Whats new with iOS7

Its finally here! I downloaded a beta version over the weekend and absolutely loved it. I then downloaded the official update last night and couldn't be happier. It is a bright and refreshing new display. Icons now look bold and exciting! Multitasking has become much easier now with quick access to a command center and easy access to search on every page! Below you will find some of the great new features I have discovered in the new OS. Enjoy!

By swiping up from the bottom of your screen you will now get a control center where you can turn on and off each or such as airplane mode wireless Bluetooth do not disturb and lock your screen you can also change the brightness airplane and the volume of your music playing The control center also has buttons for a flashlight , the clock and timer, calculator, and camera for quick and easy access.

By double-clicking the home button you can get a detailed preview of all the apps that are running, to close running apps simply select the app and swipe up.

The spotlight feature which used to be found by swiping your screen to the right is now on the top of any page that you have just by pulling the screen down. This will allow you to search for anything from within your phone including contacts messages and Internet sites.

Apple has added a new music feature called iTunes radio, Access it by going to the music app,  in the bottom left you will see a section called radio. This program is similar to a Pandora application where it streams music based on your favorite artist song title or genre, it can then be customized even further to include more artists in that station. You can pause skip or favorite the current song playing. While in play mode it will show you a picture of the album and the name and artist of the song. By clicking on the information button at the top middle of the screen you will see information based on the song and you can purchase it from iTunes from there. You can make a new station from this artist or a new station based on the song and you can chose if the station shows hits, variety, or discovery as well as turning on or off explicit tracks. You can even share your station out. You can even look back to see the previous songs that were played and you can clear the list out.  The music will continue playing in the background as you navigate through your device.

Just like in the past you can have folders to group all of your applications but you can now have as many applications that you'd like in one folder; simply click the app and drag it on top of another, a folder will create,  you can then add as many apps you want in the folder.  Each folder will show little circle icons on the bottom of the folder letting you know how many different pages of apps are in that folder.

Apps will now show a blue dot next to the ones that have been recently updated.

Siri feature has improved! The quality is much better , the voices sound more like humans and  you have a choice of a man or a woman voice. It shows a sound bar on the screen letting you know its listening and then it  displays the text on the screen that you've spoken, it even lets you edit the text.

Inside messages there is a button to the right of your contact name  that says contact. This will give you all of their information so you can call or FaceTime them right from there instead of having to scroll to the top of the text messages like in the past.

You can now view exact time stamp that each message was sent by pulling the messages to the left of your screen.

The camera app has been totally updated. When using an iPhone you can slide for options at the bottom to choose video, Photo, Panorama  or Square (allowing you to take a more Instagram like photo).  You can also click on the three circles icon on the bottom right which will give you filter options so you can change the look of your photo, including black and white. When using an iPad or iPhone once you take a photo of you can then apply those different filters to that photo as well. Also new feature: by holding down the camera button inside the app you can take burst photography.  Photos are also now automatically organized based on "moments" which includes date, time, and location.


Inside the reminders app all of your reminders now show with little dots next  to them, selecting that will signify that you have completed that reminder or task. A new additions is Lists, if you pull down the reminders list you get the option to add a new list,  in here you can create list such as food shopping. You can color code that list and then insert your items underneath it.

The calendar app looks great! The month the week or the year view really help keep you organized and prepared.

An awesome new feature of iOS 7 is that you can choose to have your apps automatically update in the background to turn on this feature go to settings iTunes and App Store and swipe the slider to the right where you see updates.

A cool change has been made where you can now choose the font size of the text of your device. 

The built-in compass app has a level tool added and the built-in voice memos app has a new feature where you can edit your voice memos.

A FaceTime app has been added to iPhones. FaceTime now allows for just audio calls.
You can now block calls or texts from senders by going to settings, phone, blocked and add the numbers.

The maps app has improved, including turn by turn walking directions and an automatic night mode. You can also change the navigation volume by going to settings, maps.