As we have already told you this morning, explaining how to do it , for a few hours it is already possible to update your iPhone to iOS 15 , the expected new Apple operating system for your smartphone. And what iPhone models are compatible with iOS 15? Here is the complete list:
- iPhone 13
- iPhone 13 mini
- iPhone 13 Pro
- iPhone 13 Pro Max
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 12 mini
- iPhone 12 Pro
- iPhone 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 11
- iPhone 11 Pro
- iPhone 11 Pro Max
- iPhone X s
- iPhone X sMax
- iPhone X r
- iPhone X
- iPhone 8
- iPhone 8 Plus
- iPhone 7
- iPhone 7 Plus
- iPhone 6s
- iPhone 6s Plus
- iPhone SE (1st generation)
- iPhone SE (2nd generation)
As we mentioned a few weeks ago, it is undoubted that Apple is one of the technologies that will have it easier if it is finally regulated in Europe with respect to the time that smartphones should receive updates. And we are talking about it being possible to install iOS 15 on an iPhone 6s, a phone that was launched on September 25, 2015 , next Saturday will be six years old. And this also means that you will continue to receive all updates to iOS 15 until the release of iOS 16, next year around this time.
And what news will we find in iOS 15? We really shouldn’t expect surprises. And it is that contrary to what happens with each new version of iPhone, which is unknown until it is presented, the need for developers to start preparing for a new version of the operating system forces Apple to present it months before that reaches users . Thus, in this case, iOS 15, which debuted today, was presented last June , during Apple’s WWDC 2021.
The most remarkable thing between the beginning of the development of iOS 14 and that of iOS 15 is, without a doubt, the pandemic. Although when iOS 14 was presented it was already present, in reality the operational roadmap was already quite defined, so it could give the impression that in Cupertino they were not aware of what was happening. Nothing is further from reality, and the development of iOS 15 clearly shows us that Apple has been aware of the new normal, and how to adapt to it .
Thus, as we already told you at the time, it is noticeable that in iOS 15 we have wanted to focus on communication, on all communication channels and options that, in a reality in which we still must take extreme care, the Technology offers us ways to share moments and activities with other people, even remotely.
FaceTime on iOS 15
If we review the website that Apple has dedicated to this new version of iOS, the first thing we read is ” iOS 15 launches a lot of features that will help you keep in touch with others “, and the list of news begins by giving a good review of what we will find in FaceTime, Apple’s video conferencing service, which has undergone an interesting evolution. Let’s see what new features it offers in iOS 15:
Shareplay will allow us to share content on the screen , while we keep our interlocutor in a thumbnail also on the screen. In this way we can see content, listen to music and even share the mobile screen with a contact.
Although spatial audio has been promoted especially in the face of Apple Music music, it also finds use in group conversations via FaceTime with iOS 15, as it will “move” the sound of each participant to their position on the screen . The communication service now offers a new grid view in which the person who is speaking is highlighted, the portrait mode with a blurred background has been added, and the new intelligent processing of the background sound will discriminate the one that should be filtered from the one that should be filtered. must stay in the conversation.
Now, undoubtedly the most important novelty of FaceTime has to do with its universalization, and is that with the help of iOS 15, it will now be possible for an iPhone user to invite FaceTime conversations, and that they can access the conversation even when connecting from Windows or Android devices . The links to join can only be generated with FaceTime, but can be shared by any means the user wishes.
Notification center
Notifications have also changed in iOS 15. Now their icons are displayed larger. I admit that the first few minutes with this change have been quite strange to me, to the point of giving me the feeling that the general size of the notifications had been reduced. However, after the first hour, I have already gotten used to this redesign and the truth is that I like it a lot, because it allows to identify the app from which each notice comes much more quickly .
In addition, the images of the contacts are now also displayed when we receive any communication from you. In this way, it will be much easier to know who has written or called us with a simple glance at the notification center.
And as a particularly striking novelty of the iOS 15 notifications, we will find daily summaries of them , with which the operating system will show us, at a glance and at the time of day (or moments, because you can configure several summaries = that we have chosen, a summary of them, which the operating system will order according to their priority, showing the most important ones at the top.
Thus, if one day we have left the phone somewhat unattended, instead of browsing through an endless list of notifications, we can review everything that has happened at a quick glance . Keep in mind, of course, that you will have to activate this function if you want to use it. In its configuration we can adjust which apps we want to be shown in the summary, the summaries that we want to see and the hours at which they will be displayed.
Privacy in iOS 15
If one of the main focuses of iOS 14 was privacy, it seems that with iOS 15 Apple wants to repeat the play, and for this purpose the system has enough news in this regard. And nothing better to start with than transparency. In this regard, iOS will compile reports on each app installed on the system . In them we can review the permissions that we have granted them, as well as the use they make of them and, something very important, check which domains they connect to and when they last connected.
A very important novelty has to do with Siri. Do you remember that until now the iPhone recorded the audio and uploaded it to Apple’s servers to process it? Well now it won’t be like that anymore. With iOS 15, voice recognition will be done on the device . In this way, in addition, Siri will no longer be useless when the phone is not connected to the Internet, now it will be possible to interact with the assistant for tasks in which the connection is not necessary.
Another interesting novelty is that the email application will hide your IP address , in order to prevent you from being tracked based on it. Additionally, Apple also states that when using its email client in iOS 15, the sender will not be able to know that an email sent by him has been opened, which eliminates the risk of messages that allow finding out at what date and time they have been consulted. by your receiver.
The privacy news in iOS 15 is complemented by those included in iCloud +, an extension of Apple’s set of cloud services, which now adds several very interesting privacy-related features. The most anticipated, without a doubt, is iCloud Private Relay, which basically consists of Apple’s own VPN and that we will use automatically (if we activate it, of course) when we browse the web through Safari.
Another novelty that comes from the hand of the tandem formed by iOS 15 and iCloud + is the random email address generator . With this function, when we register for online services we can do so with an address dedicated exclusively to that purpose or, even, in the case of suspicious services, only for one, since there are no limits on the number of them that we can use.
Other new features of iOS 15
The list is simply huge. Here is a summary of other interesting news that you will find in iOS 15:
- Concentration modes: with this function, you can configure the operating system so that, when the mode is activated, you only receive the notifications that you have previously allowed. In this way you can focus on what you are doing, without receiving notifications that distract you every few minutes.
- Maps: undoubtedly one of the apps that have evolved the most in iOS 15. The maps have been completely redesigned (their appearance is now much more attractive), they include more information on public transport and pedestrians, and now they also integrate the information of the weather app directly on the map, when we are viewing a specific location.
- Safari: Now Apple’s web browser shows the tabs at the bottom, and they can also now be grouped, to manage them more efficiently. In addition, it is now possible to install extensions such as those available for the macOS version of Safari, and Siri search has been integrated into the browser.
- Live text: with iOS 15, the iPhone will be able to extract text from images, facilitating interaction with it. We can detect, both in images taken previously and directly with the camera, telephone numbers, email addresses, etc., and use them as if we had transcribed them. In addition, it also includes a translator between seven languages: Spanish, German, Chinese, French, English, Italian and Portuguese.
- Spotlight: Search results in Spotlight are now much more complete when referring to items such as artists, presenters, series, movies, and your contacts.
These are the most notable novelties of iOS 15 . As you can see, we are facing a very interesting update, and that will have all iOS users browsing every corner of the system for a few days, until we get to take advantage of all these news.