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Apple fanatic or now not, there’s no denying that the worldwide developer conference (WWDC) has established itself as a strong fixture within the tech industry. the yearly event, after all, is in which Apple unveils its plans for the approaching years, with new product announcements and software upgrades set to take center stage. This year’s generation is no exclusive, because the iOS 15, macOS Monterey, and iPadOS 15 were given a legitimate screen for the first time, amongst a slew of other capabilities that include new and progressed privacy settings.
Apple CEO Tim Cook At WWDC 2021
On June 7, Apple in his infamous World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2021, announced some seriously big news including the major operating system updates for all its products running on iOS, macOS, iPadOS, and watchOS.
iOS 15
When to expect iOS 15?
Now, this is where most of us get pretty curious to actually know when can we expect the official releases, While the developer beta was released shortly after WWDC 2021, the iOS 15 public beta went live at the end of June, and it’s available for anyone with an iOS 15-compatible device. It is worth noting that this is not the finished software – just the first of many public beta versions that will slowly add new features.
All features will arrive in iOS 15’s finished and full release, which we expect to come out alongside the iPhone 13.
iOS 15 is full of new features
iOS 15 Features
Facetime
That last point though, I knowww…
FaceTime with Android users thanks to a weblink
SharePlay
Friends: The “REUNION” vibes in real, thanks to iOS 15
Apple announced that the following services and apps will be compatible:
- Disney+
- ESPN+
- HBO Max
- Hulu
- Paramount+
- Pluto TV
- TikTok
There also are plans to bring SharePlay to even more apps. One name suspiciously missing is Netflix, but that would change in time for the very last release of iOS 15 this autumn.
APPLE be like: JUST “CHILL” FOR NOW, “NETFLIX” WILL BE THERE
iMessage
- Sharing photos in iMessage is now a far better experience. in case you share several pictures right away, it will likely be offered as a stack that recipients can choose to view and Tap back every photo.
- While users share Apple news articles, Apple music songs, or apple TV+ shows, they may populate a brand new area in each respective app. This “Shared With You” function collects the whole lot recently shared in the app in question so that you don’t have to hunt it down in iMessage.
In case you do want to discover media or pictures later in iMessage, users can now pin objects in a conversation for smooth discovery. additionally, Apple has added a new save image button subsequent to shared pictures in a conversation.
That is it for the Nerds, going to interesting stuff now…
Focus and Notifications
- Apple has made it easier than ever to manipulate your device and the information it offers you in a given moment. The new function is called “focus,” and it expands Do not Disturb into a scheduled system-wide control for getting things done.
- Instead of having a single toggle that shuts down notifications for a term, focus lets users create new definitions of the way their iPhone, iPad, or Mac shows them information. focus can be set for scenarios like work, personal, driving, or more.
- Focus replaces Do not Disturb with a wide range of controls
Users can customize each focus by means of designating apps and people which could break via the notification block. even as working, you might permit coworkers to offer you iMessage notifications or let family message you during personal time.
That is how every corporate employee reacted to this news…
Camera Advancements
Spotlight Power-Up
Spotlight is getting some love in iOS 15 as it will now provide rich search outcomes. This works for artists and movies, along with your contacts. It even works in tandem with live text so you can look at your pictures and pull up a photograph of that restaurant you went to last week.
APPLE loves to be in the “Spotlight” and stays there deserving…
Interactive Memories
Memories within the photos app are quite outstanding already, however what if your iPhone or iPad could create interactive memories? This new interface introduces Memory Mixes that can be personalized with unique filters and images. you may even cross thus far as to feature a clip of music from Apple music to the memories.
Safari
Safari on iOS 15 has many navigation changes
Apple Maps
Some locations will have custom designs that light up at night in Apple Maps
I WOULD ACTUALLY LOVE TO GET “LOST” WITH THESE MAPS…
Apple Wallet
Add Home keys to the Wallet app for easier entry
Literally the “Key” to happiness for Apple users…
Privacy Feature
APPLE-1 SPAMMERS-0
“There’s a silver lining to every cloud” (dark too)
Collaboration is an interesting addition, as you can now simply type the @ sign and the name of the collaborator. This sends them a notification while providing a link back to the note. This also works with shared notes and even folders. Then, any changes are shown off in the new Activity View.
One change is the addition of tags, and as you would expect, it allows for easy categorization of notes. Then, just tap the tags in the Tag Browser to view any of those notes. These also will appear in the new Custom Smart Folders, which group all of your tagged notes together. Then, there are separate folders based on which tags you have applied.
What iPhones are eligible to get iOS 15?
Which is considered to be one of the biggest questions whenever Apple releases a new essential model of iOS is what gadgets may be supported. Apple has an exceptional history of supporting older gadgets, and this maintains with iOS 15. You’ll be able to download and use the latest model of iOS on gadgets courting lower back to the iPhone 6s or even the iPhone SE.
Okay, let’s end your wait…I know you are here for this
Here’s the complete list of all the iPhones eligible for the upgrade to iOS 15:-
Other Updates
iPadOS 15 Features
Redesigned Home Screen with Widgets
iPadOS 15 brings in a miles extra customizable home screen, which lets in for flexible placement of widgets. This basically means that you may place the widgets anywhere on the screen. Previously, widgets could only be positioned in the today view sidebar only.
App Library
Apple is bringing its App Library from iOS to iPadOS 15. With the help of this, you will now be able to maintain a less-cluttered home screen, with all of your rarely used apps into the App Library, which is similar to Android’s app drawer. The App Library on iPadOS will be located inside of the dock.
Multitasking
To improve multi-tasking the company has brought new icons to go into split-view mode. It has also added a shelf feature, which will make it much easier to multi-task within iPadOS.
QuickNote
QuickNote feature will allow users to attach notes to webpages and other areas of iPadOS. This will allow users to easily return to the notes whenever they want to.
Translate
The Translate app is also coming to iOS 15. The app will allow users to translate anything anywhere. The standalone app will also introduce features like auto translate and live translate.
New notification controls
iPadOS 15 will bring in new notification controls providing the users with the ability to customize notification settings depending on current activity (working, sleeping, exercising).
Other features include privacy, SharePlay, FaceTime link, and more. All of the other features have been announced with iOS 15.
Here’s the complete list of all the iPads eligible for the upgrade to iOS 15:-
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Google is all set to release the Android 12 by the end of this year. User’s expectations have always been high on each version released by Google and they do have a valid reason for such high expectations. It is the world’s most popular smartphone operating system, running on over 3 billion smartphones around the world, and has the potential to affect millions of users with just tiny changes in the OS, and standing up to all the expectations is always a task.
Google shared a broad timeline for the upcoming Developer Previews, Beta, and Stable releases earlier this year. The first developer preview of Android 12 went live on 18 February, letting developers take a look and analyze the update, the second preview went live on 17 March and the third on 21 April.
Just Before the third developer preview, Google officially revealed their new OS at its annual I/O developer conference on 18 May, launching its first public beta at the same time and went ahead to reveal the second public beta released on 9 June this year.
On 15 July, Google revealed the third beta version as well and it is live now.
Now, we will dig deeper into each of the beta versions released and what they have to offer its users and developers.
Visuals with Material You
Android 12 is coming with the most revolutionary design feature called Material You. Android 12 is being considered as the biggest UX change for the OS since Android 5.0 Lollipop so far. Material You allows the users to influence the design on their phones themselves. A lot of focus has been put on color and customization, allowing users to choose their own color contrast, element sizes, line widths, and more.
Here, we are getting a Wallpaper-based UX Theme. In the Wallpaper- based UX Theme, the OS will use a color extraction protocol to lift design elements of the wallpaper installed on your phone. This means that colors across the whole system will change depending on your home/lock screen background, sounds interesting, right? This will definitely give a unique feel to your phone.
This feature is currently available for only Pixel phones, hence there is a good chance of exploring and accessing Android 12’s new color palette feature and redesigned widgets. That means based on your new wallpaper image, the OS will pick the dominant colors and adjust the rest of your phone’s system colors according to it. This feature will eventually roll out to other phones as well.
Enhanced Notification Tray
The notification tray is redesigned. If you pull down the notification shade, you’re probably used to seeing round quick settings icons at the top of the panel, those round icons are gone. In their place, we have rounded rectangles and larger ones. Not only are the Quick Settings icons larger but they are more colorful now.
Not just design is improved but Android 12 lets you do a lot more with that menu, including accessing Google Pay and Home Controls for connected devices. In fact, according to sources, you will be able to control practically the entire operating system with a swipe and a tap.
New Privacy Features
We are getting a lot in terms of privacy and security along with design and new-look & feel. These privacy features for Android 12 are to make data collection by apps more transparent.
The First one is a new Privacy Dashboard, which is intended to be a place for all of your data privacy which lets you know what data was accessed, when, and by which apps – with the option to revoke app permissions right there and then as per your convenience.
Another thing that you’ll notice is that a new visual indicator that has been added to the top menu bar to show when an app is accessing your camera or microphone, and you will be able to swipe down from the top of the screen to view your quick settings panel and turn access off right there.
Android 12 also brings a new setting that will let you share your approximate location with the app instead of your precise location. With this feature, you can give more vague location data to apps that don’t need to know exactly where you are.
Your phone as your car key
Using a combination of NFC and UWB (ultra-wideband) technology, you’ll be able to use your phone as a secure key to lock, unlock, or start your car. Google announced that it is partnering with several smartphone companies to establish an industry-wide standard that will help you unlock your car using your phone. But this feature will be coming to only selected Pixel and Samsung Galaxy smartphones later this year. The feature is initially coming to BMW cars but we can expect other manufacturers to adopt the feature as well.
Scrollable screenshots
Android 12 finally supports scrollable screenshots. It will allow us to capture an entire conversation or webpage in a single screenshot. It will be handy as longer screens and chat windows will no longer need to be clipped with individual screenshots. This feature was meant to be in the Android 11 update but due to the COVID-crisis and limited resources, the feature didn’t get a stable release.
Access Google Assistant with a press
Now, you will be able to access Google Assistant with a long press on the power button.
Quick tape gesture
This feature has been in the works since Android 11. It used to be called “Double-tap”. Once this feature is activated, it lets you double-tap on the back of your phone to take a screenshot, play or pause media, trigger Google Assistant and open an app of your choice as well.
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One- Hand Mode
For big-screen phone users who usually face difficulty in using their phone with one hand, this feature can be a blessing as it will allow you to operate your phone with one hand. Although this feature is already available on most android devices, it will be included in Google’s official release this time. You will be able to activate this feature with these simple steps- go to Settings > System > Gestures > One-Handed Mode and slide the switch to the On position. Once you activate this feature, just swipe down anywhere at the bottom of your screen and it will bring the top half of the display downwards.
Android TV Remote
Just like your phone can be a key to your car, it can become a remote for your Android TV as well. With that being said, all the Android 12 phones will be able to operate as a TV remote for all Android TV devices. It will allow you to use your phone’s microphone for voice search, or type using the phone keyboard as well.
On-device search using AppSearch
This feature will make it easier to search for things on your android device. Google is all set to introduce AppSearch which is an on-device search engine that will let you search for content inside the app even when the device is offline. Apps can use AppSearch to offer custom in-app search capabilities, allowing users to search for content even while offline.
To get a quick idea about it, Let’s say the user wants to listen to a song. When the user searches for a song by title or artist name, the application simply passes the request to AppSearch to quickly and efficiently retrieve matching songs. The application surfaces the results, allowing its users to quickly start playing their favorite songs.
App Hibernation
This feature will allow you to put those apps into a “hibernation” state which is not actively being used. Apps in the hibernated status will optimize their storage usage, and their permissions will be revoked as well.
Apps that were not used for several months will be put into this “hibernation” state, although users can quickly toggle this feature on and off if they don’t want their unused apps to go into hibernation. Once you start using the app normally, the app will come out of hibernation.
It saves your phone’s storage from wasting and slowing down your phone because of unused apps.
Better auto-rotation
Using gyro-sensors with facial recognition, Android 12 will determine when should be rotated i.e it will utilize the front camera to help the system know when to rotate the screen. This will help in less frequent rotation while the user is lying down and want the phone to be in portrait. The facial recognition will also be processed on-device i.e. Private Computer Core, so images are never stored or sent off the device, which will make this feature secure. The feature will only be available on Pixel 4 and newer devices in beta 3.
Till now we discussed the Android 12 features that are for users. Let’s know a few of the updates for developers.
RenderEffect API
This new API will allow the developers to make blurs, color filters, and other graphic effects much easier and more efficient. Now developers can achieve window blur with just one line of API.
Rounded Corner API
This API can help not to get the content clipped it will allow you to get information about rounded displays and position your content securely.
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Notifications features
The templates for the notifications changed again and several new features are here such as:
Media features
AVIF image support: Android 12 introduces support for AVIF, an image format that promises improved image quality over JPEG without the penalty of larger file sizes.
Compatible media transcoding: Transcoding layer to introduced in Android 12 that will let unsupported apps take advantage of video compression since not all apps can support HEVC. It comes with the ability for any application to play modern video formats. It allows devices to create videos in modern formats on devices and convert them automatically
Game Mode APIs
With the help of this API, developers can get the best frame rate possible by prioritizing a few of the device functions, such as longer battery life or better performance.
Restrictions on the use of the Foreground Service
According to the latest updates, Foreground Service can no longer be launched from the background, except in a few cases. Developers are encouraged to use the new Expedited Jobs API that has already been added in WorkManager 2.7.0. Android 12.
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The Health App was launched on iPhone and Apple watches on 17 September 2014, by Apple Inc. It is an application that is associated with health informatics, which holds information about blood pressure, blood glucose levels, exercise tracking data such as step counts, and more. The app stores four categories of data such as nutrition, activity, mindfulness, and sleep. The profile of users in the Health app is called the “Medical ID”.
Health app lacked certain features when released with iOS 8. They mainly include incompatibility with third-party apps, poor app performance, improper health information explanation, and more. Later, they were rectified by a software update. The app was made to improve its performance by providing upgrades in the upcoming years. They are,
To learn more about the recent updates on the Apple Health app kindly visit, iOS 13 which brings new features to Apple Health App.
Apple HealthKit
Apple HealthKit is an integrated healthcare API introduced in iOS SDK. The API is used by the software builders to develop apps that can coordinate with the health and fitness apps on iPhones and Apple watches. Its logo consists of a white-colored icon with a heart in its center. It enables the users to store data related to the medical, healthcare, and well-being of an individual on the iPhones and allows him/her to access it. It stores the users’ information such as blood pressure level, sleep level, body weight, glucose level, and more. It helps diagnose a user’s level of health and also assists in providing transparent communication between doctors and patients. With the permission of a user, apps on the iPhone communicate with it and access the user’s data while maintaining the security and privacy of the user’s sensitive information. With this app, you can select the task in which you are interested in doing. For example, you can select weight-tracking, pressure level checking, or step-counting from a bunch of tasks available on that app and start doing them. Since the app exchanges your data with your permission, you can easily customize the tasks according to your needs.
Benefits
The Health app makes it easier to keep everything about your health and fitness organized and can be accessed from one place. As it can integrate with the other fitness and healthcare apps, you can view your progress easily. The Healthkit app integrates with other fitness and healthcare apps such as beddit, breathometer, heartbeats, and more. There are so many benefits of using this Health App, both on a long-term basis and in your daily life. Some of them are,
HealthKit shares its data also with the fertility tracking apps such as Clue and Ovia.
Apple HealthKit works with numerous hospitals in the USA to improve the proper monitoring of patients’ records. Besides these, it integrates with multiple third-party health apps allowing users to get in touch with their health status. Some of them are,
Design
To know more about the HealthKit’s Design, please visit HealthKit – Human Interface Guidelines – Apple Developer.
Apple’s Ecosystem
Apple lets its users store and track their information in one platform and conveniently access them. For this purpose, it has three products- Healthkit, Researchkit, and Carekit. These three apps form an ecosystem to work with various types of data.
HealthKit DataTypes
HealthKit provides developers variety of data types which is identified by the HKObjectType subclasses. For a simpler understanding of data, they have been divided into vitamins, vital signs, body measurements, minerals, and hydration. The different data types are:
HKSeriesType Includes a series of data (for example, data of heartbeat series)
Privacy is a key
Apple aims to provide constant monitoring of the users’ health information via Apple devices in new ways and to connect directly to the EHRs. The app lets you access all your data from a single device. Your information is restricted under Apple’s privacy policy and is encrypted during their storage on iCloud. It is always recommended to review the policies before letting the apps access your sensitive data. iPhones provide Touch ID and Face ID to the users to ensure safe data transfer between the devices.
Future of the Fitness Apps
These fitness apps created a revolution in fitness and healthcare digitally. They eliminate the need for an individual to approach the hospital to give samples to identify their blood sugar levels, pressure levels and to wait for a long time to receive reports in this rapidly moving world.
These apps provide an accurate calculation of data that enables the reduction of risks related to health and life. These apps also provide benefits for the developers as they collect an enormous amount of data which can boost the functionality of future apps.
We nowadays use gadgets for most of our activities. We use them for social media, listening to music, and more. However using gadgets for our benefits, to improve our health, and to keep ourselves fit will be unavoidably compelling to lead a better life.
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Google fit is a platform for accumulating and tracking fitness-related information. It lets us develop apps and devices in which the data related to our health and fitness can be shared between them. It eliminates the need to manually transferring the data between apps and devices. Google fit mainly focuses on collecting fitness-related data. The Google Fit SDK was established in the year 2014. Later in 2019, it was also made to be available in 2019.
Healthcare projects
Google also focuses on working with healthcare projects such as Google Health and Cloud Healthcare API, which are aimed to provide healthcare facilities. Google Health project involves the use of Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning techniques to help medical workers. It was also successful in predicting lung and breast cancer by its accurate diagnosis with the help of AI. Data transfer between the healthcare apps built on Google Cloud is ensured by the Cloud HealthCare API. It also assists in managing input data and provides efficient analysis through Machine learning.
Benefits
To know more about the benefits of Google Fit, please visit A guide to Google’s versatile fitness-tracking app.
Partnerships
Google Fit integrates with other third-party apps that provide healthcare facilities.
Google Fit integrates with more than 75 popular apps that are related to nutrition, sleep, and fitness. Some of the apps that are benefited using Google Fit include,
By 2018, WHO also made itself a partner to Google Fit and launched a global action plan for physical activities.
Visit Connect other apps with Google Fit to learn more about connecting other apps with Google Fit.
The Google Fit Platform
Google Fit platform offers an effective user interface to the users and gives a user-friendly experience. It uses sensors to track the user’s activities such as biking, walking, or running through the device. It helps to keep track of your weight-loss plan and fitness goals over days, weeks, and months. The app can also be accessed from Android watches and the Google website. It needs your permission to access your location and activity information to track your progress. In this app, you can set your goal according to your wish by tapping on the Daily Goals. It is an interactive app that integrates with third-party fitness apps such as Strava, Runtastic, Runkeeper, Withings to get your data in one place.
The SDK provides different components for building mobile and web applications. They are:
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Google Fit App
You can follow your walks, runs, bicycle rides, and more on Google Fit. Check the number of steps you took and perceive how long you rode your bicycle, played soccer, or went skiing. Few of the features mentioned below –
Fitness Data
Google Fit stores four categories of data. They need the user’s permission to store and access these data. They are:
Some of the other data known as restricted health data types are sensitive data and need API verification to be accessed. They are
Privacy and Security
Google Fit ensures both the privacy and security of users’ sensitive personal information while enabling the users to track their progress accurately. It ensures privacy by letting the user decide whether the app can access their particular information.
It also lets you delete your entire history in the app if you’re not comfortable with the app. Google Fit API lets you find users’ new insights that are shared with you. These insights are helpful in building useful features to have a healthier life.
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Building a mobile app for your business is essential in this modern era, right? Then what next? Developing an app on your budget is doubtful. It’s never cheap! However, it is critical to promote your business to the next level by creating a mobile app. So, what can we do to develop an app that best fits your business, at the same time on a limited budget? In this article, we will discuss some important tips that help you develop a mobile app that is cost-effective, and on your estimated budget.
Clear objectives and Resources
You can have a variety of reasons to build an app for your brand. However, you should clear with them. There may be different features and strategies you can have or use in your application. What am I going to build an application for? What is my plan for implementing this? What are my and my user’s expectations about this app? Be clear about all these questions before starting to developing your app. If you’re strong with your plan, then developing the app within the estimated time and budget will be a less constrained job for you.
Always have a well-defined plan for your app and start working according to that. Have a clear estimate on the expenses for both development and marketing. Make sure you allocate your time and budget for advertising and linking on social media, to make your application stand unique in the crowd!
Try an MVP
One of the best things to do before developing a fully functional app is to create an MVP (Minimum Viable Product). It is the best alternative product, which offers minimal features essential for release and testing, and lets your targeted audience provide your feedback, suggestions, and reviews before going to develop your main application. MVP is a cost-effective prototype and can be built within a short span of time.
The main purpose of creating an MVP is to learn about the functionalities of your fully-featured app and gain knowledge about your final product. Applying the necessary changes you learned from analyzing your MVP to your final product results in a better functioning app with enhanced performance and with a limited budget. It is necessary to have a clear objective and understanding of the requirements of your business application. This will help you to efficiently utilize the MVP to get a great application for your business.
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Selecting the Right Platform
If you’re aiming to release a mobile application on a limited budget, it is always good to go with a single platform. Aiming to build an app for all platforms at the first stage itself, will be too expensive for all. Without knowing how your main application will look like, how it will perform, it is not a good thing to develop it for all platforms. You should be clear about which platform you’re going to develop your app for. Developing an app for androids will be expensive as there are plenty of Android devices available nowadays, with different screen sizes and versions.
However, iOS has a limited number of devices with a specific range. For example, successful apps like Instagram, Foursquare aimed in building for only platform iOS, and after achieving huge success, they transformed their apps to be also available on the Android platform. Pick a platform, develop an app specifically for that platform, analyze your app’s performance, features and flaws, then transform it to be available on multiple platforms in the future.
Make a simple design
Keep your app’s design simple and hassle-free to navigate, attract users, and save your money. Your app should be more clear for the users to understand what you’re offering for them. Simpler apps save your time, and won’t require much graphics and animation. However, try to give a neat and decent UI for your clients. If you aim to build a cost-effective app and also to achieve user satisfaction, keep your app less complicated to interact with.
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Team and Partnership
Creating an app individually for your business doesn’t sound right. You will need a team to work towards developing an efficient app for your business. Either hiring experienced app developers or giving your project to an app development company will help you achieve this. Again, hiring experienced developers will not be a cost-effective option for development. Be smart and choose according to your business requirements.
A partner who offers the best support while app development is appreciable. Partnerships with a freelancer, an organization, or an entrepreneur can be made to get support for your app development process. Getting support from people who are already well-established or experienced in your field will definitely help you in achieving success.
These are some of the useful tips you can follow while developing a cost-effective app for your business. It is always recommended to hire a mobile application developing company that best suits your requirements and budget. Always be clear about your financial restrictions to the company and your business needs.
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