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16 Features of IOS 14 That You May Have Missed
Use your iPhone’s full potential
Apple released IOS 14 in Sept. 2020, so many of you will think this is old news. But, this article’s primary purpose is to convince you that it’s worth your time to get up to speed with the latest software.
I am reasonably tech-savvy, and I usually have the latest gadgets or iPhones. I’ve been an Apple fan for many years and remember phones going back to the iPhone 4. However, I recently noticed that I’ve been lax when learning about all the new features of the latest software.
Because I know IOS so well, I assume that any new features will “appear,” and I will use them almost intuitively. That does happen, to some extent, every time there’s a software upgrade.
The App Library is an example of that. I just noticed that it was there, and I hadn’t done anything or changed any settings. I found it very useful. It provided a much better and needed way of organizing my many apps than I had ever managed to achieve myself.
The other assumption I usually make is that many new features are behind the scenes. They have to do with security, privacy, or speed — things that I just take for granted when it comes to IOS. This is probably also true to some extent. But I don’t always consider that I may need to make some…