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Big changes are coming to your iPhone’s home screen in iOS 14.
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Your iPhone ($ 699 at Amazon) The home screen has looked and functioned much the same for the past 13 years, but all of that is going to change now that Apple has released iOS 14. After You install iOS 14 or iPadOS 14 in a iPhone or iPad compatible, you’ll have more options and features to personalize your home screen than you’ve ever had before with iOS.
Taking clues from the main features Android has had for yearsApple has focused much of the iOS 14 update on making the home screen easier to organize, with more customization options, smarter suggestions, and faster, more agile app experiences. The end result is a mobile operating system that does more to get out of your way, giving you faster and more direct access to the information, products and services you use.
Let’s take a look at the most important home screen layout and layout features available in the new operating system, as well as how you’ll use them later. install iOS 14 on your device. (If you want to help ensure a smooth update, be sure to take care of these cleaning tasks before starting the installation.)
The app library automatically classifies all the apps on your iPhone into categories and puts the most recent and most used apps at the top.
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iOS 14 can help you clear your home screen clutter
Unless you stay on top of it, after a while the apps you download start piling up and eventually your home screen starts to expand. Application library clean up that mess for you – in an indirect way.
What it is: One page from the home screen, one tap past the last page of the home screen. The App Library lists all of your apps in carefully selected category folders showing the most recently or frequently used apps at the top and all of your other apps by type.
How you will use it: Application library doesn’t rearrange your home screens for you. However, it organizes all your apps in a new view so you can quickly find and open them without flipping from page to page. You can also search or scroll the application name.
You can trust the app library as much or as little as you like. If you prefer to select your own app folders like you’ve been doing, the App Library will still be there as the final page of your home screen if you need it. If you want some custom pages but use the app library to quickly find everything else, you can choose which pages to hide and which to show. Or you can go all-inclusive and have nothing except a custom app page followed by the App Library.
How to start: First, it will activate the “jiggle mode” of your iPhone that you use to rearrange applications. Once you’re in that view, you can tap the row of dots at the bottom of the screen, and then bookmark or uncheck your home screen pages to keep or get rid of them from your typical view. The applications on the pages you uncheck will be accessible only from within the Applications Library, which you access by sliding your finger to the last page of the home screen.
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IOS 14 Hands-on Preview
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Widgets can be resized and added to the home screen
Since their introduction in 2008, iOS widgets have been relegated to today’s Notification Center or View. iOS 14 finally lets you bring them to your home screen.
What it is: Home screen widgets They are large, dynamic “icons” that display live app data such as the weather or daily step count.
How you will use them: Instead of opening apps such as the weather, calendar, or fitness tracker apps to view your current data, you will be able to see an overview of your main information displayed in a live stream on your home screen. One widget, Smart Stack, allows you to select and browse multiple widgets. It will also allow you to display different widgets at different times of the day, all from one location on your home screen. For example, you can view the weather report in the morning, a news widget in the afternoon, the step count in the early afternoon, and relaxation mode before bed.
How to start: You can touch and hold a widget in Today view and move it to the home screen, or to do more, enter jiggle mode, then touch the + in the upper left corner and choose a widget. From there, you can swipe through the three available sizes, then drag and drop the one you want on the home screen.
App Clips allows you to access some functions of the application without having to download and install the full application.
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App Clips: Mini Apps You Can Launch Without Downloading
Sometimes you need to use an app once or twice, but the last thing you need is another app on your iPhone. App clips allows you to access an application without having to download it. If you’ve been the person who has delayed the line to download and sign up for an app you’ll use once to pay for a parking meter, this is for you.
What it is: Basic functions of the application, run from a pop-up window instead of a full application window.
How you will use them: If you need to use an app but know you may not need it again, for example ordering takeout at a restaurant on vacation, app clips allow you to complete basic transactions and tasks without downloading the full app . .
How to start: App clips can be activated in different ways: a web link, a text message, from within the Maps app, a QR code, or an NFC tag. Once you activate one, you’ll be able to sign in using Sign In with Apple and pay for any transaction with Apple Pay, then exit the app with no more clutter on your iPhone storage or home screen than you started with.
Once again, Apple doubles user privacy with iOS 14, as detailed by Alfred Ng of CNET here. Wondering if your current iPhone will be compatible with iOS 14? Here is a list of compatible devices to see if yours is one of them. Wondering when the iPhone 12 will arrive? Here are our best guesses for an iPhone 12 launch. To see Apple’s new subscription package, Apple One, here’s our breakdown of available features and pricing.
