Apple iOS

iOS 11 sets a new standard for what is already the world’s most advanced mobile operating system. It makes iPhone better than before. It makes iPad more capable than ever. And now it opens up both to amazing possibilities for augmented reality in games and apps. With iOS 11, iPhone and iPad are the most powerful, personal, and intelligent devices they’ve ever been.

App Store

• All-new App Store designed for discovering great apps and games everyday
• New Today tab helps you discover new apps and games with stories, how-to guides, and more
• New Games tab to find new games and see what's most popular with top game charts
• Dedicated Apps tab with top picks, dedicated app charts, and app categories
• App pages include more video previews, Editors' Choice badges, easier access to user ratings, and information about in-app purchases

Siri

• New Siri voice is more natural and expressive
• Translate English words and phrases into Chinese, French, German, Italian, or Spanish (beta)
• Siri suggestions based on your usage of Safari, news, Mail, and Messages
• Works with notes apps to create to-do-lists, notes, and reminders
• Works with banking apps for account transfer and balances
• Works with apps that display QR codes
• Hindi and Shanghainese dictation

Camera

• Portrait mode now supports optical image stabilization, HDR, and True Tone flash
• Photos and videos will take up half the space with the new HEIF and HEVC image and video formats
• Redesigned set of nine filters optimized for natural skin tones
• Automatically identify and scan QR codes

Photos

• Loop, Bounce, and Long Exposure Live Photo effects
• Mute, trim, or choose a new key photo for Live Photos
• Memory Movies automatically adapt content for portrait and landscape orientation
• More than a dozen new memory types, including pets, babies, weddings, and sporting events
• People album is more accurate and stays up-to-date across devices with iCloud Photo Library
• Animated GIF support

Maps

• Indoor maps for major airports and shopping centers
• Lane guidance and speed-limit information with turn-by-turn directions
• One-handed zoom with double-tap and swipe
• Interact with Flyover by moving your device

Do Not Disturb while Driving

• Automatically silences notifications while driving and keeps iPhone silent and display off
• Optional iMessage auto-reply to alert selected contacts that you're driving

New Features Designed for iPad

• An all-new Dock provides quick access to your favorite and recently used apps and can even be shown on top of active apps
• Enhanced Slide Over and Split View
• Drag-and-Drop
• Markup
• Notes
• Files

QuickType

• Flick downl no letter keys to enter numbers, symbols, and punctuation marks on iPad
• One-handed keyboard support on iPhone
• New Keyboards for American, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Georgian, Irish, Kannada, Malayalam, Maori, Odia, Swahili, and Welsh
• English input on the 10-key Pinyin keyboard
• English input on the Japanese Romaji keyboard

HomeKit

• New accessory types, including AirPlay 2 speakers, sprinklers, and faucets
• Expanded occupancy, time, and accessory-based triggers
• QR code and tap-to-pair accessory setup support

Augmented Reality

• Augmented reality technologies that apps from the App Store can use to deliver content on top of real-world scenes for interactive gaming, immersive shopping experiences, industrial design, and more

Machine Learning

• Core machine liearing technologies that apps from the App Store can use to deliver intelligent features with machine learning data processed on device for high performance and user privacy

Other Features and Improvements

• Control Center redesign brings all controls on one page
• Control Center custom controls including accessibility, guided access, magnifier, text size, screen recording, and Wallet
• Apple Music now helps you discover music with friends. Create a profile so friends can listen to playlists you've shared and see the music you listen to most
• Apple News now includes Top Stories picked just for you, recommendations from Siri, the best videos of the day in Today View, and great stories selected by our editors in the new Spolight tab
• Automatic Setup restores device settings, including language, region, network, keyboard preferences, places you frequently visit, how you talk to Siri, home and health data
• Easily share access to your Wi-Fi networks
• Storage optimization notifications and free up space in Settings for apps like Photos, Messages, and more
• Emergency SOS calls emergency servidces based on your current location and automatically notifies emergency contacts, shares your location, and displays your Medical ID
• FaceTime lets you capture Live Photos From the other person's Mac or iPhone camera
• Easily check flight status in Spotlight and Safari
• Russian and English bilingual dictionary
• Portuguese and English bilingual dictionary
• Arabic system font support

Accessibility

• VoiceOver descriptions support for images
• VoiceOver tables and lists support in PDFs
• Type to Siri support for basic search queries
• Spoken and braille caption support for videos
• Dynamic Type increases text and app UI to larger sizes
• Redesigned Invert Colors make media content easier to view
• Highlight Colors improvements in Speak Selection and Speak Screen
• Switch Control typing can scan and type whole words at a time