{"id":14795,"date":"2022-07-05T15:21:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T08:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.adeptasiaconsulting.com\/?p=14795"},"modified":"2022-06-19T07:09:59","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T00:09:59","slug":"ios-13-pushes-the-envelope-across-the-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.adeptasiaconsulting.com\/ios-13-pushes-the-envelope-across-the-board\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 13 pushes the envelope across the board"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Apple <\/a> released<\/a> iOS 13<\/a>, the new major version of iOS. This isn\u2019t a groundbreaking release that is going to change the way you use your phone. But Apple has done some tremendous work across the board to improve some low-level features as well as most Apple apps.<\/p>\n

In many ways, iOS 13 feels like a quality-of-life update. In developer lingo, quality-of-life updates are all about refining things that already work. It helps you save a second here, do something more easily there.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to talk about many of those small refinements, but I want to focus on two things that are going to matter more than the rest \u2014 Dark Mode and Apple\u2019s focus on privacy.<\/p>\n

Dark Mode is here<\/h2>\n

At some point, smartphone manufacturers started making bigger phones. And if you don\u2019t want to become blind at night, Dark Mode is a must. It took a while, but it is finally here and it looks great.<\/p>\n

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Dark Mode on iOS 13 is a system-wide trigger. You can activate it from the Settings app or by opening up the Control Center panel and long-pressing on the brightness indicator. And it completely transforms the look and feel of your iPhone.<\/p>\n

While some third-party apps have been updated, many developers still have to release updates to make their apps work with this new setting. I hope in six months, you\u2019ll be able to turn on Dark Mode and jump from one app to another without any white interface.<\/p>\n

I would recommend turning on the automated mode in the settings. iOS uses your current location to time the change with sunset and sunrise \u2014 your iPhone goes dark at night and it lights up in the morning.<\/p>\n

Dark Mode doesn\u2019t just affect apps. Widgets, notifications and other buttons in the user interface become dark. Apple uses pure black, which looks great on OLED displays. And you can optionally dim your custom wallpapers at night.<\/p>\n

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The privacy hammer<\/h2>\n

Many geeks have tried iOS 13 over the summer. But it\u2019s going to be a completely different story when tens of millions of people download it this fall. iOS 13 brings some much-needed changes on the privacy front, and it\u2019s going to be nasty for some companies.<\/p>\n

Apple is adding more ways to control your personal information. If an app needs your location for something, you can now grant access to your location just once. The app will have to ask for your permission the next time.<\/p>\n

Similarly, iOS 13 can tell you when an app has been silently tracking your location in the background with a map of those data points.<\/p>\n

Apple is shaming app developers directly by saying \u201cThis app has used 40 locations in the background in the past 2 days\u201d and showing you a map. You can turn off location tracking directly in the popup. Facebook is already freaking out and wrote a blog post<\/a> last week to tell you that it cares about your privacy.<\/p>\n

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iOS 13: Here are the new security and privacy features you need to know<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n