In case if you didn’t know, the Apple announced the new iOS 12 release date at its iPhone XS launch event, and it’s scheduled on September 18 – 2AM (Singapore datetime) where in US is on the 17th September.
Apple has announce a significant numbers of new features that would be available on the iOS 12 which includes increasing 70% of the camera speed and 50% of keyboard speed.
If you’re wondering which are the devices that are supported by this iOS 12, then here is the lists of Apple devices that supports this iOS 12
iPhone:
- iPhone XS
- iPhone XS MA
- iPhone XR
- iPhone X
- iPhone 8
- iPhone 8 Plus
- iPhone 7
- iPhone 7 Plus
- iPhone 6s
- iPhone 6s Plus
- iPhone 6
- iPhone Plus
- iPhone SE
- iPhone 5s
iPad
- 12.9 inch iPad Pro (second generation)
- 12.9 inch iPad Pro (first generation)
- 10.5 inch iPad Pro
- 9.7 inch iPad Pro
- iPad (sixth generation)
- iPad (fifth generation)
- iPad Air
- iPad Air 2
- iPad mini 4
- iPad mini 3
- iPad mini 2
The key features of the iOS which includes few categories and the change is as below:
- Faster and more responsive – The things you do every day are faster than ever — across more devices. iOS has been overhauled for improved performance on devices as far back as iPhone 5s and iPad Air.
- Smoother animations – Animations are smoother across the system. So when you do things like bring up Control Centre, swipe while multitasking or scroll in apps, it’s more fluid and responsive.
- Up to 40 per cent faster app launch – Apps launch faster in day-to-day use. And when you’re pushing your iOS device to the limit, multitasking between lots of apps, they launch up to twice as fast.
- Up to 50 per cent faster keyboard display – The keyboard appears faster and typing is more responsive.
- Up to 70 per cent faster swipe to Camera – Swiping to Camera from the Lock screen happens faster so you never miss a moment.
- Up to two times faster Share sheet display under load – The Share sheet appears faster than ever, especially if you have a lot of sharing extensions installed.
- Grouped notifications – Message threads and notification topics are grouped together, so it’s easier to see what’s important with just a glance at your iPhone or iPad.
- Instant Tuning – Control your notification settings the moment you receive an alert, without having to leave what you’re doing.
- Deliver quietly – Within Instant Tuning, you can choose to have notifications delivered silently to Notification Centre by default so you’re not interrupted by alerts.
- Siri notification suggestions – Get suggestions based on how you interact with your notifications, such as which app notifications to deliver prominently and which ones to send to Notification Centre.
- Critical alerts – A new type of opt-in alert for important information, like reports from a healthcare provider, which you’ll receive even during Do Not Disturb.
- Tapback to messages – Quickly reply to messages with an expression, like a heart or a thumbs-up, by touching and holding the notification.
- Improved Portrait Lighting – Portrait mode photos are better than ever. Camera now generates a mask when it detects a person, and intelligently and elegantly separates the person from the scene.
- Portrait Segmentation API – A new API for third-party developers allows for the separation of layers in a photo, such as separating the background from the foreground.
- Improved QR code reader – Camera now highlights QR codes in the frame, making them easier to scan.
These are one of the few new features and you can read all about the new feature here on Apple website
Seems like lotsa good performance upgrade and new features. Looks promising as most of the iPhone model are included in this upgrade but hopefully it really deliver and unlike the previous upgrade has cause major performance issue on the lower version of iPhone,