iOS 11 has been plagued with vulnerabilities and bugs since it was launched in September 2017. Due to the bugs in iOS 11, Apple has said that it is focusing on stability in the next version of iOS i.e; iOS 12. After iOS 11, Apple came out iOS 11.3 which includes new Animoji and more information about battery health. But still, the iOS 11 version needs fixes which can help the developers in iPhone app development.
Here are all the details about its new features:
Augmented Reality
ARKit was announced as part of iOS 11 at WWDC by Apple. It allows developers to offer sophisticated augmented reality capabilities in their applications without the need to develop the AR system themselves and it also improves existing AR solutions such as Pokemon GO.
ARKit page on Apple’s website says that ARKit is a platform for developing AR applications for iPhone and iPad and it also offers powerful capabilities for scene understanding and positional tracking.
Redesigned App Store
Redesigned App Store is one of the biggest iOS 11 updates. The new Today tab is the first tab of the app store is designed to help with app discovery. You will be able to see new Collections, a Daily List with a particular theme, and the tutorials that show you how to do particular things in new applications.
Another tab Games, and it is a place to discover both new and popular games, as well as in-app purchases for games you may already own which are available to view and download right there within the Store.
Siri Improvements
In improved iOS 11 version, Siri has a new and more natural-sounding male and female voice, as well as a new visual interface.
A new feature is added to Siri by Apple which includes the ability to translate what you say into many languages such as German, French, Italian, Chinese or Spanish, there are some additional languages to be added soon. Siri also works better with Apple Music by providing you suggestions of songs you might like.
Siri has also become more intelligent in iOS 11. It uses on-device learning to discover more about you, and therefore it has improved suggestions when you are in particular apps.
These are the top three features that got updated in iOS 11 to make it more accurate and to avoid vulnerability. After iOS 11, Apple has launched many new versions, the latest iOS version to be launched is iOS 12, which will give many new features to developers for iPhone app development.