Spotted by the Nowhereelse.fr, the shell is apparently one of two prototype designs for the iPhone 7 with the other having just one speaker and no headphone jack.
Additionally, the rear shell once again reveals a larger opening for the camera, corroborating rumors that Apple will beimproving the camera on the next generation 4.7-inch iPhone.
With iOS 10 now available for installation by developers in its initial beta form, those who have done just that have spent the last few days poking around the operating system to see what they can find. While hidden features or simply additional features that Apple didn’t get around to mentioning are often discovered, one Redditor appears to have discovered that iOS 10 leaves devices with more accessible storage than previous iOS releases.
In one example, a 128GB iPhone went from having around 113GB of available storage with iOS 9.x.x installed, to a massive 122GB when rocking iOS 10 beta 1.
With an increase of around 8%, iPhones and iPads with larger capacities obviously receive a bigger storage bump than those with smaller capacities. That said, the anaemic 16GB devices currently on sale will gain just under a gigabyte of available storage if an 8% increase is accurate. Free storage is not to be sniffed at, no matter how much there is!
The real reasons behind this sudden increase in storage are unknown, but there are three potential reasons – all are shots in the dark at this point, though at least one of them is very unlikely, indeed. We’ll see if you can guess which it is.
It’s perhaps more unlikely than not, but the increase in available storage could just be down to the fact that iOS 10 takes less storage space compared to iOS 9. It’s certainly possible.
It’s also possible that iOS has altered the way it calculates capacity, moving from a 1024 to 1000-based counting system. 113.46 GB is equivalent to 121.83 GB if you switch systems, for example.
Image shared by a Redditor showing a 128GB iPhone 6s running iOS 9.3.2 (left) versus a 128GB iPhone 6 running iOS 10 beta 1 (right)
The least likely possibility is that the Apple File System (APFS) for iOS, macOS, tvOS and watchOS has been implemented in this first beta release of iOS 10. I doubt it at this stage, especially given the filesystem’s infancy, limitations, and fact it isn’t due to ship until next year.
If you’ve been literally stuck to the Internet today to make sure that you don’t miss a single thing to come out of Apple’s opening keynote during this year’s WWDC, then you’ll no doubt already be aware about macOS Sierra. No, that’s not yet another Apple software platform to power a new wave of devices, but rather a reimagining of OS X to bring it more in line with the company’s other platforms. Many Mac owners will be looking forward to embracing that update come the fall, but it appears that not all Macs in operation will be able to get in on the macOS action.
As we already know, Apple continually tries its hardest to make sure that as many devices as possible are supported when never firmware drops. It really doesn’t matter whether it’s iOS or macOS, Apple genuinely seems to want to try and bring the new features and improvements owners of old and new.
With that in mind, sometimes the hardware requirements necessary to operate the software efficiently sadly rules out certain pieces of kit, which is exactly the case now as Apple has had to rule out Macs that were manufactured from the year 2007-2009.
If you are a Mac owner, and you are looking forward to getting to grips with macOS Sierra, and you most definitely did love the new features that were introduced, then if you have one of the following Mac machines you will be golden come September this year.
Here’s the list of Macs supported to run macOS Sierra:
MacBook (late 2009 and later).
iMac (late 2009 and later).
MacBook Air (late 2010 and later).
MacBook Pro (late 2010 and later).
Mac Mini (late 2010 and later).
Mac Pro (late 2010 and later).
If you’re machine doesn’t fall into one of those brackets, then it looks like you have a couple of options available to you; either accept the inevitable and make do with the extremely pleasurable and capable OS X 10.11 El Capitan. Or, if that doesn’t cut it, bite the bullet and invest in a brand new Mac computer that is not only capable of installing macOS Sierra, but if you actually wait to make that investment, may be one of the first new breeds of Mac to actually ship with it pre-installed.
In the midst of all of the Apple WWDC madness and excitement you can be forgiven for getting caught up in all of the major announcements and missing some of the smaller changes that Tim Cook and team didn’t touch on for one reason or another. As the keynote was happening, and as a slew of Apple’s executive team were introducing and demoing key new features within iOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS, the company engineers were secretly uploading a number of apps to the App Store against Apple’s own developer account.
Curiously, all of those apps are ones that generally come pre-installed as stock apps on iOS out of the box.
You don’t have to be a rocket scientist with a first class honours degree in rocket science studies to work out what’s going on here. The fact that a number of pre-installed apps are now hosted on Apple’s App Store page is interesting enough. But it’s the fact that the App Store actually recognizes that they are installed on a device that really puts the icing on the cake.
As part of the run up to WWDC and the iOS 10 speculation, we had heard a little rumor suggesting that users would eventually be able to delete stock Apple apps from the device. We just didn’t know how that implementation would work. We know how it works on.
The list of pre-installed apps available on the App Store includes:
Stocks
Weather
Maps
Notes
Mail
Music
Watch
iTunes Store
Voice Memos
FaceTime
Calendar
Videos
Tips
Calculator
Compass
Contacts
Early access to the iOS 10 beta 1 has also confirmed that device owners will be able to delete some of the pre-installed apps from the device, such as Mail, Weather and Compass, as can be seen in the screenshot from iOS 10 below.
They will then be able to be downloaded again from the App Store at the user’s discretion should they see fit. This is particularly useful for those people who get a new iPhone and iPad, create a folder called “Apple”, “Junk”, or something similar, and then simply relegate the stock apps that they don’t use to that folder never to be seen again.
The self-contained nature of the apps will also more than likely mean that Apple will have the ability to update individual apps as and when it deems it necessary rather than having to push out a full iOS update if a change to an app is needed.
iOS 10 will land this coming fall alongside the iPhone 7. A developer preview is available to download right now.
Apple has finally announced the arrival of tvOS 10 along with the various features it will pack for the Apple TV 4. Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference opening keynote is generally used to introduce the latest version of iOS and the desktop OS for Mac, but this year is a little different with the Apple TV 4 having landed onto the scene late last year. The Apple TV 4 has gained some serious traction amongst consumers all over the globe, with the underlying App Store playing a huge part in that popularity.
Keeping up with the increasing number of unit adoptions, Apple has officially introduced tvOS 10 as part of the initial WWDC announcements in what looks like Apple’s fastest evolving OS to date.
We’ve already seen tvOS 9 evolve into a much matured platform than what it set out as in the beginning, so now that the first major update for the OS has been unveiled, let’s jump directly into what Apple has actually announced with tvOS 10, and how it will improve the user-experience for those who are just starting to embrace the Apple TV as part of their tech stack.
Features
-New Apple TV Remote App With Siri
This one literally replicates the Siri Remote on your iPhone and uses, voice for Siri control, touch for navigation, and you guessed it, even motion controls to play games. Sweet!
-Siri
Speaking of Siri, the digital assistant on the Apple TV has gotten a massive upgrade. Saying things like “Find high school comedies from the ’80s”, will now show you results based on that particular query. Incredibly, it can also search through YouTube for you.
-Live Tune-In
What’s TV if it’s not live. Using Siri to say for example, ” Watch ESPN2″ will simply launch the action right on your TV. Interestingly, Apple says the feature will also be available on the iPad.
-Single sign-on
Users will now be able to log in once and access all streaming apps from your TV subscription without having to do that independently for each and every app. Oh and it’s being flowed over to iOS as well. Needless to say, this alone is a huge update in itself.
-Dark Mode
Finally! No more white’s blinding you in the middle of the night thanks to a much needed Dark Mode which throws in the good ol’ dark grays and blacks.
-Automatic downloads
Download an app on your iPhone and it will appear on the Apple TV as well. Simple, not ground breaking either, but glad to see attention being paid to such things.
-HomeKit Support
Your Apple TV can now issue commands via Siri to control all smart devices in your home that are HomeKit compatible. So you can now turn of the lights, adjust the temperature and much more, from the comfort of your couch, or well, if you’re in the room.
-Revamped Photos and Apple Music
Apple Music app carries an all-new design, making sure that the user never feels lost, including the addition of a new Search tab.
The Photos app now sports a Memories feature which makes it easy to “rediscover meaningful moments in a user’s photo library and share them on the big screen.”
-Keyboard improvements
While you could use the iOS keyboard on your iPhone or iPad to enter text easily on the Apple TV, tvOS 10 now prompts the iOS keyboard to appear on your iPhone or iPad whenever the keyboard appears on the Apple TV. Of course this assumes your iOS device and Apple TV our signed in with the same Apple ID.
-New Apps
Arriving in the coming weeks will be some new apps new including Sling, Fox Sports Go, and Molotov which offers over 100 live TV stations.
-New tvOS APIs and tools
With ReplayKit developers will be able to add recording and live broadcasting features into their apps. PhotoKit meanwhile will allow for third-party apps to access photos and videos stored in the Photo Library and iCloud Shared Stream.
There is also support for badges just like iOS so that users can be alerted that an app needs their attention, and gaming is also set to be enhanced with support for up to four game controllers on one Apple TV, as well as Game Center enhancements.
Release Date
The initial developer facing pre-release beta 1 of tvOS 10 is available to download and install today. Developers can access this through the usual developer.apple.com website, provided they are registered and enrolled members for the Apple Developer Program.
The first public facing version – or the final build – of the platform will make its way into circulation this coming fall, alongside the release of iOS 10 and macOS Sierra 10.12.
After a number of months of speculation and conjecture, Apple has finally used the opening keynote of WWDC 2016 to provide the world with its first glimpse of the next major iteration of iOS – the iOS 10. As is historically been the case, the run up to this year’s WWDC conference has included a number of discussions about not only the new features and integrations to be offered with iOS 10, but also the devices and hardware that it will support.
Apple generally tends to want to get as many consumers as possible in on the latest firmware action, meaning that the company does its very best to support as many devices as possible, both old and new. Once again, as we saw with iOS 9, it looks as though it won’t disappoint.
In an ideal world, every new major release of iOS would simply install and run perfectly on all Apple devices that are still in use. That would ideally include all iPhones, iPads and iPod touch devices still in circulation and used on a daily basis.
Unfortunately, that is a pipe dream that doesn’t really have a basis in reality, with many older devices simply not being equipped with the hardware and processing power needed to run feature intensive software platforms efficiently. To that end, it looks as though Apple has had to drop support for the 4-inch iPhone 4s, the device which was released back in 2011.
Still, even with support for iPhone 4s being dropped, the list of compatible devices that will be supported by iOS 10 is still fairly comprehensive. Here’s a complete list of all the iOS 10 compatible devices:
iPhone
iPhone SE
iPhone 6s Plus
iPhone 6s
iPhone 6 Plus
iPhone 6
iPhone 5s
iPhone 5c
iPhone 5
iPad
iPad Pro, 12.9-inch
iPad Pro, 9.7-inch
iPad Air 2
iPad Air
iPad mini 4
iPad mini 3
iPad mini 2
iPad mini 1
iPad 4
iPad 3
iPad 2
iPod touch
iPod touch 6th-gen
iPod touch 5th-gen
If your device is listed above, then congratulations, but be mindful that just because your hardware supports the installation of iOS 10, it doesn’t necessarily mean that every single new feature of iOS 10 will be available on that hardware as Apple restricts certain features based on hardware capabilities of the device.
If you’re an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch owner who has been waiting eagerly for WWDC 2016 announcements, then you will be glad to learn that Apple has officially announced and provided us with the first glance of iOS 10. Apple’s annual developer conference has become almost as much about what gets announced during the opening keynote as it is about the actual workshops and engineer sessions that are offered to developers throughout the WWDC week.
As expected, Tim Cook and his executive team team have stood tall at the front of the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium to provide us with our first look into iOS 10.
Apple’s next major release of iOS has been heavily speculated about over the last few months. There’s been plenty of Internet chatter about whether or not Apple would look to entirely reinvent the platform with a slew of new major updates and features, or whether or not it would go down the route of solidifying and stabilizing the platform ahead of an iPhone 7 launch later this year.
As always, we’ve got everything you need to know about iOS 10, including all the new features, as well as compatibility and release date. Enjoy.
Features
–Redesigned Lock Screen
iOS 10 has redesigned the Lock screen, giving it a clear background even when notifications are in view, a search bar at the top and a host of info, including notifications, appointments, Map suggestions and Siri App Suggestions, presented in neat cards with rounded corners.
-Interactive Notifications
Fans of the Quick Reply feature are bound to love this one. iOS 10 introduces interactive notifications to the platform, allowing users to view media or respond to messageswith full view of the thread, right from the notification view.
–3D Touch-Powered Interactive Widgets
With iOS 10, certain apps are getting the capability to display an interactive widget of info with a 3D Touch-powered hard-press. These include Stocks, Weather and Calendar.
-Messages Updates
The new and improved Messages app in iOS 10 promises more expressive conversations with your friends and family with the addition of stickers, message bubble animations, full-screen effects like balloons flying across the screen or confetti dropping down from the top, and animated handwritten notes.
Users can now view or play shared content such as web links or music right within the Messages app and easily insert hard-to-find emoji through the use of automatic suggestions, which can replace a word of choice with the appropriate emoticon. A fun new feature called Tapback allows you to respond to a message much like Facebook allows you to react to posts.
On top of all that, Messages is being opened to developers. The app now houses an “app drawer” of its own that will allow users to quickly jump to the App Store to download “iMessage apps” and then use them to do all manner of things from customizing GIFs to sending payments to a friend.
–Maps Redesign And Extensions
Since its disappointing debut years ago, the stock Maps app in iOS has seldom been deemed a viable alternative to the likes of Google Maps. It has taken a couple major iterations, but it seems Apple is finally gearing up to fix the problem. Not only has Maps been given a fresh coat of paint, it can now provide proactive suggestions for places you are likely to visit from your current location, and the ability to search for places of interest, even while receiving turn-by-turn directions.
The most significant change here, however, is the app’s ability to integrate with third-party extensions, allowing users to make reservations at restaurants, book Uber rides and pay for it all through Apple Pay without ever having to leave the app.
-Apple Music Revamp
If you’re an Apple Music subscriber, allowing Apple to handle all of your music streaming needs across multiple devices, then iOS 10 will definitely appeal to you. iOS 10 still continues to promote Apple Music as a perfect streaming option through the native Music app, but Apple has seen fit to make some changes that will hopefully improve the overall experience.
First of all, there’s been a redesign of certain views within Apple Music to try and allow users to more easily find and discover new content. The app opens to the Library section, there’s now a separate Search tab, and the For You page puts additional emphasis on album artwork to bring your music collection to life.
Moreover, it seems that after trying to push the ability to “connect” with artists when Apple Music was initially unveiled, the company has conceded that it just hasn’t been executed correctly and doesn’t really warrant a section of its own. To that end, as was expected, Connect will no longer command its own tab bar item in the main interface, and will instead form part of the For Youexperience within iOS 10.
The Radio and Now Playing screens too have been refreshed, with the latter sporting a card-based UI and, as per pre-WWDC rumors, support for song lyrics.
-Siri Improvements And SiriKit
Improvements to Siri have been a long time coming. A number of high-profile companies have shown their hands recently by investing in, and making significant improvements to digital assistants and products that have that assistant at the forefront of the experience. Apple was in danger of being left behind if Siri didn’t improve.
Well, with iOS 10, Siri most definitely improves and becomes a lot smarter than it currently is thanks to the new SiriKit SDK that opens the assistant to third-party developers for integration into App Store apps – a whole new world of possibilities ranging from using Siri for booking trips and handling payments to controlling CarPlay apps while on the road.
In addition, the digital assistant has been upgraded with new QuickType capabilities that will allow it to offer contextual predictions and info within the stock keyboard.
-Photos App Improvements And New Memories Feature
iOS 10 adds an entirely new section called Memories within the Photos app, which is meant to help you reminisce about good times with friends and family ala Facebook’s On this Day offering. The tab intelligently collects photos from a trip, a get-together, or based on the people in your albums, and automatically sorts them into a collection called a Memory, which also contains the Memory Movie – a auto-generated video that contains all shots and clips from the collection punctuated by customizable titles, transitions and background music.
All of this is going to be made possible through “facial, object and scene recognition” built into iOS 10. The same capability will also allow you to search for photos by the people or objects within them.
-Apple Pay Updates
While the Apple Pay team is continuing to push the payment platform into different markets around the world as part of growing partnership with financial institutions, Apple’s engineers are developing the platform from a functionality perspective.
iOS 10 introduces the ability to use Apple Pay to pay for goods and services through supporting websites online.
Additionally, as mentioned earlier, through the use of Maps extensions and iMessage apps, users should be able to employ Apple Pay for peer-to-peer payments. Rather than having to find additional ways to pay a contact, business or service some money, iOS 10 users will be able to send cash through Apple Pay directly to them, right from within Maps or Messages.
-New Home App For HomeKit
Apple has finally seen fit to introduced a simple but highly powerful app for HomeKit called Homeinto iOS 10. Rather than having to use multiple third-party apps to control different aspects of the connected home, Apple now allow users to invoke the power of the new app to interact with and control all HomeKit-compatible hardware, either individually or in custom groups, through one powerful interface.
–New Raise To Wake Feature
iOS 10 comes with a new Raise to wake feature that instantly turns on your iPhone’s screen as you pick it up, offering you a quick look at your Lock screen and any notifications you might have waiting for you.
–Other Features And Improvements
The News app has also received a redesign with a new For You section, the purpose of which is similar to the tab by the same name in the Music app.
Safari now supports split-view on iPad, Notes now features a collaboration option and Live Photos have finally been afforded some editing features.
The stock keyboard in iOS 10 lets you type in multiple languages without having to switch keyboards.
The Clock app now has a new Bedtime Alarm feature that allows you to set a “sleep schedule” and have the app remind you when it’s time for bed.
iOS 10 will be using a new Differential Privacy technology to collect usage data and offer better QuickType and emoji suggestions within the stock keyboard from “a large number of users without compromising individual privacy.”
As always, the first developer beta seeds are available for immediate download today. The public beta will go live in July while the full and final version of iOS 10 will be available to everyone this fall.
If you’re a proud owner of an iMac, Mac mini, Mac Pro or one of Apple’s many MacBook models, and you feel like you need a little bit of a change and some new features to interact and play with, then you’ll be pleased to know that Apple has officially unveiled the next-generation version of its desktop OS dubbed Sierra 10.12, or as we now call it, macOS Sierra 10.12, at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 2016) event.
The announcement does not entirely come as a surprise considering the speculations and rumors we’ve been privy to as we got closer to Apple’s developer-centric event. It is now that we see how much of that has actually substantiated into the real deal.
As always, we’re going to dive right in and take a deep look at what’s been announced, including all of the new features and the expected release date of the new desktop OS. So, without any further delay, here’s everything you need to know about Apple’s macOS Sierra 10.12.
Features
-Siri
As expected, and rightfully so, Siri has finally landed on the Mac. The digital assistant now finds itself a home in the dock. Clicking the icon will launch the assistant with it appearing in the top right of the menu bar. Of course it carries the usual wits Siri is famous for, and along with that can also help you show files in Finder, as well as send Messages.
Many Mac owners who regularly use an iPhone or iPad will probably feel that this one was long overdue. Siri for Mac will function in much the same manner as it does on Apple’s mobile devices. Users will be able to speak directly to the Mac once it has been primed for voice guidance, and get instant access to an earth of information and answers to a whole heap of questions. Find local restaurants and business, find out the scores from recent sports event or even historical stats, and so on.
The evolution of Siri as a platform will also see a Siri SDK introduced to third-party developers as Apple announces that is opening up the digital assistant to developers. This means that developers will be able to enhance their own app experiences by bringing Siri into the equation.
-Auto Unlock
No need to enter that password that keeps your desktop safe from prying eyes. If you have an Apple Watch and our wearing it when accessing your Mac, macOS Sierra 10.12 is smart enough to verify your identity by communicating with the Apple Watch, and remove the need to enter a password.
-Universal Clipboard
It’s still a clipboard, but one that is accessible on a Mac as well as an iPhone, thus making it much easier to pick up information from different devices. This means users will be able to ‘copy/paste’ works from say, a Mac to an iPhone or vice versa.
-Desktop synchronization
Why limit synchronization to files on the cloud? Apple probably asked themselves this question when allowing macOS Sierra 10.12 to sync entire desktops across other Macs, and even the iPhone with all your files exactly where they are. “You simply save your files on your Desktop or within your Documents folder as you usually do and you will have them everywhere you need them. You can access your files on your iPhone and iPad in the iCloud Drive® app and on iCloud.com or the iCloud for Windows app.” So when you log in from another Mac or iOS device, you will find the files exactly where you put them.
-Photos app
The Photos app has been updated with a new Memories feature which brings up old pictures that you’ve not seen for a while by automatically curating pictures from various occasions. Photos can be organized by People and Places thanks to the smart tech now added to the Photos app. More so, the app also gets a new Brilliance touch-up feature to really help those photos pop-out.
-Apple Pay
Safari will now allow users to make payments through the browser via Apple Pay. When making a payment, users will be prompted on their iPhone or Apple Watch to authenticate the action using Touch ID or a tap on the Apple Watch.
-Picture in Picture (Pip)
With PiP being pretty popular on the iPad, it’s only fair that the larger screened Macs got invited to the party. Users can now watch a video on the web while continuing to work on something else on their Mac.
-Updates Messages app
You can now send large emojis, and also play video and preview links directly in the conversaation.
-All new Apple Music
The Apple Music app gets a major redesign making it much easier to browse and discover new music. “The new Browse section lets everyone see the best of what’s available on Apple Music, from exclusives and new releases to playlists and top charts.” There’s also the added ability to view lyrics while playing your music in the revamped MiniPlayer.
-Optimized Storage
“Make room for new files by keeping older ones in the cloud”, says Apple. Should you choose to, macOS Sierra 10.12 now packs the ability to upload files older than a defined period of time to be uploaded to iCloud since you’re not using them. This way, you gain vital space on your Mac, while still having the old file on you at any time.
-Safari-esque tabs in apps
Fair to say no one saw this coming, but apparently users will be able to open up multiple tabs in some apps running on macOS Sierra 10.12. This should be really interesting.
-Performance
As always, the latest introduction of the Mac operating system sees Apple looking to introduce across the board improvements that should provide end-users with an enhanced experience no matter what type of Mac they are accessing macOS Sierra 10.12 on.
Release Date
Much to the delight of developers, the first beta version of macOS 10.12 is available for download and installation today, with a Public Beta expected to drop in somewhere in July. The final version however will be available this coming fall and will be a free upgrade.
