June 4, 2018 • 5 mins
Apple shows off new features coming soon to iOS 12 at their World Wide Developers Conference in San Jose, California. Learn about Screen Time, new Animoji and Memoji, Siri Shortcuts and Google Maps & Waze support in CarPlay.Watch my Facebook Live discussing all of the highlights from WWDC 2018:https://www.facebook.com/RichOnTech/videos/2208796482471392/Follow Rich on Social Media:Facebook: http://facebook.com/RichOnTechTwitter: http://twitter.com/richdemuroInstagram: http://instagram.com/richontechEasy ways to listen on your phone or smart speaker:"Hey Siri, Play the Rich on Tech Podcast""Hey Google, Play the Rich on Tech Podcast""Alexa, Enable the Rich on Tech Flash Briefing"
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
The new features coming to the iPhone in iOS twelve.
I'm Rich Damiro. This is rich on Tech Daily, coming
to you today from San Jose, where Apple is holding
its Worldwide Developers Conference this week, and after the company's
keynote to kick things off, we have a better idea
of the software features coming soon to all Apple products.
But in this podcast, I'm gonna concentrate on iOS twelve. Now.
(00:27):
While everyone predicted iOS twelve would be a snoozer, it
actually has some pretty meaningful updates for starters. It's gonna
run on all devices that run iOS eleven. So if
you have a device that's running iOS eleven right now,
you're gonna be good to go for iOS twelve. But
before you think this is going to ruin your device
by slowing it down, Apple says they actually went to
(00:47):
great lengths to optimize iOS twelve for even the oldest devices.
They say that the apps, the camera, and even the
keyboard will all launch faster, and the battery life is
supposedly better. That's a welcome change and something that might
allow a lot of folks to squeeze in another six
months or even a year out of their older devices.
(01:08):
There are lots of little improvements as usual, but the
biggest new feature might be something called screen time. We
hear a lot of talk about managing our digital wellness,
our digital wellbeing. This is a new feature that lets
you manage your notifications and the time that you spend
inside your apps. You're gonna get a dashboard that lets
you see how much time you spend in each app,
(01:29):
Plus you can set time limits for yourself. You'll also
get insights like trends like how long did you spend
on the apps this week versus last week. When it
comes to time limits, the example that Apple showed was Instagram,
something we can all identify with. Right when time is up,
you get a little warning that your allotted time limit
has been reached. It's a time limit that you set,
and of course there is a way to get an exemption.
(01:51):
The neat thing about all of this is that we
can use it as adults, but parents can set and
manage time limits from their devices to manage what their
kids are doing on theirs. I will definitely be setting
a Netflix time limit to a certain number of hours
each week on my kids iPads as soon as we
get this feature. You can also make it so that
when you sneak a peek at your iPhone lock screen
(02:11):
in the middle of the night. Yep, we've all done
that when you're supposed to be sleeping. It doesn't show
you any notifications. You're not tempted to take a dive
in at three am. Another useful new feature is FaceTime
group video chat. You can now have up to get
this thirty two people on screen in the same conversation.
The person talking is automatically highlighted with a bigger on
(02:33):
screen box. Now we're gonna have to see how this
works in the real world when everyone's talking at the
same time. But this new feature, along with the screen time,
got the biggest response when I posted them to Twitter. Personally,
I think this is going to be great for group
family video chats. A potentially big new feature for the
power user is something called Serie shortcuts. Think of these
(02:53):
as customizable routines that you activate with a Serie phrase
that you actually choose. For instance, if the same cup
of coffee via mobile app every day and then drive
to work and listen to a podcast, you can set
a phrase like Siri, I'm leaving for work, and she
will place the mobile order start up your maps, navigation,
and tune into the podcast you want. You set this
all up yourself using what looks like kind of a
(03:15):
workflow app. It's something that Android has had for a
long time, using apps like Tasker, but it's always been
kind of complicated on that platform. I think it's interesting
that Apple is letting people do this. It seems like
a good thing because Siri gets much more functional without
a lot of complex programming on Apple's end. The apps
sort of build in the functionality and then users just
(03:35):
string them together. There are also lots of little things
like four new animojis, Ghost, Koala, Tiger, and t Rex.
Plus you can now build your own memoji. This is
an animoji that you customize to look like you. All
the animojis are more responsive, so they track your facial
movements more, especially your eyebrows and your tongue movements, so
now you can stick your tongue out and the animoji
(03:57):
will do the same. The Voice Memos app is also
getting a full refresh, and it's now on the iPad
for the first time and connected to iclouds. Your voice
recordings easily sync between devices. That's handy for podcasting, voice notes,
and more, and my personal favorite car play is getting
support for third party navigation apps, including Google Maps and Ways.
(04:19):
I never thought i'd see that happen. I cannot wait
for that one now. If you follow me at all
on social media, you know I am in the process
of getting ready to launch my ebook with lots of
fun tips and tricks for the iPhone. I was kind
of relieved to be sitting in the audience today to
realize that most of what I talk about in my
book still holds true, so I don't have to do
too many revisions for iOS twelve. But be on the
(04:41):
lookout for that ebook soon. Thanks so much for listening.
You can see more of my WWDC coverage on Twitter
and Instagram stories and Facebook Live. You can find a
link to all my social media accounts on the show notes,
or go to richontech dot tv. I'm Rich Damiro I'll
talk to you real soon.
The new features coming to the iPhone in iOS twelve.
I'm Rich Damiro. This is rich on Tech Daily, coming
to you today from San Jose, where Apple is holding
its Worldwide Developers Conference this week, and after the company's
keynote to kick things off, we have a better idea
of the software features coming soon to all Apple products.
But in this podcast, I'm gonna concentrate on iOS twelve. Now.
(00:27):
While everyone predicted iOS twelve would be a snoozer, it
actually has some pretty meaningful updates for starters. It's gonna
run on all devices that run iOS eleven. So if
you have a device that's running iOS eleven right now,
you're gonna be good to go for iOS twelve. But
before you think this is going to ruin your device
by slowing it down, Apple says they actually went to
(00:47):
great lengths to optimize iOS twelve for even the oldest devices.
They say that the apps, the camera, and even the
keyboard will all launch faster, and the battery life is
supposedly better. That's a welcome change and something that might
allow a lot of folks to squeeze in another six
months or even a year out of their older devices.
(01:08):
There are lots of little improvements as usual, but the
biggest new feature might be something called screen time. We
hear a lot of talk about managing our digital wellness,
our digital wellbeing. This is a new feature that lets
you manage your notifications and the time that you spend
inside your apps. You're gonna get a dashboard that lets
you see how much time you spend in each app,
(01:29):
Plus you can set time limits for yourself. You'll also
get insights like trends like how long did you spend
on the apps this week versus last week. When it
comes to time limits, the example that Apple showed was Instagram,
something we can all identify with. Right when time is up,
you get a little warning that your allotted time limit
has been reached. It's a time limit that you set,
and of course there is a way to get an exemption.
(01:51):
The neat thing about all of this is that we
can use it as adults, but parents can set and
manage time limits from their devices to manage what their
kids are doing on theirs. I will definitely be setting
a Netflix time limit to a certain number of hours
each week on my kids iPads as soon as we
get this feature. You can also make it so that
when you sneak a peek at your iPhone lock screen
(02:11):
in the middle of the night. Yep, we've all done
that when you're supposed to be sleeping. It doesn't show
you any notifications. You're not tempted to take a dive
in at three am. Another useful new feature is FaceTime
group video chat. You can now have up to get
this thirty two people on screen in the same conversation.
The person talking is automatically highlighted with a bigger on
(02:33):
screen box. Now we're gonna have to see how this
works in the real world when everyone's talking at the
same time. But this new feature, along with the screen time,
got the biggest response when I posted them to Twitter. Personally,
I think this is going to be great for group
family video chats. A potentially big new feature for the
power user is something called Serie shortcuts. Think of these
(02:53):
as customizable routines that you activate with a Serie phrase
that you actually choose. For instance, if the same cup
of coffee via mobile app every day and then drive
to work and listen to a podcast, you can set
a phrase like Siri, I'm leaving for work, and she
will place the mobile order start up your maps, navigation,
and tune into the podcast you want. You set this
all up yourself using what looks like kind of a
(03:15):
workflow app. It's something that Android has had for a
long time, using apps like Tasker, but it's always been
kind of complicated on that platform. I think it's interesting
that Apple is letting people do this. It seems like
a good thing because Siri gets much more functional without
a lot of complex programming on Apple's end. The apps
sort of build in the functionality and then users just
(03:35):
string them together. There are also lots of little things
like four new animojis, Ghost, Koala, Tiger, and t Rex.
Plus you can now build your own memoji. This is
an animoji that you customize to look like you. All
the animojis are more responsive, so they track your facial
movements more, especially your eyebrows and your tongue movements, so
now you can stick your tongue out and the animoji
(03:57):
will do the same. The Voice Memos app is also
getting a full refresh, and it's now on the iPad
for the first time and connected to iclouds. Your voice
recordings easily sync between devices. That's handy for podcasting, voice notes,
and more, and my personal favorite car play is getting
support for third party navigation apps, including Google Maps and Ways.
(04:19):
I never thought i'd see that happen. I cannot wait
for that one now. If you follow me at all
on social media, you know I am in the process
of getting ready to launch my ebook with lots of
fun tips and tricks for the iPhone. I was kind
of relieved to be sitting in the audience today to
realize that most of what I talk about in my
book still holds true, so I don't have to do
too many revisions for iOS twelve. But be on the
(04:41):
lookout for that ebook soon. Thanks so much for listening.
You can see more of my WWDC coverage on Twitter
and Instagram stories and Facebook Live. You can find a
link to all my social media accounts on the show notes,
or go to richontech dot tv. I'm Rich Damiro I'll
talk to you real soon.
Host
Rich DeMuro
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