Apple is extremely well-known for its hardware. These highly-crafted and beautifully-designed devices, from the old Macintosh to the thin MacBook, from the classic iPod to the revolutionary iPhone, built up Apple’s empire.
Due to the homogeneous competition in the design of the smartphone industry, Apple’s operating system, iOS, also becomes an important core competence. I know a number of my friends, who are loyal cult-to-be iPhone fans, chose and will carry on choosing iPhone as a result of their appreciation of iOS.
The official version of iOS 11 has launched on Sept.20, 2017. I have played it for a week, and my thoughts of iOS 11 is really…complex.
(Late arrival?) improvement
As a grown-up (based on the name, you can tell she is 11-year-old) operating system, you cannot expect iOS 11 to cause a stir, but there are some upgrades I believe you should know that forge a path to a better using experience.
1.Move multiple icons in the same time
You can finally move more than apps simultaneously. In order to do so:
- Long press one app icon until they are “shaking”
- Drag one app icon and move it, hold it
- Click any other app icon you want to move together
2.Use Default Camera to scan QR code
The default camera will atomically detect QR code within the aperture. In other words, you don’t need to use third party app to scan QR code anymore.
3. Say “Hello” to your GIFs in Photos
You can also view your saved and moving GIFs in the photo browser, whereas in the past GIFs is static while displaying with iPhone
4. A Control Center with more controls
You are able to add more functions to the Control Center. To customize it, simply go to Settings-Control Center-Customize Controls
5. Quickly shared your Wi-Fi to others
If you ask friends to come to your party to have homework (or, you know, Party!) together and they want to get access to Internet, now sharing Wi-Fi is easy among iOS 11 devices.
Of course, there are more than five improvements, but these five mentioned above are what I considered the most useful for ordinary iPhone users.
iOS 11 has many major updates for iPad as the tool of productivity, check here for more infor
One of my Android friends made fun of me while I was writing about iOS 11, claiming these so-called “improvements” have been popularized among Android devices for a really long time. I don’t deny it. As an open-source operating system, in recent years Android always stepped steps ahead in UI optimization.
I don’t think Android fans should be cocky. I also don’t think Apple fans should be pissed off. The situation of iPhone vs. Android confrontation is a vital reason for the fast development of smart personal devices.
(Benign) competition makes progress in every industry!
Warning: Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connection “cannot” be deactivated
I know these updates of iOS 11 is promising, but (we all know there is always a “but”) there is a change of iOS 11 that is really STRANGE, strange enough that I think it is degeneration.
In the pre-iOS 11 version, you are able to smoothly turn off your Wi-Fi and Bluetooth by: opening the Control Center from the bottom of the screen and click the icons. And you know what, after this major update of iOS 11, congratulations, you cannot deactivate your Wi-Fi and Bluetooth by doing so anymore. Yeah!?
In iOS 11, you can disconnect from current connected wireless networks and Bluetooth devices by toggling off those two buttons from within the Control Center. However, those two buttons do not deactivate the actual radios in your Apple device.
That is to say, even if you turn off these two within the Control Center, your device is still scannable via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. In order to completely shut them down, you have to go to Setting–Bluetooth/Wi-Fi to turn them off.
Is it a careless bug? No, Apple does it on purpose! Check this document.
What is the logic behind it? Apple hasn’t responded yet!
What can we do about it? Endure it!
Turning on and off the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are two most common operations. I know Apple is famous for innovation and breaking the status quo, but why does Apple want to confuse their users without any reasons? In fact, it leads to some potential security risks since viruses utilize Wireless/Bluetooth connection to attack personal device.
Above all is my personal experience of using the iOS 11 for one week. I will keep you guys posted if I found more interesting things to talk about
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