iOS 6.0 [iFans Project] iOS 6 Features List (All 200+)

iOS 6 Features List

A work-in-progress

Based off this iOS 5 thread and this thread from the days of iOS 4.0, I have created this thread as a community task to discover as many of the new 200+ features of iOS 6 that we can find before its release in Fall 2012. This project requires everyone contributing in order for it to be a success. I will update this list accordingly as new features are discovered.

CURRENT FEATURE COUNT: 150

Maps

1. Brand new mapping with Apple's own cartography instead of Google Maps
2. 3D Maps mode
3. Turn-by-turn navigation - iPhone 4S, iPad 2, new iPad only
4. Flyover - iPhone 4S, iPad 2, new iPad only
5. Real-time traffic updates
6. Satellite view
7. Business info cards
8. New icon

Siri Improvements

1. More knowledgeable about sports, movies, and restaurants
   • Sports leagues including NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, NCAA, English Premier League, and more
2. Integration with Yelp! for restaurants and reviews
3. Integration with OpenTable for dinner reservations
4. Integration with Rotten Tomatoes for movies
5. Understands more languages across 15 different countries
   • United States: English, Spanish
   • Canada: English, French
   • United Kingdom: English
   • Australia: English
   • Switzerland: Italian, Swiss French, Swiss German
   • South Korea: Korean
   • China: Mandarin, Cantonese
   • Japan: Japanese
   • Hong Kong: Cantonese
   • Germany: German
   • Spain: Spanish
   • Mexico: Spanish
   • France: French
   • Italy: Italian
   • Taiwan: Mandarin
6. Post to Twitter directly from Siri
7. Post and share to Facebook directly from Siri
8. Launch apps directly from Siri - say "run [app name]" or "open [app name]"
9. Eyes Free - Apple is working with vehicle makers to integrate hands and eyes-free Siri
10. Listen to your Notification Center notifications
11. Local search now works worldwide
12. Siri provides your information when you ask what her name is

Photos

1. Shared Photo Streams - share select photos with family and friends
2. New sharing menu
3. Photo Stream now has a designated tab instead of appearing as an album
4. "Enhanced" photos now add "-fixed" to file name.

Phone

1. Redesigned interface including silver keypad
2. New phone icon on lock screen for quick access to the ignore options below
   1. Send incoming callers directly to voicemail
   2. Send incoming callers a text message
   3. Set callback reminders
3. Phone call doesn't take up the entire lock screen when a call is incoming

Camera

1. New user interface
2. HDR improvements

Contacts

1. Sort or omit contacts by groups, including Facebook and iCloud contacts
2. Search all fields

App Store / iTunes Store / iBookstore

1. Redesigned App Store user interface (UI)
2. Redesigned iTunes Store UI
3. Redesigned iBookstore UI
4. "Open" button in the App Store when viewing apps that are already installed
5. Freshly-installed apps have a "new" banner across the top right corner of the icon
6. Updating apps no longer requires entering your Apple ID credentials
7. You can install apps without leaving the App Store
8. You can install apps from within apps
9. Facebook 'Like' button for App Store, iTunes Store
10. Apps that are downloading show their progress within the App Store
11. Top 25 apps list in App Store now loads beyond the first 25 if you keep scrolling down, instead of having to manually tap to load more

FaceTime / iMessage

1. FaceTime over Cellular - make video calls between Apple devices using 3G or LTE cellular data
2. Unified phone number and Apple ID for FaceTime, iMessage

Facebook / Twitter Integration

1. Post to your Wall on Facebook
2. Your Facebook events and birthdays are integrated into Calendar
3. Post a web link to Facebook directly from the webpage in Safari
4. Facebook friends’ profile information is integrated into Contacts
5. Share a photo or video to Facebook right from Camera or Photos
6. Post your location to Facebook from Maps
7. Post a high score to Facebook from Game Center
8. Post to Facebook using Siri
9. Post to Facebook using Notification Center
10. Post to Twitter using Notification Center

Music / Podcasts

1. Redesigned with silver user interface, sleek playback controls - iPhone, iPod touch only
2. Select a song as your alarm
3. New music EQ called "Late Night Mode"
4. Reflection on the metallic sliders
5. New default album art for music that does not have an album cover
6. Repeat and shuffle icons now turn orange when activated
7. When an iOS device is locked and music is playing, changing the volume brings you to the lock screen
8. Music preview banner overlays current screen
9. 15 second skip playback controls for podcasts
10. When searching for music, you can now "continue search in store"

Mail

1. Redesigned with a more streamlined interface for easier reading and writing
2. VIP inbox - excl. iPhone 3GS
3. Easier to add photos and videos to email messages
4. Swipe down to refresh your mailboxes
5. Per account signatures
6. Flag emails
7. Open password-protected Microsoft Office documents
8. In iOS 5, when you saved a composed mail as a draft, you could quickly get back to that last draft with "new mail" button, just hold it for about a second. In iOS 6, this same hold-gesture shows you a screen where you can choose to either compose a new mail or select from all the drafts in all mail accounts to continue them

Safari

1. iCloud tabs - pick up browsing wherever you left off, across your Apple devices
2. Full-screen websites by tapping the full-screen icon in landscape mode - iPhone only
3. Offline reading for Reading List - full webpages, not just links
4. Take photos or videos, or choose from your Camera Roll, without leaving Safari
5. Upload photos or videos in Safari
6. Global network proxy for HTTP
7. New splash page for when you are not connected to Wi-Fi or cellular data
8. Address bar loads smoother
9. New sharing options
10. IPv6 support for Wi-Fi and LTE
11. Faster JavaScript
12. Apps in search results
13. Smart App Banners - banners on mobile websites prompt users to download the website's native App Store app
14. Open up to 25 tabs on Safari for iPad
15. Hold down the back button and your browsing history is displayed

Settings

1. "Do Not Disturb" mode - keeps brightness low, prevents device from making sounds
2. New menu for Privacy Controls
3. Bluetooth toggle moved to the top of list
4. Brightness is now located under Brightness & Wallpaper instead of Settings > General > Brightness
5. Government warnings and AMBER alerts can be toggled on / off in Notifications
6. iPad and iPod touch now have usage statistics -> i.e. "time since last full charge"

Game Center

1. Challenge friends
2. Facebook friends integration
3. Game Center sync with OS X
4. Cross-platform turn-based and real-time gaming between iOS and Mac
5. Delete games from Game Center

iCloud

1. Personal Dictionary synchronization - when you add words to your personal dictionary, iCloud makes them available on all your devices
2. Documents in the Cloud (Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Preview, Text Edit, plus developer SDK)
3. Mail preferences pushed to iCloud
4. iCloud Documents API improvements

iPad-specific Features

1. Clock app for iPad
2. Siri for new iPad - excluding iPad 2, original iPad
3. Location-based reminders for iPad
4. If you tell Siri to "launch Stocks," it will open the Stocks app for iPhone - the iPad does not have Stocks by defualt
5. Split keyboard for Emoji icons

Reminders

1. Manual Reader
2. Manual location-based reminders
3. Location-based reminders

Chinese Features

1. Improved Chinese text input
2. Built-in support for Chinese services such as Baidu, Youku, Tudou, and Sina Weibo
3. Double the number of Chinese characters supported in handwriting recognition

Security

1. Kernel ASLR
2. New "Lost Mode" for Find My iPhone - "triggers an attention grabbing sound, and prompts the person that finds the iPhone to call a specific number set by the owner remotely"
3. Find My iPhone shows the battery percentage of your lost or stolen device

Location Services

1. A purple location services icon will appear next to an item that has recently used your location
2. A grey location services icon will appear next to an item that has used your location within the last 24 hours.
3. An outlined location services icon will appear next to an item that is using a geofence. A geofence is a virtual perimeter around a location. Apps like reminders use geofencing to notify you when you arrive at, or leave, these locations.

Accessibility

1. Guided Access - helps students with disabilities remain on task, i.e. disabling home button
2. VoiceOver is now integrated with Maps, AssistiveTouch and Zoom

Other Features

1. Revamped icons for Settings, Contacts, Clock, Rotation Lock
2. Passbook- a new app that keeps your boarding passes, movie tickets, retail coupons, loyalty cards, and more in one place
   1. Airplane boarding passes for flights; updates boarding pass information in real time if changes are made
   2. Passes are location and time-based. They appear on the lock screen when necessary
3. The spinning boot logo seen when powering your iOS device on/off is now optimized for the Retina display
4. Location-based alerts in Find My Friends app
5. New iOS 6 APIs for developers, part of iPhone SDK
6. Custom vibrations for alerts
7. Status bar changes colors, adapts to the third-party app you are using
8. Weather app has new user interface
9. French, German, and Spanish dictionaries
10. Word highlights for speech support
11. Auto Correction for every keyboard
12. Bluetooth Map support
13. Improved keyboard layouts
14. "Made for iPhone" hearing aids
15. Stream songs from iTunes Match, instead of downloading
16. Read text selection asks which language to use
17. Apple has properly centered the weekdays and other elements of the Calendar app
18. New emoji icons
19. New wallpapers
20. Spotlight now shows which folder apps are in
21. In-app Bluetooth pairing
22. Darker tint around the blue notifications (the non-banner style notifications)
23. Calendar tab in Notification Center now shows the current date

Sources:

• http://www.ifans.com
• http://www.apple.com/ios/ios6
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_version_history
• http://thenextweb.com/apple/2012/06...es-shutdown-spinner-is-retina-ready-in-ios-6/
• http://gizmodo.com/5918098/apple-ha...s-weekday-placement-in-ios-6-calendar-rejoice
• http://gizmodo.com/5917762/the-best-ios-6-features-nobody-is-talking-about
• http://gizmodo.com/5917967/you-wont-believe-how-insane-this-tiny-new-detail-in-ios-6-is
• http://www.idownloadblog.com/2012/06/13/stocks-ipad-ios-6/

A work-in-progress. Post iOS 6 features that you discover!

61. There is an "open" button for apps that are installed on the device.
62. Clock app for iPad.
63. Maps: Traffic view.
64. Redesigned Music application.
65. Set a song as your alarm.

You can have customized signature per account.

IDK if it's just me, but the settings icon looks slightly different

It is, and so are most UI icons. Such as sliders and the lock rotation icon.

I noticed that... I'm still dumbfounded by the music app's creaminess

I am too! I love it!

Did anyone notice, new Emoji's!!

Haven't played that far yet Anyone figure out how to get rid of the badge on the settings app? Mine won't go away... IDK why it's there