new features? According to foreign 9to5mac technology website reports, the site in the iOS 8 and Xcode 6 code analysis, in which the CoreMotion APIs, impressively displayed height measurement. So the site speculates that the next generation of iPhone 6 will include a series of new sensor components, such as atmospheric pressure sensors and barometers.

At present, many Android devices, such as the Galaxy Nexus, are already equipped with barometric sensors, which are commonly used to measure altitude. Hikers, climbers, and riders alike use barometric sensors to understand altitude. Barometric pressure sensors can also measure temperature and weather information. The next generation of iPhone 6 supports barometric pressure sensor information in Xcode 6 and iOS 8 systems. The new altitude measurement is clearly mentioned in the CoreMotion API.

Currently there are many applications in the Apple App Store that can measure altitude. Of course, the code in Xcode 6 and iOS 8 shows that Apple is going to launch a new development framework to track altitude information. Current altitude tracking applications utilize GPS and motion chips already available on iOS devices to obtain data, but barometric sensors provide more accurate and faster data.

FutureTap developer Ortwin Gentz ​​said he has tested these frameworks in the iPhone 5s. According to Gentz's description, the framework returned "no" on the iPhone 5s because the iPhone 5s does not support barometric sensors. This feature is part of the iOS 8 system, so it's likely to be integrated into the iPhone 6, the new iPad Air and iWatch smartwatches that will be released this fall.

In addition, developers also found on the iOS 8 environmental stress tracking parameters, according to these parameters, in addition to the height of the air pressure can be determined, but also can analyze the surrounding precipitation or cloudy weather conditions. Developers say this future weather forecast for iOS devices may even connect to a weather-crowdsourcing project. Of course, for the average user, this feature can be in the "indoor map" position tracking service to show their talents, for example, can help users quickly determine the floor they are in.

There are rumors that iPhone 6 will be equipped with temperature and pressure sensors, as well as humidity sensors. These new sensors may be part of the iPhone 6 M8 sports coprocessor. M8 is one of the components of the A8 chip. Apple's interest in sensors has been great, in 2010, the first increase for the iPhone gyroscope. According to sources, Apple is developing a new compass application that measures altitude. The Compass application first appeared on the iPhone 3GS released in 2009, when Apple added horizontal measurement capabilities to compass applications in iOS 7 last year.

The official version of iOS 8 is expected to be released in conjunction with iPhone 6 this fall, and the new generation of iPad Air, to be released this year, may be equipped with the same atmospheric pressure sensor.