with the recent release of ios 14 the
iphone received some pretty cool
additions
like home screen widgets and pinned
conversations
along with some overdue features like
compact calls
and to celebrate the 14th year of ios
we're going to take a look back at every
single version to see
just how far the operating system has
come this is greg with apple explained
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alright so let's go back to when it all
began in 2007
with the original release of ios back
then
things were quite a bit different apple
didn't even have a name for the iphone's
operating system
they simply said it ran a version of mac
os 10.
but once the second iteration was
released everyone began referring to the
original as iphone os 1.
so what were its headlining features
well steve jobs himself
said the iphone's killer app or the
biggest attraction of the device
was its ability to make calls quickly
and easily
which is pretty funny considering making
calls with our iphones today
is something most of us try to avoid
doing but back in 2007
the average smartphone like the
blackberry was a headache to use
so being able to make a call in seconds
was a huge improvement
also iphone os one had a built-in
full-featured
ipod that meant customers no longer had
to spend up to 300
on a smartphone and then 200 more on a
separate ipod and carry around both
devices
and like many other smartphones at the
time iphone os 1
included several apps like calendar
weather safari maps youtube
mail and notes now iphone os 2 came out
a year later in 2008 and introduced the
app store
which is probably one of the biggest
additions of any ios release in history
the app store completely changed the
smartphone game
allowing third-party developers to
create secure
optimized apps for the iphone on a scale
never seen before in the mobile device
industry
iphone os ii also featured the itunes
store
a scientific calculator which still
exists today if you just
rotate your phone the ability to save
images to the camera roll
push email iwork support and parental
controls
now during this time jailbreaking became
a widespread phenomenon
since many users wanted convenient
time-saving features
that google was already implementing on
android before
apple like cut copy and paste and while
that feature did come to iphone os 3 in
2009
many users found themselves reaching the
limitations of iphone os
very quickly which jailbreaking helped
solve
by sidestepping apple's restrictions and
allowing
unauthorized features to be added to the
operating system
and it took apple quite a while to
implement features from the jailbreak
community
a trend that would continue throughout
the history of ios
but as i mentioned they did finally
introduce cut copy and paste in iphone
os 3
along with mms support spotlight search
tethering autofill find my iphone
the controversial in-app purchase
capability
and voice memos now in 2010
apple officially changed the name of the
iphone's operating system
from iphone os to simply ios since it
was being used by
other products like the ipad an ios 4
introduced some crucial features
like app folders an app switcher retina
support for the new iphone 4
game center facetime vpn support
orientation lock and perhaps one of the
most long
awaited features custom home screen
wallpaper
which for some reason apple waited three
years to implement
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5 came in 2011 and represented a really
significant advancement for the platform
since it finally allowed the iphone to
operate independent of a computer
previously users had to plug in their
iphones to a mac or pc
in order to activate it and set
everything up this was very similar to
how
ipods operated but ios 5 elevated iphone
from being a companion device
to a standalone product this version
also featured notification center
newsstand which was later removed tabbed
browsing
the lock screen camera shortcut and
delta over the air updates
siri was also part of ios 5 but
initially only available
on the iphone 4s an improved siri came
to other models with iphone 6
and introduced panorama photos passbook
and do not disturb mode
now this version of ios was one of the
most controversial ever
and that was for two reasons apple
removing the native youtube app
and replacing the native google maps app
with their own
version you see apple and google weren't
on the best terms in 2012 compared to
2007
since ios and android were fierce
competitors by that time
and maybe because steve jobs said he'd
spend every last
penny of apple's cash to destroy android
since he considered it a stolen product
so needless to say apple and google
didn't renew their initial
five-year agreement to continue
including youtube and google maps on ios
so apple had to introduce their own maps
app likely much
earlier than they anticipated and it was
nothing short of a disaster
there were endless memes created of
apple map's poor renders and inaccurate
directions
the app received so much criticism that
tim cook
publicly apologized and recommended
using third-party apps like
waze this apology was not only a
divisive move
in the tech community but also within
apple's own leadership
scott forstall apple's vice president of
iphone software at the time
was one of the people who felt apple had
nothing to apologize for
he refused to sign tim cook's apology
letter
and was forced out of the company less
than a month later
craig federighi took over as head of ios
development
and jonathan ive expanded his hardware
design role to include
software also this had a huge impact on
the following ios release
because while scott forestall was a big
believer in skeuomorphic user interfaces
jonathan ive and his team believed in
removing as many unnecessary elements as
possible leaving the software to exist
in its purest
form and ios 7 was proof that ive was
taking the operating system in a
completely new direction
with a flat colorful interface that used
parallax effects to establish
depth instead of shadows reflections and
texture
now i said ios 6 was controversial but
it paled in comparison to ios
7. its flat user interface was extremely
polarizing
since some people thought it looked too
much like android also
the icons were criticized for being too
simple
so simple in fact that they could be
recreated using nothing but microsoft
word
also the bright colorful gradients used
throughout the os were blinding to some
users
and perhaps worst of all the parallax
effect used to create
depth could actually cause people to
feel nauseous and dizzy
which is why apple added the reduce
motion option in settings
so while ios 7's interface was the most
dramatic
change there were other important new
features like control center
airdrop and dynamic wallpaper
now after a couple years of divisive ios
releases
things settled down a little with ios 8
in 2014
it introduced some highly requested
features like interactive notifications
audio and video messages widgets a quick
type keyboard
time lapse recording voice activated
siri and
apple pay this was also the year when
apple released their much anticipated
apple music streaming service and
introduced carplay
along with the health app ios 9 in 2015
was a more modest update
featuring a refined siri the news app
the wallet app which replaced passbook
a new system font called san francisco
low power mode
night shift and 3d touch support for the
new
iphone 6s now the following year
apple began refining the iphone's user
interface with ios
10. it featured a redesigned lock screen
and control center
plus redesigned notifications there were
even more 3d touch capabilities added
effects were brought to imessage you
could raise your phone to wake it up
and the home app was added to control
smart products like bulbs or thermostats
ios 11 was released in 2017 and focused
on refinements
rather than new features control center
notifications
siri the dock and the app store were all
updated
along with a few brand new features like
do not disturb while driving
and emergency sos ios 12
added group notifications group facetime
calls memoji
screen time the measure app siri
shortcuts battery usage details
and the apple tv app now in 2019
something really interesting happened
that i think many people may not have
noticed
but signified something really important
about apple's hardware
you see beginning with the iphone 6s
apple included 3d touch hardware
that allow the device to sense pressure
on the display
allowing for additional functionality
like peak and pop
and app shortcuts the technology
originated on the apple watch in 2015
and 3d touch was the headlining feature
of iphone 6s
but it had one fatal flaw you couldn't
see it
unlike the right-click button on a mouse
3d touch was completely invisible and
difficult to discover
since people rarely pressed firmly on
their iphone's display
so as a result it was rarely used with
most people not knowing the feature even
existed and this was a huge problem
because 3d touch required an additional
hardware component built into the
display
which took up space and made the device
thicker
so in ios 13 apple took a more sensible
approach
by retaining most of the features of 3d
touch but making it
entirely software based and they called
this new feature
haptic touch it's triggered by simply
tapping and
holding your finger on the display
instead of pressing
and that only made it more intuitive for
users but also allowed apple to remove
hardware inside the display
which happened with the iphone 11 and 11
pro now ios 13 featured more than just
haptic touch
it also featured the highly anticipated
dark mode
a quick path keyboard audio sharing
advanced photo and video editing
sign in with apple memoji stickers and
usb drive support
lastly ios 14 was just recently released
and includes some pretty cool additions
like home screen widgets
the app library car key a compact user
interface for incoming calls and siri
the ability to set default email and
browser apps
back tap picture in picture video and
pin conversations
alright guys that is the history of ios
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