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Apple Unveils iOS 13 Featuring Dark Mode, Swipe Keyboard, and Faster Performance

Apple today announced iOS 13 at WWDC bringing a new Dark Mode and several performance improvements across the board, including Face ID, slimmer downloads and updates, and quicker app launches.


Dark Mode has been implemented across the iPhone and iPad operating system and its native apps, including the appearance of notifications, widgets, calendar, and notes.

Apple has also added a swipe to type feature to the stock iOS keyboard called QuickPath, new sharing suggestions, and time-synced lyrics to the Music.

On the performance front, Face ID is now 30 percent, downloads are 50 percent smaller, updates are 60 percent smaller, and app launches are twice as fast as iOS 12.


More to follow...

Tag: iOS 13


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2 hours ago at 11:28 am
All I want in the 21st century is an iPhone keyboard with an added number row across the top. ALL iOS devices have enough room to support that and I'm just so sick and tired of bouncing back and forth between alpha and numeric keyboards just to enter addresses and dates and passwords etc. It just kills me that this isn't available. Screw swiping until this happens...
Rating: 8 Votes
1 hour ago at 12:04 pm
Have we seen all that will be delivered to the new iOS? Dark Mode is needed. But really, customizable is really lacking. This new iOS is NOT progressive or intuitive. Apple is lacking truly innovative software. This is not a .dot update... this was supposed to be huge. Very soft landing. Almost boring.
Rating: 3 Votes
2 hours ago at 11:30 am
And calls that still take over the screen no matter what...

Come on Apple, you can fix this!

Imagine shooting a very important video and a call comes in. Boom! Your recording is interrupted. Awesome.
Rating: 2 Votes
11 minutes ago at 01:13 pm

Accurate. Was hoping for 2 features... non intrusive phone calls, and non intrusive volume HUD. Apparently that was a big ask.


Not sure what you mean by non intrusive phone calls, but there is a new feature that sends unrecognized numbers to voice mail. I've been using Do Not Disturb for this, but this is better because it only affects calls. And there is a new volume control. Take some time to look at Apple's iOS 13 preview page ('https://www.apple.com/ios/ios-13-preview/features/') and you might find other features they didn't have time to announce.
Rating: 1 Votes
3 hours ago at 10:40 am
I think we overhype dark mode the swipe keyboard looks nice
Rating: 1 Votes
22 minutes ago at 01:01 pm


Apple Unveils iOS 13 Featuring Dark Mode, Swipe Keyboard, and Faster Performance

"Faster Performance" is a pleonasm; you should write "increased performance", "improved performance, or "better performance" instead.
Rating: 1 Votes
18 minutes ago at 01:05 pm

Has it been announced which phones will not be eligible for this upgrade? I’m holding on to my iPhone 6s + until it no longer works, and I’d like to use dark mode if possible.

You are covered. While they didn't mention it in their presentation it is in the press release that is on their website. For iPhone A9 devices and newer are getting iOS 13, with the iPhone 5s and 6/+ dropped.
Rating: 1 Votes
33 minutes ago at 12:50 pm
I've never used a swipe keyboard, solely because I recall reading if a 3rd party keyboard is used they can track every character you type...forget that!

I'll give this one a go.
Rating: 1 Votes
1 hour ago at 12:19 pm
They forgot to mention device support for any of the new systems?!
Rating: 1 Votes
3 minutes ago at 01:20 pm
Hopefully dark mode includes a setting to automatically switch at night like TV OS. I'm still not sure how that option didn't make it to Mac OS last year.
Rating: 1 Votes

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