Is iOS 15 equal to iOS 14.8? Is the value worth improving? Measured experience tells you
Is iOS 15 really that bad? After two days of practical experience, I found that this upgrade still has many practical functions, and I also brought a lot of eggs. (Finally, attach the upgrade tutorial)
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Notification is the main focus of this upgrade. Compared with before, the icon in the notification center has become much larger, and the notification preview is more direct.
At the same time, the function of "timed push summary" (which can be simply understood as delayed push) is added, that is, some unimportant messages are summarized and re-pushed at the specified time. Users can also set the push frequency, specific time and application to avoid being harassed by some applications, and don't miss useful notifications.
Suggestion: Add some applications that are invalid or don't want to miss the push, and turn off the notification completely for unnecessary applications.
Consistent with the previous prediction, in iOS 15, the don't disturb mode is upgraded to focus mode, and users can set the notifications allowed in the don't disturb, work, personal and game scenarios.
Except for the preset APP and contacts, the other notifications are silent (no sound, no vibration, no bright screen). However, you can still see the push in the lock screen interface and notification center. If you don't want to display it in the lock screen interface, you can turn on "Deferred Push" in "Options".
In addition to setting notifications, you can also rearrange the home screen, that is, the desktop, to reduce unnecessary software on the desktop.
This function is also a practical upgrade in iOS 15. Previously, if you want to recognize the text information in a picture, you need to use a third-party OCR application. Now, as long as you need to take a screenshot or take a photo, you can select the text and copy it by long pressing, sliding or double clicking, and the recognition accuracy is also very high. The disadvantage is that the copied text needs to be rearranged manually.
This upgrade enables Spolight to search a wider range of content, which is close to the experience of focusing on search on Mac. Search results include files, photos, shortcut descriptions and Safari browsing history.
Among them, the biggest upgrade is the search content of photos (albums). For example, if you search for a mobile phone case, the returned search results will show a picture with a mobile phone case or a picture with the words "mobile phone case".
Added the function of "recording APP activities". In the introduction of the conference, we can see that those applications have called the main permissions (mainly address book, camera, microphone, location information, etc. ) In the last 7 days, it helps to check whether some rogue software has obtained excessive user data.
At present, this function seems to be not perfect. Users can see a JSON file, but it is difficult for ordinary users to get effective information from it. However, at present, it is only a developer preview version, and this function can also be displayed at subsequent press conferences.
In addition, when iCloud is upgraded to iCloud+, it also brings two privacy functions. The first is to privacy the user's actual IP address through a "dedicated forwarding agent", but domestic users can't use this function; The other is to hide the email address. In some software that logs in by email or APP ID, the user's real email address can be private.
Although it was mentioned at the press conference that Siri can be used offline, that is, without a network, it was not pushed after actual measurement.
In the photo album of iOS 15, EXIF information for viewing photos is added, including camera, lens, aperture, resolution and other parameters. At the same time, the characters appearing in the photo can be copied by long press. However, similar things have actually existed on other Android devices for a long time.
Safari browser has been upgraded on iPad, Mac and iPhone, and the most perceptive one is Safari browser on iPhone. Both the page layout and the operation logic have been redesigned.
Menu functions such as address bar have been moved to the bottom of the browser, making it more convenient to switch tabs. Just slide the small white boxes at the lower left and right, which is consistent with switching the use of different apps. You can also pinch down with two fingers and select other tabs.
In addition, users can also set the content displayed on the start page, including reading list, favorites and so on. In addition to the preset nine backgrounds, they can also use other photos as backgrounds. Plug-ins such as advertisement interception introduced at the press conference actually existed in Safari long ago.
Music updates mainly focus on sound quality and sound effects. To get panoramic sound and lossless sound quality experience, users need to go to Settings >; Music ",Dolby panoramic sound is changed to constant light or automatic, and the sound quality can also be set to high resolution lossless.
In addition, in the music APP, you can view the highest sound quality in the album where the song is located or the detailed information of the song. At present, most music has lossless labels, and some music has Dolby panoramic sound and digital master label. A song takes up about 20-80M of storage space.
The interface and functions of the weather APP have changed a lot. Modular design is used to display weather information, and three views of temperature, precipitation intensity and air quality are added.
This search APP adds a Bluetooth-based location search function similar to AirTag to AirPods Prog/Max. AirPods will have a close-up view in the Find app, so users will be able to find the specific location of headphones more easily. Users can also make the headphones sound, which makes it easier to find the lost headphones.
For other Apple devices, there is a new function called "Notify when you leave" in the search application. In the actual experience, if you leave your equipment (including AirTag) for more than a certain distance (the measured distance is about 100 meters), you will be reminded of the last time and location information by notification.
In this introduction of iOS 15, FaceTime and iMessage are the most frequently introduced. Obviously, for a few domestic users or foreign users, this is a very practical function, but compared with other social software such as WeChat QQ in China, it obviously has no advantage.
Although this evaluation claims to have supported Android, windows and even the web version, I believe that not many people in China will use it as a tool for video chat.
As the first developer preview version of iOS 15, it also has many bugs. Many new function interfaces are still in English, and some settings are unresponsive or take a long time to load. When sliding into Spolight search, I also encountered a direct jam, and some software flashed back.
If there are functions you need urgently in the above updates, it is recommended to upgrade; If not, take advantage of the old system. These bugs have little impact, but occasionally they may bring some minor troubles. If you regret upgrading iOS 15, you can use imazing or itunes to restore it.
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