iOS 10 review: Coolest features you need to know

iOS 10 review: The lock screen, the widget panel and the control center

First of all in this iOS 10 review, let’s talk about the lock screen. The biggest change about the lock screen of iOS 10 is that there’s no longer “swipe to unlock” function, which is a signature of iOS. That seems to be risky, but in fact, it was done for a new function – the widget center, which we will mention later. So how can users unlock the phone? After waking up the display as normal, they need to press the home button. In iOS 10, Apple also allows users to wake up the phone screen just by lifting it up. One more function in the lock screen is the camera shortcut: sliding to the left from any random point on the lock screen, the camera app will open!

Another new feature we would like to mention in this iOS 10 review is the widget center. As mentioned above, the “swipe to unlock” feature is now used to access to the widget center. All assigned widgets are arranged vertically. Located on top is a quick search panel. This is quite similar to what is already offered in Windows Phone. However, the good thing is that, as all widgets are now in one place only, the pull-down notification center now include the notifications only, with nothing else in the way.

Last but not least in this iOs 10 review, let’s consider the 3D touch. This feature is not new, but in iOS 10, 3D touch has become more helpful than ever! 3D-touching an app will open its widget. For example, the Phone app will shows the favorite contacts; the Weather app will represent the current weather conditions and the Calendar app will display the agenda. You don’t need to open these apps to see what’s inside! So what do you think about the changes in the interface? If you have any idea, feel free to share with us! And don’t forget that tomorrow is the iOS 10 release date!

iOS 10 review: Round-up

To sum up, there are lots of new features in the user interface. The three above are just the highlights that we think should be mentioned in this article. If you are curious about the new features, you will only have to wait one more day. iOs 10 will be available in all iPhone 5 models and later ones.