Here's why iOS 13 makes me want to an iPhone

Apple iOS 13 looks like a fantastic update. It includes a true automated call solution, privacy enhancements, Android-style features, and many fixed fixes. After spending years on my smartphone with Android and Windows Phone, I now want an iPhone.

A real solution to automated calls

Blocking automated calls is the best novelty of iOS 13. The option "Silence unknown callers" solves the biggest problem of owning a phone. When enabled, your iPhone will compare incoming calls with your contacts, mail and messages numbers. If he finds a match, your phone rings. If this is not the case, the call is directed directly to voicemail.

Robotic calls are a modern technological plague that seems to affect everyone. The best advice for handling them is to stop answering your phone. One of the main problems of this advice is that your phone rings anyway, you are arguing to draw your attention to a call you do not need. It also occupies the entire screen of your iPhone.

If the only new feature offered to iPhones was Silence Unknown Callers, that would be reason enough to switch providers. But that's not the only feature. There is much more than that.

Apple has privacy features that Google does not want

It seems like everyone is watching you all the time. Sometimes applications require tracking of the location, whether the application needs it or not. And even applications that have legitimate use of your site, such as providing weather reports, often follow you when you are not actively using the app, and then sell your data later.

Preventing this behavior is also a challenge. You can turn off all location tracking, but some of your apps will become useless (like weather apps). Or, you can manually enable and disable location tracking whenever you use an application. But this requires going through a long list of parameters, which is tedious.

If the location bothers you, Apple covers you. Soon you will be able to give an application permission to check your position once. You can already let an app track your location while you use it. If you have given an application permission to track your location, your iPhone will warn you …complete with a map of the places that the application followed– and include an option to modify this authorization.

And apps that follow you via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi without telling you? Apple is also putting an end to this. Android does not offer anything close to this level of site security.

It's not uncommon to see the "Sign in with Google" or "Connect with Facebook" buttons on websites and in apps. They are easy: you do not need to create another account with another password. But they are not very private. When you use this option, you agree to pass information to a company in your accounts, which you may be aware of. Google or Facebook also learns more about what you do.

Apple's solution is its own login service: Connect with Apple. But this one does not follow you and does not transmit your data. Apple does not collect a lot of data about you to start; it's not the business model of the company.

When you sign in with Apple, you can send us your name and email associated with Apple or, for added confidentiality, a randomly generated email that will be sent to you. Connecting with Apple allows you to quickly create an account while preserving your privacy. Apple and companies asking for accounts.

Features of Android Power User Come to iPhone

The competition between Android and iPhone sometimes looks like the battle between Coca-Cola and Pepsi. Both are excellent, and a large part is simply a personal preference. But Android and iPhone are more alike than some people will admit – and they are more similar with each version of the iOS and Android operating system.

Despite all the similarities between the two operating systems, some differences are enormous. It took forever for the iPhone to get support for a third-party keyboard and be straightforward; it's still not as transparent as Android's keyboard options.

If you like to slide on your keyboard, Apple adds a new QuickPath option that allows you to do a swipe to type. This is one less reason to use a third-party keyboard in the first place.

You can not customize the look of an iPhone as much as you can use Android, and this can always be true. But if you find yourself removing all your widgets and placing your most used apps in easy-to-reach locations and folders, the look is not that different from an iPhone. And Apple adds a new gorgeous dark mode option in iOS 13. The dark mode is perhaps not better for your eyes than a bright theme, but it really looks nice. (Android becomes a dark mode this year with Android Q, do you see how similar these operating systems are?)

And although it took too much time to get the appropriate NFC (Near-Field Communication) support, Apple adopts it without reservation. If you're using an iPhone XR or XS, you'll be able to launch shortcuts from an NFC tag. Shortcuts are a great way to automate tasks and, combined with NFC tags, the possibilities seem endless. In the past, we used NFC tags in a car to start playing music from a playlist and for instructions on accessing the house on Android. Now you can do the same thing with an iPhone.

Like the iPad, the iPhone receives adequate external drive support. Soon, you will be able to connect a USB key to an iPhone (with an adapter) and access files and photos. It's a small thing, but that's precisely the goal. The total of all these small changes is more than the individual parts.

iOS 13 fixes so many small troubles

There is also a lot to love for all those who are in the iPhone camp. This update fixes many small issues. Safari, for example, will automatically close the tabs according to the time settings. If you have already opened the tabbed view of your mobile browser only to search for dozens of tabs from a long time ago, you will appreciate the concept of tabs that close after a day or a day. week of idle. Let's hope that each browser borrows this idea.

Speaking of borrowing, just like Android, iOS 13 allows you to remove applications directly from the list of updates from the App Store. This is important on iPhones (which do not have an application drawer), because for now, you have to look for their locations on the home screens of your iPhone.

Any iPhone user who relies on the application of reminders will appreciate better support in natural language. Typing something like "ophthalmologist at 6 pm" will create a properly programmed reminder. Previously, the Reminders app created an appointment with this title.

Lost and stolen phones are another problem we all face, regardless of the operating system. Apple offers a great solution, from another product: Bluetooth trackers. Products such as Tile and Trackr promise to help you find your products through crowdsourcing. The idea is that your tracker can contact you by relaying through other closer trackers. The problem is that the crowd does not exist.

Well, Apple really has an audience to work with. So, iOS 13 brings this crowdsourcing to the "Find My" feature (formerly Find My Phone) on iPhones. Your phone will contact you via Bluetooth via other people's iPhones and iPads. Regardless of the location of your device, it is likely that you will use a loved one. And, for fear that this goes against the promise of confidentiality, Apple has included a very clever cryptography that allows you to monitor your phone, not even Apple to access the data.

No wonder Apple is rushing

At the World Developer Conference (WWDC), Apple unveiled these features, and much more, demonstrating the future of iPhones alongside a new iPadOS that will make iPads much more powerful.

If you watched the keynote speech, you may have noticed something strange in all the speakers. They were rushing. From speeches to demonstrations, everything happened quickly.

At the end of the presentation, it was clear that WWDC speakers were feeling so rushed. Apple had a lot to announce – and Apple did not even have time to cover all the features in iOS 13. This update looks like the best new version of IOS in years.

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