iOS 12 Review
Brandon and Brian give an overview and discuss iOS 12. Brandon's recording got a little corrupted, but he is still understandable so we thank you for bearing with us on this one.
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Overview
Available September 17, 2018. Runs on the iPhone 5s and iPad Air and newer ✨00:00 | Intro
00:50 | Performance
- Up to 70% faster swipe to Camera
- Up to 50% faster keyboard display
- Up to 2x faster app launch under heavy workload
- Up to 2x faster Share sheet display under load
- Smoother animations
06:00 | Group FaceTime (coming later this fall)
- 32 people
- Realtime effects and everything!
- Video with iPhone, iPad, and Mac
- Audio only with Apple Watch and HomePod
- Focus view on whoever is speaking
- Animoji
- Filters
- Text Effects
- Shapes
- End-to-end encryption
07:12 | Messages
- Memoji if you’re cool enough to have a phone that has Memoji
- If you’re not cool enough (like Brandon on his iPhone 7), you can always check out the Apple Leadership page.
- Apple gives its leadership site a Memoji overhaul in celebration of World Emoji Day | 9to5Mac
- New Animoji (iPhone X and newer)
- koala, tiger, ghost, or T. rex
- Can now record clips up to 30 seconds
- Tongue and wink detection
- Filters
- Text Effects
- Shapes
12:26 | Camera
- Improved Portrait Lighting
- Portrait Segmentation API
- Improved QR code reader
- Smart HDR (iPhone Xs)
- Dynamic bokeh, after you take the photo (iPhone Xs)
14:06 | ARKit 2
- Measure app
- QuickLook and USDZ objects everywhere!
- Improvements to vertical surface detection
- 3D object recognition
- Face tracking
- Scene reflection
- Persistence(!!!) of detected planes
- Unity did a really good job writing out what all the underlying changes in ARKit 2 made possible: multiplayer experiences, etc. What’s new in Unity ARKit Plugin for ARKit 2 – Unity Blog
19:24 | Screen Time
- Activity reports
- Compare across devices
- Kid monitoring
- App limits
- Downtime (like bedtime), when apps and notifications are blocks
- Brandon hasn’t really used this? Tried setting some boundaries for Instagram/Tweetbot, but I never seem to exceed them, so I guess they weren’t aggressive enough?
22:51 | Notifications
- Grouped notifications
- Inline managing of notifications
- Critical alerts
- In earlier beta builds, (though sometimes even now) Brandon can’t seem to get to Notification Center? Could be me being dumb.
24:35 | Do Not Disturb
- Slightly easier to activate or deactivate
- Does a generally better job of hiding notifications from you (lock screen, notification center)
- Oh hey, maybe my problem is that DNDB is always activated???
25:31 | Photos
- Photo Sharing
- Sharing suggestions
- Having the photos icon underneath “apps” makes Brandon very sad
- Photo Search
- Places
- Event
- Multiple keyword
- For you tab
- Redesigned Albums tab
30:04 | Siri
- Siri Shortcuts
- The new Workflow
- App from the App Store (supports iOS 11 too???)
- Super duper power user stuff
- Motorsports
- Translation
- Celebrity facts
- Food knowledge
- Photos Memories search
- Passwords
- Find My iPhone
- Flashlight
34:36 | Privacy
- Stricter Safari rules
- Safari prevents Share buttons and comment widgets on web pages from tracking you without your permission
- Security code AutoFill from SMS one-time passcodes
- It works until it doesn’t. Most of the apps I’ve used this with works, but You Need a Budget is a standout that seems to break.
- To use an iCloud Keychain-saved-password, you need to do a pin/TouchID/FaceID
- Password Manager API (Hello 1Password!)
- Safari also prevents advertisers from collecting your device’s unique characteristics, so they can’t identify your device or retarget ads to you across the web.
37:50 | App Updates
- Redesigned Apple Books
- Redesigned Stocks app, now on iPad too
- Voice Memos on iPad
- New navigation in Apple News
- Third-party navigation apps in CarPlay
- Contactless student ID cards in Wallet
- More detailed battery information
- Safari Favicons on iPad