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Because it is the first trial version iOS 10 available to developers from the day of the presentation, there are news and changes that were not mentioned in the presentation. Autumn is a long way off, so it's impossible to assume that iOS 10 will still look like when the version is released to the public, but many of the little things are at least interesting.

Slide to Unlock ends

The first change that the user will notice after installing the first iOS 10 beta is the absence of the classic "Slide to Unlock" gesture. This is due to changes to the lock screen where the Widgets section of the Notification Center has moved. It will now be available from the locked screen by swiping to the right, i.e. the gesture used in all previous versions of iOS to unlock the device.

Unlocking will be done by pressing the Home button, both on devices with (active) Touch ID and without it. For devices with active Touch ID, the button in the current trial version must be pressed to unlock, regardless of whether the device is awake or not (these devices will wake up by themselves after being taken out of pockets or lifted from the table thanks to the new "Raise to Wake" function). Until now, it was enough to put your finger on Touch ID after the display turned on.

Rich notifications will work even without 3D Touch

The most interesting thing about modified notifications is that in iOS 10 they allow much more than before without opening the respective application. For example, you can view the entire conversation directly from the notification of an incoming message without opening the Messages app and have a conversation.

Craig Federighi demonstrated these richer notifications at Monday's presentation on an iPhone 6S with 3D Touch, where he displayed more information with a stronger press. In the first trial version of iOS 10, rich notifications are only available on iPhones with 3D Touch, but Apple announced that this will change in the next trial versions and users of all devices running iOS 10 will be able to use them (iPhone 5 and later, iPad mini 2 and iPad 4 and later, iPod Touch 6th generation and later).

Mail and Notes get three panels on the large iPad Pro

The 12,9-inch iPad Pro has a larger display than the smaller MacBook Air, which runs full OS X (or macOS). iOS 10 will make better use of this, at least in the Mail and Notes apps. These will enable a three-panel display in the horizontal position. In Mail, the user will suddenly see an overview of mailboxes, the selected mailbox and the content of the selected email. The same applies to Notes, where one view contains an overview of all note folders, the contents of the selected folder and the contents of the selected note. In both applications, there is a button in the upper right corner to turn the three-panel display on and off. It is possible that Apple will gradually offer such a display in other applications as well.

Apple Maps remembers where you parked your car

Maps is also getting a pretty significant update in iOS 10. In addition to the more obvious aspects such as better orientation and navigation, it will certainly be very useful if Maps automatically remembers where the user's parked car is located. He is alerted to this by a notification and also has the option to specify the location manually. The map of the route to the car is then available directly from the application widget on the "Today" screen. Of course, the application will also understand that there is no need to remember the location of the parked car in the user's place of residence.

iOS 10 will make it possible to take pictures in RAW

Whatever Apple says, iPhones are far from professional photography devices in terms of quality and features. Nevertheless, the ability to export captured photos to uncompressed RAW format, which offers much wider editing options, can be very useful. That's what iOS 10 will offer to owners of the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, SE and the 9,7-inch iPad Pro. Only the device's rear cameras will be able to take RAW photos, and it will be possible to take both RAW and JPEG versions of photos at the same time.

There is also another little thing connected with taking photos - the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus will finally not pause music playback when the camera is launched.

GameCenter is quietly leaving

Most iOS users probably can't remember the last time they (intentionally) opened the Game Center app. Apple therefore decided not to include it in iOS 10. Game Center is officially becoming so another failed attempt by Apple at a social network. Apple will continue to offer GameKit to developers so that their games can include leaderboards, multiplayer, etc., but they will have to create their own user experience to use it.

Among the myriad of new little things and changes are: the ability to select iMessage conversations that show the other party that the recipient has read the message; faster camera launch; unlimited number of panels in Safari; stabilization when taking Live Photos; taking notes in the Messages app; the possibility of writing two e-mails at the same time on the iPad, etc.

Source: MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Apple Insider (1, 2), Cult of Mac (1, 2, 3, 4)
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