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Zach Epstein
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- Apple's first iOS 14 beta is packed full of new iPhone features — in fact, there are hundreds of additions covered in the iOS 14 section of Apple's website.
- While iOS 14 is indeed a huge upgrade, there are a few features such as widgets and Apple's new Compact UI that are getting most of the attention right now.
- Here, we'll cover 5 lesser-known new iPhone features that are hiding in iOS 14.
Apple's new iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 software is packed full of new features. The company covered all the big ones when it unveiled its next-generation mobile platforms last month during its virtual WWDC 2020 keynote presentation, but that was only the tip of the iceberg. There are literally hundreds of new features and updates to old features in iOS 14, and it would take hours to read about them all. What's more, Apple always holds a few special new features back until September in order to keep from giving away any new details pertaining to it's next-generation iPhone lineup, which in this case is the upcoming iPhone 12 series.
iOS 14 is stuffed to the gills with new features galore, but a select few marquee features have definitely stolen the spotlight. Home screen widget support is likely the most talked-about new detail, and Apple's new Compact UI features that keep things like call notifications and Siri out of the way are also generating plenty of buzz. And let's not forget all the new Messages features, Maps feature, App Library, Translate app, and more. But there's a whole lot more to iOS 14 than the functionality that's buzzing right now. In fact, some of the coolest and most useful new features are hiding just out of sight in iOS 14. Here, we'll run through 5 particularly neat features that won't be immediately obvious when you first fire up iOS 14 on your iPhone.
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