iOS 14 officially launched with a completely new interface, 5-year-old iPhone 6s is still being updated

New home screen interface

Although the iPhone has been on the market for the past 13 years, the equivalent of that is 13 iOS versions; But what most iPhone users interact with is that the home screen remains unchanged: they are still just rows of dull icons. However this has officially changed with iOS 14.

iOS 14 brings a whole new home screen interface. Instead of having to "expose" all application icons to the main screen, users can choose to display only a certain number of application icons.

So where will the remaining applications go? They will be placed on a completely new page called "App Library". By default, user applications are automatically categorized into a number of categories such as "Recently Added", "Suggestions", "Social Networks" or "Entertainment". Apps that are used frequently by users will have a larger icon to help them quickly access.

Besides "App Library", Apple also brings another important feature to help users customize the home screen interface: widget. Widgets are small widgets, providing users with quick information such as weather, music, stock, health status . Users can place widgets anywhere on the home screen, in addition to them Also can change the size according to need.

Siri interface and incoming calls are less "troublesome"

The interface of Siri and incoming calls have also been changed to avoid annoying users. Instead of taking up the entire screen like the current version, Siri interface and incoming calls on iOS 14 will only take a small part, not affecting the application that users are using.

Support PIP (Picture-in-picture) on iPhone

PIP (Picture-in-picture) is a feature that allows users to shrink the video into a small box so that they can both use another application and watch videos. This feature has been on iPad for quite some time, but not on iPhone. But with iOS 14, Apple finally changed its mind.

PIP on iOS 14 on iPhone works similarly on iPad. Users can freely place PIP in any corner of the screen they want, as well as change the size of PIP. They can also drag the PIP to the edge of the screen to listen to audio only without viewing the image.

The Messages app is updated with many new features

Apple has added a number of new features to the Messages app, including:

- Users can "pin" (pin) a number of people they regularly contact at the top of the Messages application, enabling them to quickly message them without fear of "drifting".

- Group messaging is supplemented with many new features such as replying to individual messages or "tag" another person in the group.

- Add many new Memoji.

Translate Application

Another app Apple added this year on iOS 14 is Translate. This application has a similar operation method to Google Translate, in which the feature emphasized by Apple is that users can translate the conversation with another person. In addition, Apple also emphasized privacy, saying the application can work "offline", does not require network connection and does not send user data.

Apple also expanded the translation feature to Safari. When surfing a web page in a foreign language, users can click "Translate to ." to translate the entire website's content into the language they are familiar with.

Unfortunately, the list of languages ​​supported by Apple is relatively limited - and it's no surprise that Vietnamese is completely absent.

Do not "abandon" any device

iOS 14 will support all iPhone devices that already support iOS 13, including:

- iPhone 11 / iPhone 11 Pro / iPhone 11 Pro Max

- iPhone XS / iPhone XS‌ Max

- iPhone XR

- ‌iPhone‌ X

- ‌iPhone‌ 8 / ‌iPhone‌ 8 Plus ‌

- iPhone‌ 7/7 Plus

- ‌iPhone SE‌ ‌ / SE 2

- iPhone‌ 6s / 6s Plus

- iPod touch (7th generation)

The first beta of iOS 14 for developers will be released today. For end users, they will have to wait until the fall of this year to have the opportunity to experience iOS 14 officially.