iOS 13 in 13 new features |igeneration

iOS 13, now available in a stable version for all users, is undoubtedly one of the biggest updates ever released by Apple.So big that the system wins a second name on tablet: iPados.Exceptional fact, the iPhone and iPad are not served at the same time.We will have to wait until September 24 to enjoy iPados.

Even if Apple has put more forward certain functions on iPad, almost all new products is common to iOS 13 and iPados 13.Those reserved for tablets relate to their large screen.

Not only iOS 13 has a large number of improvements, but it has several that we had almost ended up believing impossible.Have you always wanted to connect a USB key or a mouse to your iPhone/iPad?It is finally possible!

To accompany you in the discovery of iOS 13, we have identified 13 significant changes.It is far away, very far, to cover the entire system.For a more complete and more detailed vision, we offer our book Les novelties de iOS 13, a book at the height of iOS 13, since it is our largest guide to date on iOS.

1.A dark mode of the most beautiful effect

Long -awaited, a dark mode finally appears.When it is activated, the background of the apps becomes black and the rest also darkens.This appearance relieves the eyes in the evening, avoids (too much) being noticed in the cinema ... and is simply pretty pretty.

The entire iOS bathes in darkness and third -party developers have an API available to adapt their apps.Dark mode activates manually in the control center or automatically depending on the time slot defined in the settings.

Aesthetic change is not limited to this new dark mode.You will quickly notice that the operating system has taken "relief" with omnipresent modal windows and buttons having a depth effect.

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2.USB keys finally managed ...

Expected for even longer, the management of USB keys, which is finally there!Connect a USB key or an external hard drive to your iOS terminal and you will see its content appear in the Files application.You can then copy, transfer and do everything you usually do with a Mac USB key for years.Unbelievable.

The 2018 iPad Pro having a USB-C port, you can directly connect a USB key to this format.On iPhone and other iPads, you have to go through the Lightning to USB 3 adapter (€ 45), which is in USB-A format.

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3.… The mice too!

Next to USB keys, Cupertino engineers found in the depths of a drawer, hidden behind forgotten Newton, a mouse.Neither one nor two, they hastened to make this device compatible with the iPhone and iPad.

The management of mice on iOS 13 is considered an accessibility function: the objective is not to replace tactile navigation, and this feels because certain common behaviors on Mac, such as overflight of the cursor in Safari,are not present.It is nevertheless a real advance for all those who wanted to exploit their mouse or their trackpad with their iOS terminal, in particular with the iPad.

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4.Widgets on the iPad home screen

Even if it means changing things that seemed immutable in iOS, Apple finally tackled the reception screen, but exclusively on iPad.In landscape orientation, we can now place the widgets next to the icons of applications.

It is not an upheaval, but this arrangement is quickly very practical, the widgets gain in importance by becoming accessible to the home screen.And if you don't like it, you can find the old display in the options.

5.Safari Chasses on Mac lands

Safari finally departs from its status as a mobile browser in iOS 13.On iPad, the browser comes to websites like "safari" simply, which means that the sites no longer load their generally limited mobile version.

In this perspective of making navigation worthy of an office computer, Safari wins additional keyboards, a download manager, a finer management of tabs and personalized settings for each site.

6.Photos treats videos better

Photos evolves significantly.On the one hand, the application is intelligent by highlighting the clichés supposed to be the most interesting among the myriad that we took.

On the other hand, the publishing tools have been reorganized and expanded.In addition, it finally becomes possible to modify videos without third application.They can be cropped, rotate, touch up the image and apply filters.No need to open iMovie for basic touch -ups.

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7.A "connection with Apple" for more confidentiality

"Connection with Apple", in English "Sign in with Apple", was one of the (good) surprises of WWDC 2019.This identification system is more respectful of privacy than the "Google Sign-in" and other "Facebook Connect" that it competitions.Applications which also use a third party system are forced to take care of "Connection with Apple".

"Connection with Apple" only transmits two information to the developer: the user name and their email address.The user has the means not to provide this two information, notably by creating a single email address which will act as a relay to his real address.The "Connection with Apple" button should flower in the apps, as well as on the web, in the coming weeks.

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8.The Reminders Reminders Revue from top

Long has remained unchanged, the recall application improves in a radical way.No more superimposed sheets, make way for a more classic interface but also more efficient.The task manager becomes more practical to use, especially when you have many elements, and more powerful.

The tasks can now be entered in natural language (type "7 o'clock bread" for an alarm to be defined at 7 am) and be accompanied by attachments.They can also be associated with contact, which will have the effect of revealing a notification each time we discuss with this contact in messages.Reminders has nothing more to envy the Cadors in the middle.

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9.A smarter sharing menu

Another element of iOS revised in depth with the update, the sharing menu.This one now places Airdrop at the same level as other means of sharing.Above all, it automatically highlights the people with whom we discuss the most, and taking into account the communication channel (messages, email, etc.).

The presentation of other actions, such as copy, print, save, etc..also changes by becoming vertical.During sharing, iOS 13 also offers new options to control the operation more finely.For example, you can choose to withdraw geolocation data from a shared photo.

10.Apple Street View's Street View

Plans finally equipped an equivalent to Google Street View.Around look allows you to move around the streets as if you were by car.It is always practical to locate a place before an appointment or to travel without moving from home.This function is made possible by the shots carried out by the vehicles that Apple drives in various regions.

Around look, whose operation is similar to Street View, only covers part of the Silicon Valley, Las Vegas and the island of Honolulu for the moment.We will probably have to be patient before you can drive virtually in French cities, Apple cars that have not made a lot of kilometers by us.

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11.The PS4 and Xbox One controllers come into play

This is a novelty of iOS 13 to store in the same category as the management of USB keys and mice: the Dualshock 4 and the Xbox One S controller are ultimately compatible natively!And it works both on iPhone and iPad as on Apple TV.You just have to combine the controllers in Bluetooth to be able to take advantage of it with all the compatible MFI games.

MFI controllers suddenly lose all their interest.Especially since Apple has done things well by allowing developers to take advantage of the specific buttons of the PS4 and Xbox controllers.

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12.Confidentiality notifications (pest)

If all the new features mentioned so far are positive, there is one that lends to debate.Apple still tightens the screw a little more on permissions granted to the apps by sending a request for confirmation of geolocation in the background and another on the use of Bluetooth.

These two types of notifications are added to all those already existing (access to the camera, contacts, calendars, etc.).The intention is laudable, but as we know, hell is paved with good intentions.Are all these notifications not likely to have the desired opposite effect, namely a user drowned under the notives that ends up authorizing them all without verification?Especially since the two news is not very clearly presented.

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13.Better

If there is one thing that we never get tired of, these are performance improvements.That's good, iOS 13 brings his stone to the building.Face ID is up to 30 % faster and is accompanied by a little shorter animation.

The main gains concern the apps, but they are not yet visible.It is only when Apple has passed its server side reel, after the launch of iOS 13, that the size of the downloads on the App Store will be reduced by half and that the apps will be able to get started twice as quickly.

Unlike iOS 12 (which was to be used for Apple to redeem itself after the scandal of the bridle of iPhone), iOS 13 does not support all the devices supported by its predecessor.The iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPod Touch 6G, iPad Mini 2 and iPad Mini 3.

News given later

And the files shared on iCloud presented during WWDC, then?Reported.The update of iCloud did not go well during the beta, Apple made a return along the way.The shared files and the pinning of the documents do not appear in the beta of iOS 13.1 already available, which probably means that you will have to wait for version 13.2, at best.

iOS 13.1, which will be released from September 24, restores the section of shortcuts that had been integrated with the very first beta of iOS 13 before being removed from it.

As for the listening function shared with two pairs of AirPods on the same iPhone, it will arrive somewhere this fall.

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To really go further

These delayed novelties do not spoil the party, there is much to rejoice without them.We could also have talked about:

To discover all of the changes and for a more detailed presentation, we recommend our guide Les novelties de iOS 13, now available at the launch rate of € 5.99.