In the new mobile operating system iOS 10, Apple introduced widgets on the lock screen, because of which it was forced to change the process of unlocking the device.
From now on, you need to press the Home button to unlock, but there is one catch. If the user has fingerprint authentication enabled, after the first press on the Home button, the lock screen will appear, and the button will have to be pressed again to access the desktop. Such a scheme is unusual, and for many it is inconvenient. Fortunately, iOS 10 brings back the familiar unlock method.
To do this, go to Settings, then to General, there select "Universal Access" and in it the item "Home". In this section, you need to enable the Swipe to Open feature. After that, when you first press the Home button, the user will be identified by the fingerprint, and the device will exit to the desktop.
Of course, if for some reason you need to return to the standard iOS 10 unlocking method, the “Swipe to open” function can be turned off at any time.
Now that it's time for a change, after nine versions operating system iOS, we will have to part with the first feature we encounter when using iPhone and iPad. Yes it's true. Instead of the usual slider “ Unblock"(" Slide to unlock ") will only be used" Press the Home button to unlock". That is, to unlock the phone, you first have to scan your finger on the button Home or enter a numeric password.
In iOS 10, the lock screen has been completely redesigned - swipe to the right on the inscription “ Unblock"Replaced by pressing or touching (more on this below) the Home button, which may be unusual, because now the previously used gesture will open a new panel with widgets, and not the desktop.
At first it may be unusual, because now the usual swipe to the right will open a new panel with widgets, and not the desktop.
Swipe to the left launches the Camera:
You might think that your gadget was jailbroken and tweaked from Cydia. This is because this is the first time Apple is using lock screen widgets. But why? What made the developers take this step?
Such changes with the classic slider “ Unblock»Can be explained. As Touch ID hit the masses, consumers started to use magic unlocking on iPhones more often. However, Apple developers faced difficulties. When using Touch ID in iOS 9, for example, the user often simply did not have time to view notifications on the lockscreen or look at the clock without unlocking the smartphone. The user had to open apps or launch the Action Center looking for new messages. In other words, any of the lock screen features were simply not used due to Touch ID.
In iOS 10, in addition to notifications, there was also a screen with widgets. Apple couldn't help but tackle the problem of hard-to-read lock screen.
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In iOS 10, the user has a choice. By default, pressing the Home button with Touch ID does not unlock the gadget, but only opens the lock screen. However, the developers have added a new option " Opening with a finger"Available in the menu Settings —> The main —> Universal access —> Home.
Thanks to her, for unlock iPhone or iPad, the user just needs to turn on the screen by pressing the Home or Power button (the received notification can also turn it on), and then simply put his finger on the Touch ID fingerprint sensor.
It should be noted that the option “ Opening with a finger»Greatly facilitates the process of unlocking an iOS device (as in iOS 9), but at the same time makes it difficult to read notifications and view widgets on the lock screen. Confident pressing of the Home button will lead to reading the fingerprint by the Touch ID sensor and then unlocking the device bypassing the lock screen. In this case, you can use, for example, pressing the Power button or pressing the Home button using a finger that is not registered with iOS to read notifications and view widgets.
In case the iPhone or iPad does not have a Touch ID sensor that reads a fingerprint, then by default pressing the Home button will open the main screen or the page for entering the lock code.
Now in iOS 10, even with Touch ID turned off, the gadget is unlocked only with the main button.
In the iOS 10 operating system, a new way of unlocking the device by pressing the Home button is activated by default, but if it seems inconvenient to you, there is a way to return the more familiar method for going to the home screen.
Yesterday apple for owners of all compatible iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch models, the final version, which received a number of innovations, and one of them was a new way to unlock the device. Whereas in the previous iOS 9, the transition to the home screen was carried out by swiping to the right, in the new iOS 10, this requires pressing the Home button, which did not like some owners of iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
The fact is that in order to unlock your device with iOS 10, you first have to scan your fingerprint using the Touch ID scanner built into the Home button or enter a digital password, and then press the Home button again, that is, make an additional press ... Fortunately, Apple has left the option to return to a more familiar way of unlocking the device, and now we will tell you how you can go to the home screen simply by placing your finger on the Home button.
How to disable "Press the Home button to unlock" in iOS 10
1. Launch the Settings app on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.
2. Go to the "General" menu.
3. Go to the Accessibility menu.
4. Go to the Home menu.
5. Turn on Swipe to Open.
That's all! Now you can go to the home screen of your device by placing your finger on the Home button. The only drawback of this method is that you may not have time to read the received notifications and view information in the widgets that appeared in iOS 10 on the lock screen. However, if this happens, you can always see them in the Notification Center.
Perhaps the most noticeable change in iOS 10 is the lock screen. Much is happening differently now. So, the owners of the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus do not even need to press anything to make the smartphone screen come to life: everything happens automatically. Older devices will require pressing the Home button. If you do not have a password for entering and do not use Touch ID, then you no longer need to do the usual swipe across the screen to unlock. You just need to press "Home" again.
If your fingerprint scanner is configured and working, then with the first press you will unlock your smartphone. There is an interesting point here: if you tear your finger off quickly enough, then you will be able to linger on the lock screen, which is not actually locked anymore.
The changes don't end there. The new design of notifications is noteworthy. You can interact with them using 3D Touch, or simply by expanding incoming notifications and choosing from the available actions.
The lock screen now supports moving left and right. To the left of the home screen is the Spotlight search bar and a redesigned widget block. The latter also changed, became more functional, acquired support for 3D Touch clicks. Well, developers have a reason to create widgets for their applications, because they will be available already on the lock screen.
Finally, to the right of the main screen is access to the camera. No more swiping from bottom to top in the right corner.
Home screen
The need to access the notification center from the lock screen is gone. Both notifications and widgets can be viewed immediately, without additional gestures. However, from the home screen and from any application, you can access the redesigned notification center with a standard swipe from top to bottom. There are no surprises here anymore: the widgets have moved, so the main focus is solely on notifications.
It is also worth noting that the design of toast notifications from applications has changed. As before, they appear from above, but the animation and appearance already others.
The control center has also been changed. It is now split into separate screens. The first one is very similar to what it was before. Only the playback control tools are missing. They moved to the next screen of the control room, and there are more of them. In general, the design has changed, the freed up space allowed to enlarge the buttons. However, you still cannot configure your own switches.
It is noteworthy that if you have the Shazam application installed, then you can launch it directly from the control center, from the playback control screen.
The home screen itself, with its grid of apps, has seen the least visual changes. Only the animation of opening and closing folders has been updated. However, there is one major innovation here: the ability to hide programs preinstalled in iOS. This happens in much the same way as applications are removed from App Store... However system programs simply hide from the home screen and can be restored at any time. You can hide most of the pre-installed applications.
Of course, there is still Spotlight search to the left of the first home screen, with widgets added. Now these small software add-ons are available literally everywhere.
New actions for 3D Touch have appeared on the home screen and among widgets: Apple has worked hard to further implement this promising feature. 3D Touch can now also be used by application developers, so variable screen pressure will be especially in demand in the new version of the mobile operating system.
Built-in applications
Posts
The Messages app, more precisely, its part called iMessage, is probably the main innovation of iOS 10. The possibilities of communication through iMessage have expanded significantly, some ideas have been borrowed from the Apple Watch.
From now on, the interlocutor can be sent a drawing, a pulse, various graphic effects. You can even take a new photo and instantly add captions and other decorations any iOS user needs. You can draw with convenience: by turning your smartphone or tablet into landscape mode.
However, the above is only a small part of the innovations. So, sending messages can now be accompanied by various visual effects, and information can be transmitted using invisible ink.
There was a preview of links, sharing of tracks from Apple Music (the recipient must also have a working subscription to the service), there is even an image search that replaces the keyboard when typing a message.
It seems that the iMessage service in iOS 10 has absorbed absolutely all the trends in network communication. But we have not yet mentioned the ability to change the background of the dialog window, install add-ons for iMessage from the App Store, and even leave reactions to incoming messages.
Telephone
The application has changed slightly: Russian letters appeared on the dialing keys. Perhaps it will be useful to someone.
In the iOS 10 settings, there is now an item that makes it possible to use applications from the App Store to block numbers. Therefore, fighting voice spam will become easier.
Users from Belarus will surely appreciate the problem with gaining a plus by holding zero. Throughout the testing of the new version of the OS, the bug was not fixed and smoothly migrated to the final release.
Clock
Inspired by the Apple Watch, the developers decided to change the color scheme of the Watch app to dark. There is also a completely new menu item called "Bed Time". This feature is designed to improve the quality of the iOS 10 user's sleep. You need to specify the desired wake-up time, the required amount of rest, and a number of other details, and your Apple device will figure it out by itself when you send you to bed. New alarm ringtones are included.
Photo
With literally every update to the mobile operating system, Apple has improved the Photos app. This time, the capabilities of analysis and face recognition are added. Now you can ask Siri to show pictures with cars, and the system will accurately find them in your photo collection. Face recognition works in a similar way.
The new "Memories" feature works really well. iOS 10 independently groups events by date and location, creating cool visual presentations of various events from the photos in your feed. The whole thing can be edited.
By the way, image editing is now also brought to a qualitatively new level. The scanty system features for editing photos have not gone anywhere, but Apple has allowed them to add tools from third-party applications. So, you don't even have to launch Pixelmator separately: all the possibilities are already at hand when editing in the Photos application.
Notes
The application was thoroughly redesigned back in iOS 9. In the top ten, it just got the ability to co-edit notes and grant rights to view them to other users. Thus, the system for keeping records in iOS 10 allows you to almost completely abandon alternatives in the form of third-party services.
Settings
Systemic iOS settings 10 received several changes. In particular, Siri settings have been moved to a separate menu item. It also became possible to install additional dictionaries into the system, for example, an explanatory dictionary of the Russian language. It will be used to define the highlighted words.
From now on, you can limit the use of device memory by the Music application. If the built-in memory runs out, then iOS 10 will automatically delete those tracks for offline playback that you have not listened to for a long time.
Finally, let's note one new picture to use as wallpaper.
Siri
The virtual assistant in iOS 10 has grown wiser and, most importantly, has received support for third-party applications. Once the developers update their apps, you can use Siri in them. Typing a message in WhatsApp without touching your smartphone will soon be possible.
The updated female voice of Siri is also noteworthy. It sounds much nicer. What's more, Apple suggests installing a male voice as an alternative. In general, Siri in iOS 10 only pleases.
House
IOS 10 debuts the eponymous smart home control application. Using the program, you can manage various gadgets and systems connected to a single home network... As before, Apple TV is the hub for Apple's smart home.
If the Home app is useless to you, now you can at least uninstall it.
App Store
There aren't many changes in the app store, but they are necessary. The almost useless View menu has been removed and replaced by a list of App Store categories. This change has been asking for a long time, so it's great that it was implemented.
Cards
Apple has paid a lot of attention to updating Maps, or rather, their capabilities. Now, immediately after starting the application, you can specify the destination of the route; there are also places to choose from that may be of interest to the user. You can view the weather at a specific point on the map. The interface change deserves special attention. It is finally driver-friendly thanks to its large elements. Updated fonts and animations.
Contacts
The application itself has not undergone changes, but the contact cards have been seriously modified. Now any person in your address book is presented much more conveniently: right below the photo and name there is a set of buttons for communication in all available ways. Below is a familiar list of numbers and other information.
Music
The Music application, a client of the service, has changed dramatically. The overloaded interface was replaced by large, easy-to-use elements. The "Media Library" tab has moved to the very beginning and is available immediately after launch - this was not enough before. Moreover, there you can organize different categories for displaying music.
The player itself has also changed: there is nothing more on the screen. All actions with a track, including downloading it to the device and adding it to the library, can now be performed from the context menu. Working with "Music" has become easier and clearer, the player is definitely more convenient to use on the move.
Health
The Health app appeared in iOS 10 almost unchanged. Only those who regularly look into the program will pay attention to the slightly modified design.
Apple Watch and Activity
Owners of Apple smartwatches will surely note the improvement in the application for controlling the watch from a smartphone. You can now comprehensively customize the watch faces from here. A frankly incomprehensible menu item with a set of promo videos was removed. Now everything has become much more logical and more convenient for the owner of the watch, and not for their potential buyer.
Apple Watch needs to be updated to watchOS 3 for full functionality.
The mail client in iOS 10 remains largely unchanged. Now you can view message threads, filter out unread messages. Mailboxes are displayed with a complete set of folders and subfolders.
Safari
Safari mobile browser has finally got a simple but useful ability to close all tabs at the same time. Also, the browser has support for Apple Pay, because the payment system of the American company will now be presented on the Internet.
IPad owners will be delighted to be able to use dual-window mode to launch Safari. Thus, you can view two pages at once or transfer information from one to another. This is an important step for Apple tablets in its attempt to replace computers.
Other changes and innovations
Immediately after installing iOS 10, two points stand out: a changed device lock sound and an updated keyboard sound. The new sounds do not seem alien, they perfectly match the spirit of this version of Apple's mobile operating system and after a few minutes they no longer stand out from the general background.
If you are actively using several Apple gadgets, then appreciate the new clipboard that works between devices. We copied a piece of text on iPhone and pasted it on Mac running macOS Sierra. The integration doesn't end there, with the iCloud Drive app on iOS 10 accessing your Mac's desktop and document folder. You just need to activate the corresponding setting on the latter.
Due to the active use of iCloud, Apple rolled out a new tariff planoffering as much as 2 TB of cloud space. This pleasure costs 1,490 rubles a month.
Improving the capabilities of 3D Touch has already been mentioned above, but one cannot ignore the symbiosis of this function with a simple flashlight. Now, if you hold your finger on the icon for turning on the flashlight, you can select the brightness.
This is how iOS 10 turned out. Of course, Apple has done a great job and a new version operating system is a big step forward. In the future, we will probably expect interim updates with fixes, improvements, and even new features. We found traces of a dark theme in the iOS 10 code, so it cannot be ruled out that somewhere in iOS 10.1 we will be able to change the operating system tones to less light ones. There are still many interesting things ahead!
An update to iOS 10 is available for download and installation on all compatible devices today. Also, owners can update their smart watch before watchOS 3.
After updating to iOS 10, the excited user will quickly dive into the innovations of this OS. But there is one more thing you need to do before you dive into iOS 10 - learn how to use the new lock screen.
In iOS 10, the main feature of iOS "slide-to-unlock" is gone, replaced by the requirement to press the "home" button to unlock the device. There is no doubt that it will take a while to get used to. I have been using iOS 10 for a month and still my finger freezes over the home button to unlock my iPhone and display the home screen.
Lift your phone to wake it up and then unlock it.
When you pick up an iPhone running iOS 10, the screen automatically turns on. You can view your notifications, swipe to open the camera (more on this below), or swipe to view widgets. Unfortunately, iPad users in the current beta version still have to wake up the tablet using conventional means.A small lock icon will be displayed at the top of the screen when the device is locked. You can place your finger on the home button to unlock. The lock icon will be replaced with a quick flash "unlocked", allowing you to interact with notifications and widget choices. As you can see from the friendly reminder along the bottom of the screen, you must actually press the home button to open the home screen.
Swipe to view widgets.
Swiping right on the lock screen will display the Today screen. Here you can interact with widgets: calendar events, application activity statistics or sports results. The real magic of iOS 10 widgets won't happen until developers start releasing apps that implement the new features, but it looks promising! You can add or remove widgets in the same way as you did in previous versions iOS.
Where is the camera icon?
The camera icon that was located in the lower right corner of the lock screen is no longer present on iOS 10. However, you can still access the camera by swiping to the left.
