The hidden features of iOS 7

iOS 7 beta is just out but here are some of the more interesting features not covered –

– the Clock app is a live tile that features the actual time

– Spotlight has moved. Pull down from within app grid to reveal Spotlight. Pull down from top to reveal Notification Center.

– per app settings for cellular use

– twitter and Facebook posting via notification centre has gone for now

– Ability to block users in Phone, FaceTime and Message apps

– Improved mail search

– New smart mailboxes

– Notification sync

– FaceTime audio

– Per app VPN

– Activation lock

– View PDF annotations

– Inclinometer

– Long MMS support

– Maps bookmark syncing

– Chinese-English bilingual dictionary

– Handwriting recognition for multiple Chinese characters

– Do Not Track option in Safari

– App Store volume purchasing

– Enterprise single sign-on

– Italian, Dutch and Korean dictionaries

– Tencent Weibo

– Wi-Fi Hotspot 2.0

– Night mode for Maps

– Managed app configuration

– Smart downloading of TV episodes

– Turn-by-turn walking directions in Apple Maps

– Newsstand can be placed inside a folder

– Live home screen icons

I will update as I find more.

2 thoughts on “The hidden features of iOS 7

  1. Can use Siri to search the web using other search engines aside from Bing.
    Ex: Ask Siri to search for Something using Google, the result will be a google search query.

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