Even if the iOS 14 release date is a bit early to think about, given the latest major update to the iPhone operating system, iOS 13, which comes from 39; It will launch with a lot of long-awaited features like dark mode, it always happens, and we are very curious which iOS 14 features are heading our way.
It's true that Apple has yet to release anything official on iOS 14. But considering what's been left out this time and the new technologies likely to appear on the iPhone 12, we can make enlightened assumptions about the future. big iOS update.
Some of them are obvious, like the support of 5G if Apple finally decides to launch a 5G iPhone compatible with the new generation of telephone networks.
The other features of iOS 14 require a bit of speculation to imagine what Apple could bring to its continued improvements to your iPhone's operating system.
IOS 14 release date and beta calendar
Given that the big iOS updates of the past few years were released on September 19, a day before the new lineup for iPhone this year, we assume that iOS 14 will be released at the end of September 2020. It will be just in time for the launch. iPhone 12., which will be the first phones to receive the next iOS.
Assuming Apple follows previous years, it will likely unveil iOS 14 at its annual WWDC conference and open the initial developer beta on the same day. The first public beta will follow later in the month with new builds coming after the release from the developers.
IOS 14 compatibility
Although Apple didn't drop any phones when it introduced iOS 12, the latest jump to iOS 13 made up for it by locking down two generations of iPhone phones, somewhat older than the iPhone 6S or iPhone. iPhone SE. It's hard to know what kinds of new features will force Apple to raise the threshold for which iOS phones will be able to download the new version of iOS. Therefore, it is unthinkable if an older generation of iPhone will not be able to install iOS 14.
We will almost certainly know which iPhones cannot be updated when Apple releases the first beta versions of iOS 14. At the moment, our best guess is that the iPhone 7 will be the way point. The big question is: will the iPhone SE get the iOS 14 update? Rumors about an iPhone SE 2 in March 2020 lead us to believe that this will not be the case.
iOS 14 rumors
iOS 14 ushers in the era of the iPhone 5G
This is perhaps the easiest feature to guess that Apple will bring to the operating system in 2020. Unfortunately, as we have seen with other 5G phones, this feature cannot be retroactively applied to older IPhones - connecting to 5G networks requires special configuration. modem type and supported processors. Only the latest phones with the latest chipsets and modems have been able to exploit 5G.
iOS 14 could spill support for Apple AR glasses
According to a Bloomberg report, Apple plans to market anti-glare glasses in 2020 alongside a 5G iPhone. These would initially serve as iPhone accessories via iOS to display text messages and map directions, although this may evolve over time to run your own proprietary apps from a dedicated anti-glare store, and possibly to become a standalone successor to the one. own iPhone.
But before that, Apple's AR glasses would need a revolutionary app, or rather a reason to buy, as the lukewarm reception for Google Glasses and even Snapchat shows 2. Heck, even Amazon is building its new Amazon Echo Frames behind a Experimental product line to smooth over any hype.
But given the developer's years of experience with Apple's ARKit, it's no surprise that 2020 is the year we see Apple launch into the smart glasses business, and that iOS 14 can support it.
iOS 14 what we want to see
Smart composition
Today, everyone does business on their phone, including sending emails at any time. Why can't we insert links into the text of the iOS mail client? Or in third-party email clients like Gmail?
It's not just a matter of convenience - link insertion looks more professional. When you reply to customers or just want to save space, it would be nice to give the impression that we are replying from the offices, and that we are not filling our messages with horrors similar to full links.
Filter smarter spam calls
Although iOS 13 has introduced the ability to detect and block unwanted phone calls, it is not too smart. Mute Unknown Calls, as they were called, does exactly that: it completely blocks numbers that are not in your contact list and sends them directly to voicemail. This is a good start, but a solid measure that isn't too helpful for people receiving incoming calls from new business contacts or Tinder dates.
Instead, it would be nice to see smarter alerts indicating potential spam calls, like some telecom operators and some third-party apps from the App Store, at a great price. So it would be interesting to have different levels of filtering - blocking the light for the most obvious spam numbers until aggressive filtering of any calls is a scam.
Folding stand
It's a bit of a stretch because we've never heard of a foldable iPhone. Oh, Apple is almost certainly experimenting with technology in its R&D labs, but without a planned template, iOS 14 is unlikely to struggle to support foldable apps.
This is a stark contrast to Android, which introduced foldable stand with Android 10 just in time for the public launch of the Samsung Galaxy Fold. Apple is on its own timeline, and there's no rush to add its operating system capability before the model is on its way.