iOS 7: Apple is (finally) to update the software of the iPhone

The Apple will bring "the biggest change in its history" in its mobile software. Design, ergonomics: things will change. It's not too early!

It was announced the most anticipated of the Worldwide Developers Conference. The team that the mobile iOS iPhone, iPad and iPod touch operating system, will be greatly transformed. And it was time! Launched at the same time as the first iPhone in 2007, the software is at the heart of Apple's mobile strategy has hardly changed since, at least in appearance. The interface remains the same, even if minor (but the useful) Facilities have been added. Owners of iPhone 4 and later, iPad 2 and later, iPod Touch and iPad mini 5 or later can "this fall" the free update to iOS 7. Only three languages ​​will be immediately available: English (en-us), German (de) and French (fr).

The menu of news, there is such a range of colors and icons fully reviewed. The look is transformed and becomes more "flat" to follow the fashion industry. However, Apple has chosen not to follow the lead of Microsoft and its Windows Phone 8 in the field of animated icons, which nevertheless allow the home screen to bring more information to the user. It is a pity that Apple had a means of differentiating the Android system developed by Google. Became its main competitor thanks to superstars Galaxy Samsung S3 andS4, Android was developed in "copying" the iOS ergonomics. But the movement is reversed, and Apple has integrated several elements introduced by iOS Android in recent months.

Synchronized Notifications

First, the center of notifications already present in iOS 6 has been redesigned to incorporate more information. By sliding your finger up and down on the home screen, the user can access the weather in his diary or traffic conditions, including from a locked device. Big news: notifications are synchronized between devices of the same user, who will no longer have to see the same information several times. With the finger in the opposite direction, from bottom to top, the new control center, which includes commands Airplane Mode, Wi -Fi, Bluetooth, mode "do not disturb", as well as brightness is unwound the screen. The audio controls are also integrated to read, pause or switch songs.

Among other innovations, improved multitasking mode allows applications to run in the background. This is good news in itself, but it can also lead to abuse on the part of publishers, who tend to leave "turn" their application continuously rather than let the user completely out. The camera application has also been revised to include filters, a bit like Instagram. The set of changes is available on the Apple website for those who come to override the vocabulary always theatrical releases of the brand.

If can disrupt accustomed interface, Apple promises that its customers will have a "instantly familiar" feeling using iOS 7. And for good reason: the changes are not so giant it. Some point, so a little exaggerated, a simple "lifting". What is certain is that there is not much in iOS 7 of innovation in early versions of the software, way ahead of their time. The announcement did not make as much noise as the presentation of a new device, but it is a new widely as important for users, since it also applies to those who already have a brand device.