5 mindboggling iOS 12 features to put your eyes on stalks!

iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR smartphones have arrived in the market, with of course, as expected, a lot of buzz. Though, all these devices surprisingly seemed not to be competing with the world, but with themselves! The latest versions of iPhone are always appealing. Apple users can’t wait for the new upgrades, and they line up to hold one in their hands. Though, there has been a lot of thrill surrounding the launch of the smartphones, but there seems to be more buzz about the newly released its iOS 12 update. Some people even thought that it will lessens the interest of the people in the new iPhones. While some think that, this update is only going to make iPhones a lot more favorite. The iOS 12 update is fixing a lot of bugs, which is pretty obvious, but at the same time, it is offering a plenty of new things to the users as well. That’s why more than 85% of the Apple users have already installed the update.

Apple had to do something mind-blowing with iOS 12 as the customer satisfaction ration of iOS 11 users was almost 95%.

Let’s sneak into the top 5 staggering features of iOS 12:

• The new avatar of ‘DND’ is here

In iOS 12, Do Not Disturb is added with location awareness as well. This means that now, the phone is offering a deeper control to the DND feature. This feature was basically developed to halt all the distraction and even the notifications whenever a user wants. To access this feature, all you have to do is, just press the DND icon inside Control Center. (Do it after installing the new update, iOS12). You will find a very new option there, which will allow you to toggle the feature on based on the time that you spend at your present location. This means that if you turn on DND at one place, it will be automatically activated till the time you are present at that location. This location awareness is a very innovative and useful feature.

• No need to type in the OTPs

Digital payments are growing every day. People are regularly using online payment modes to do a variety of things through their phone. And, most of the times we need OTPs to complete our transactions, which come via SMSs. Now, Apple has made it very convenient for you to add OTP in the required field of the transaction page. You won’t have to look at the message and type in the OTP. Instead, it will automatically pop up beneath the transaction area, you will just have to tap at it, and the field will be filled with OTP.

• Alternative Face ID

Your iPhone’s smart sensor is the secret to the functioning of the Face ID. Face ID as we know, allows the user to easily unlock the smartphone just with a glance. Though, in case you are wearing some makeup or sunglasses often, there are chances that Face ID might not work for you! But, you don’t have to worry as Apple has a perfect solution to this problem! Now, you can add in a second appearance without deleting the original one.

• Shortcut to the QR Code Reader

QR codes are nothing new, they have been there since ages! But, they are indeed very useful. Therefore, Apple has added a special QR code shortcut right in the Control Center. Scan QR Code shortcut can be easily added to your list. This will make it easy for you to use the QR scanner straight from the Control Center. Though, the QR feature is not new, but the easy shortcut is the new thing.

• Did you know about the Trackpad feature

In case you have a 3D Touch-enabled iPhone, you would know how to switch the on-screen keyboard in a trackpad. This is done with a simple press on the screen. Now, iOS 12 has enhanced this functionality, and it is now available in all the iOS devices. All you have to is, press space bar, and automatically all the other keys will vanish. There, the users can easily drag their finger around the keyboard if they wish to place the cursor more accurately.

• Automatic software update

Now, you won’t have to bother to allow your phone to upgrade every time you see there is a new software update available. You can now easily allow your phone to automatically install the latest software updates. You will just have to activate the automatic update feature present under the ‘Software Update’ section.

iOS 12 is truly amazing. All these and lot more features have made it one of the favorite updates! With this marvelous iOS 12 features, iPhone app development company India excited to a develop project to growing client business.

Technical writer at Nex Mobility. I have 6+ years of experience to write articles especially for mobile technology like iOS App Development and Android App Development.