Can we talk about FUN iOS 14 features?!!

[Blue Hawk]

FaceTime as a Memoji would be fun

 

[ScreenSavers]

FaceTime as a Memoji would be fun

That already exists.

 

[Puppuccino]

That already exists.

It’s creepy as hell, though.

 

[gigapocket1]

Would really prefer if iOS 13 added zero features. They need to fix all of these annoying bugs (still having massive standby battery drain even after restoring and installing zero apps).

wasnt it iOS 12 or iOS 13 that had basically no new features... and that didn’t end well

 

[TheByteSmasher]

Your enthusiasm is awesome! Everyone should be as passionate! I may be an old fuddy duddy but I'd like to see animated emoji, like Skype. That would be fun and make some of the emoji less ambiguous?

 

[gwhizkids]

Did Apple announce iOS 14 yet, or any features for it?

I seem to have missed that memo.
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Nope. WWDC and it’s associated keynote will be 6/22.

 

[gwhizkids]

wasnt it iOS 12 or iOS 13 that had basically no new features... and that didn’t end well

iOS 12 had minimal new features and ended quite well.

 

[uniquexoxo]

* Apple Music opens up for non-iOS devices

Isn't this already a thing for years now?

 

[MozMan68]

Isn't this already a thing for years now?

No...website only. I’m sure they’re referring to android phones and such.

 

[ScreenSavers]

Isn't this already a thing for years now?

No...website only. I’m sure they’re referring to android phones and such.

Apple Music has an Android app, runs on iTunes on windows, and has a web player. What else would you need?

 

[MozMan68]

Apple Music has an Android app, runs on iTunes on windows, and has a web player. What else would you need?

Damn...had no idea there was an Android app. That’s what I get for never having an Android phone.

 

[ScreenSavers]

Damn...had no idea there was an Android app. That’s what I get for never having an Android phone.

I haven’t had one either. And don’t want one. But I remember hearing that they did release an app.

 

[gwhizkids]

Damn...had no idea there was an Android app. That’s what I get for never having an Android phone.

Has had one for about 2-3 years now. Since Apple Music is a paid app, the thinking is that Apple was doing that to encourage purchases of family plans (as non-Apple using family members can participate). That same logic does not apply to iMessage, obviously.

 

[Blue Hawk]

iOS 12 had minimal new features and ended quite well.

Yes. And the first Beta of iOS 12 was already better than iOS 11.

 

[Narstrabest]

It is wonder post about fun features of IOS. I like its Memojii an Animation message.

 

[gwhizkids]

Yes. And the first Beta of iOS 12 was already better than iOS 11.

Not to say it didn’t have problems: many of us had extremely poor geolocation experiences during the iOS 12 betas. GPS was off the charts bad for me using any mapping app. It was essentially unusable. Until it wasn’t.

 

[MozMan68]

Not to say it didn’t have problems: many of us had extremely poor geolocation experiences during the iOS 12 betas. GPS was off the charts bad for me using any mapping app. It was essentially unusable. Until it wasn’t.

Boy...I remember that. Fortunately, like most bugs, it didn't affect everyone. I think I experienced that one for one day on one of the iOS12 betas and then never again.

 

[tdar]

Not to rain on anyone's parade, but the most "fun" thing for me would be if they just made it all work.

 

[TimothyL]

I don’t know if this is considered “fun” but there should be a requirement for all apps to have dark mode in the next iOS. The worst part of dark mode is when you switch to apps that don’t support it

 

[ScreenSavers]

I don’t know if this is considered “fun” but there should be a requirement for all apps to have dark mode in the next iOS. The worst part of dark mode is when you switch to apps that don’t support it

It was supposed to be required a few months ago but Apple pushed the deadline back.