iOS 12.1 with Group FaceTime, new emoji, dual SIM available on iPhone and iPad

Apple's iOS 12.1 update arrives today on iPhone and iPad, the same day the company has announced its most recent iPads and Macs. With iOS 12.1, you will be able to video chat with up to 32 of your closest friends (or less, I guess) with the help of Apple's Face FaceTime. You will also be able to send more than 70 new emoji like a llama, a face with hearts, a softball and a skateboard. The new emoji will also come on Apple Watch and Mac with a free software update.

"iOS 12 has an incredible start," Apple CEO Tim Cook said at his company's Brooklyn news conference, adding that the new operating system is already up and running on 60 percent of the time. iOS devices.

Group FaceTime automatically detects who is talking and enlarging the image of that person. Participants who are not active appear at the bottom of the screen until they speak. If you want to see the video of a particular participant in bigger, you can tap on it to make it appear in the foreground. Group FaceTime is integrated with the Messages application, which allows you to initiate a group call from an iMessage newsgroup.

Reading in progress:
Look at this:

New MacBook Air, 2018 iPad Pro and our other Apple events …

6:07

IPhone XS, XS Max and XR users will be able to use a dual SIM card after downloading iOS 12.1. And Apple will bring "advanced depth segmentation" into Portrait mode that will allow you to further adjust the bokeh. You can adjust the depth of field in a real-time preview or after shooting, which allows you to better control background blur.

Apple is perhaps best known for its hardware, but it's really the seamless integration of its hardware with its software that sets it apart from the competition. The company's ability to control every aspect of its products – something that started when Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple 42 years ago – was essential to making Apple the most powerful company. of the technology sector. The company's mobile software, iOS, is updated every year and is launched when its new phones hit the market.

iOS 12 debuted last month with the introduction of the iPhone XS and XS Max. The main changes to the software include a new Memoji feature, enhanced notification management, enhanced Do Not Disturb functionality, and a Measure application. Apple has also added new parental controls for those who wish to keep a child's device locked, and its Screen Time feature allows you to monitor the use of your child or your own device .

From October 10th half of all mobile devices from Apple According to iOS, the enterprise developer dashboard indicated that 39% were using iOS 11 and 11% of devices were using an earlier version. In comparison, about 22% of Android devices used the latest Google software, called Oreo, on October 26th.

First published at 12:08 Pacific Time.
Updated at 08:33 PT to add comments from Apple's CEO.

The 5G is your next big upgrade: everything you need to know about the 5G revolution.

NASA is 60 years old: the space agency has pushed humanity further than anyone and plans to go further.