The day has come when we can update our compatible iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to the latest version of iOS 11, a version brings us a large number of new features but also shows us an aesthetic change in most native applications, following the layout used in the Apple Music app. In a few hours you will be able to enjoy all the news that it brings us, news that we detail in this article along with different videos so that check before updating with what you will find.
This eleventh version of iOS has focused especially on the iPad, a device that after updating it to iOS 11 will offer us greater productivity than until now, with an application dock, improved multitasking, the ability to drag and drop images or documents between applications in addition to the compatibility of Apple Pencil with practically the entire native ecosystem from Apple on the iPad.
What's new in iOS 11 for iPhone
All notifications at hand
The iOS 11 lock screen does not offer much more information now, not only the latest notifications, but also shows us the most recent and those that we have pending dragging your finger down on the screen.
Driving Mode
iOS 11 allows us to configure the Driving Mode so that when it detects that we are driving notify us of any call, message or reminder.
One-handed keyboard
Just as Apple has renewed the iPad keyboard, it has also done the same for the iPhone, but this time, offering us the option of move letters left or right, to make it easier for us to write with one hand.
Uninstall unused applications
Many of you sure that throughout the week you download many applications to test them to see if they adapt to your needs and in most cases, you do not delete it if you plan to give it another chance. iOS 11 offers us the option to regularly delete all those applications that we have not used for a while, yes, saving all data in case at some point we want to recover it.
Messages are synced to iCloud
The Apple Messages app finally integrates with iCloud so that we will be able to access all the messages that we send and receive from any device.
More effects in the Messages app
El echo effect that fills the screen with the text of the message and the focus effect that shows us the text as if it were a spotlight in a concert.
Access to passwords
This new version offers us direct access to all passwords stored in iCloud keychain in case we want to modify them, consult them or directly eliminate them.
Share Wifi with friends
If we want to share the Wifi password with our friends, we don't have to tell each other, but we can send you the key automatically so that your device is configured without you having to do anything at all.
Goodbye to Facebook and Twitter
Facebook and Twitter They are no longer available natively on iOS, so you will have to download and install the applications if you want to share directly on these social networks.
New App Store
Apple has completely redesigned the App Store organizing all the information that it offers us, adding the automatic reproduction of videos, articles about applications, daily stories so that we discover new applications, an exclusive games tab, application lists ...
New calculator and Podcast app
Both the calculator and the Podcast application have been redesigned offering a clearer and cleaner design.
Stylized volume bar
When playing videos or games if we want to change the volume of the HUD it took up the whole screen. Apple I have reduced the size considerably so that it is not so intensive.
Extended mode on the lock screen
When we configure an iPhone for the first time, Apple offers us the option to offer us the icons enlarged in zoom mode or standard. This zoom mode is now also available on the lock screen.
New coverage icon
The points that indicated the level of coverage have given way to the traditional bar lifelong.
Dock icons do not display app text
To reduce the space occupied by icons, the new version of iOS does not show us the name of the applications that are available in the dock.
New and redesigned Control Center
The new and redesigned Control Center allows us establish which elements we want to appear in it, to be able to activate or deactivate it without having to enter the menus. This has been one of the most common demands of iOS users, who were forced to resort to the jailbreak to enjoy it, but like the function to record the screen, that jailbreak-dependency is gradually running out . This new Control Center also shows us the music player, so that we do not have to go sliding through the different windows that the previous iOS versions of the Control Center offered us.
New intensity level in the flashlight
Thanks to 3D Touch technology, from the iPhone 6s we could access three different levels of intensity in the flashlight. With iOS 11 a new level has been added, so we have 4 in total available.
Record screen
So far if we had the need to record the screen of our iPhone, we had to resort to jailbreak or third-party applications for the computer, but with iOS 11, Apple allows us make screen recordings directly from the device itself.
Screenshots
In most cases, when we take a screenshot, we want to highlight a part of it, which forced us to visit the reel and edit the photograph. Now everything is simpler, since after capturing we can edit it to cut it or add the annotations that we need at that time.
Create a watch face for Apple Watch
Within the sharing options offered by the Photos application, we have the option to create a sphere personalized with the image that we want.
Support for GIFs on the reel
It has taken a lot for Apple to recognize that GIFs is what it takes now. With this new version, we will finally be able to store and share them from our Photos reel.
Live Photos more vivid than ever
This end that came from the hand of the iPhone 6s allows us to create small videos in loop, bounce or long exposure.
New Filters
If there were already few filters that we found in iOS 10, with this new version, Apple has included new filters inspired by classic photography to deliver expressive, natural skin tones.
QR compatible
The iPhone camera with iOS 11 is capable of automatically recognize QR codes and show the information to which it directs, without having to install third-party applications.
Turn off the device from Settings.
Although it may not be very useful at first, Apple has introduced a function that allows us turn off the device from Settings of the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
NFC for everyone
iOS 11 is the NFC chip opening for our iPhone can communicate with other devices using this technology.
Create tables in the Notes app
The Notes application is becoming one of the applications that Apple is taking care of the most in the latest versions of iOS. Now it also allows us to create tables.
More natural voice for Siri
Thanks to artificial intelligence and machine learning, Siri offers us a more natural voice in addition to gain expressiveness, so that we will not need to talk to her as if she were a robot.
Siri real-time translation
One of the novelties that most caught the attention of the new version of iOS 11 is the function that allows translate everything you hear in real time from English to Spanish, Chinese, French, Italian and German and vice versa.
Write to Siri
Sometimes, we have the need to ask Siri but the noise in the environment does not allow us to communicate clearly with her. With iOS 11, we can write our inquiries.
Gossip to your Apple Music friends
Now we can access all the music that our friends have shared on Apple Music in addition to the albums and stations they listen to frequently.
AirPlay 2
This second version of AirPlay technology allows us to control what is played in each audio system in our home independently, in addition to regulating the volume of all of them. in an independent way.
What's new in iOS 11 for iPad
After the latest launches of the iPad Pro models, a model in which Apple is putting a lot of interest and that at the moment it seems that it is attracting the interest of the public, the guys from Cupertino seem that again have refocused on offering a different versionAt least in terms of functions, and finally it is listening to users who have always lamented that the Apple iPad was exactly the same as an iPhone but big.
iOS 11 doesn't bring a ton of new and exclusive features to the iPad Pro, and where the Apple Pencil has gained a lot of prominence becoming a tool must have that every user should purchase if they have an iPad Pro model. iOS 11 is the first step for the iPad to become a device that in the short term can begin to replace many computers, at least in homes where the use made of it is minimal.
File Manager
Having a file manager in Apple's iOS ecosystem has always been one of the dreams of many users. Thanks to the File application we can access all the files that we have stored not only in iCloud, but we can also access all the files that we have stored in Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, OneDrive, Adobe Creative Cloud… and thus be able to open them quickly.
We can realize searches across all storage services jointly, something that users who make use of more than one service of this type will undoubtedly appreciate a lot. It also offers us a tab with which we can quickly access the files that we have recently opened or that we have deleted. In addition, it offers us the possibility of adding tags to the files in order to find them in a simpler way.
Application dock
The Dock for applications has been another of the demands of users for this type of device. We can access the Dock from any application simply sliding your finger up, where the last open applications will be displayed along with those that we have precisely pre-established.
New Multitasking
When opening applications on the iPad, more than one at the same time, until iOS 11 we had to slide our finger on the right part of the screen towards it, so that all the applications compatible with this function will be displayed. With iOS and thanks to the Dock, we just have to click on the application we want to open and drag to the screen to place it on the side we need, be it left or right.
Drag and Drop
Apple does not want to hear about the possibility that at some future point, the iPad can make use of a light version of macOS. To do this, it does not stop adding functions so that mouse lovers do not miss some functions that otherwise require a large number of steps. Thanks to the drag and drop function, we can, for example, send an email with an attached image, an image that we have dragged from the browser where it is located. We can also drag images or files between other applications quickly and easily.
Apple Pencil is practically essential
The Apple Pencil has gained a lot of prominence with iOS 11, since now it is much more versatile and natural than everBecause we can use it for a large number of tasks such as taking notes, making diagrams, making annotations on a PDF file, we can sign any document in addition to filling it in and sending it to its recipient ...
New QuickType keyboard
For all those of us who use the iPad to type more than necessary, Apple has renewed the QuickType keyboard, offering us the possibility of accessing both numbers and special characters sliding your finger down on the key where it is located, so that we do not have to change between the different keyboards, are signs or numbers that it offered us so far.
What's new in iOS 11 exclusive to iPhone X, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus
Lighting in Portraits.
Thanks to the best that the new iPhones have received, especially the front camera of the iPhone X, with iOS 11 we can add light effects to our portraits so that they offer a professional result.
Animoji
This function only available on iPhone X, since to be able to animate the emojis with our gestures, it is necessary to have the TrueDepth camera, which is only available on this device. This camera analyzes the 50 most used muscle movements to reflect our expressions. In order to do so, Apple makes up to 12 Animoji available to us. The output of these short videos is limited to users of the Messages application.
How to update to iOS 11
When Apple releases the final version of iOS 11, during the first hours the download process may take a few hours, since everyone wants to start enjoying the latest news that comes from the hand of the latest operating system, so if you can wait a few hours, the download process will be much faster and you will not have the phone disabled for so long.
Since a couple of versions of iOS, our device automatically checks if there is a new version of iOS available for download, either an update or a final version. If so, the Settings icon will show us a notification so that we can access and download it. But if you don't want to wait, you have to go to Settings> General> Software update. A few seconds later the new update will appear.
Upgrade or install from scratch?
If we update our device with the new version, all the applications, services and others that you have configured will be available once the update is complete. The problem is that if the operation of your device is not adequate, all the problems that you had up to that moment will continue to be present, so in these cases the best option is to make a copy of the data from our terminal, whether they are photographs. , documents and others, through iCloud if possible. In this way we can perform a clean installation from scratch and restore all data directly from iCloud, only the data, not the applications.
To download the applications we have to go to the App Store of our terminal, either iPhone, iPad or iPod touch since this process already we can't do it through iTunes, because the last update of this application eliminated all possibility of being able to buy, download or transfer applications to our device managed by iOS. What if we can continue to do with iTunes is to make a backup copy of our terminal, a copy that allows us to recover all the content together, nothing more.
Keep in mind that if you were thinking of making a backup, installing iOS 11 from scratch and loading the backup, you will be in the same problem as if you update from the terminal directly to the new version of iOS, since all the data that could affect the operation of some applications and thus slow down the terminal, will continue to be present. Before performing the update, you must make a copy, a copy that will help you restore the device to the original state before the update, if you see that the performance of the new version of iOS does not convince you and you want to wait for the first update you receive.
Things to keep in mind before installing iOS 11
As usual and although Apple does everything possible to reduce the space occupied by each update, it cannot work miracles, so you need at least 4 to 5 GB of free space on your device so that the final version, which occupies about 2 GB, can be downloaded and installed correctly.
IOS 11 Compatible Devices
IPad models compatible with iOS 11
- 1-inch 2st and 12,9nd generation iPad Pro.
- 10,5-inch iPad Pro
- 9,7-inch iPad Pro
- iPad Air 1 and 2
- iPad 2017 - 5th generation
- iPad Mini 2, 3 and 4.
IOS 11 Compatible iPhone Models
- iPhone 5s
- iPhone SE
- iPhone 6
- 6s iPhone Plus
- iPhone 6s
- 6s iPhone Plus
- iPhone 7
- 7 iPhone Plus
- iPhone 8
- 8 iPhone Plus
- iPhone X
IPod touch models compatible with iOS 11
- iPod touch 6th generation
When you want to make a call to the favorites it does not let you, you have to enter! contact and select the phone, it puts unknown application, why?
With iOS 11 can I take live photos on my iPhone 6?
Once IOS 11 is installed, the word search engine does not work for me.
This for me is very important.
For example, I go to the calendar and tell him to find how many events I have with the same word. I know there are 8 and it only detects 2. This happens to me with the IPhone 7 Plus and the IPAD.
I have tried it several times and the answer is always the same.
It has a solution?
Thank you very much