Long-rumored and highly-anticipated, Apple finally showed off iOS 7 last week at its Worldwide Developers Conference. Featuring a cleaner and simpler interface, iOS 7 borrowed the best parts of Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone and melded it into one clean package. Swiping up from the bottom of the screen now brings up Command Center, which gives you all the controls you want in one place – music playback, screen brightness, Airplane Mode and more. For the first time in iOS history, iOS 7 offers true multi-tasking, which will be available for all apps when the operating system hits your device this fall. iOS 7 also features an improved version of Safari and a re-designed camera system that lets you easily swipe between multiple camera apps, like Instagram. Siri got smarter and more robust, too, and now features more voices – both male and female – as well as support in both French and German. iOS 7 is out for developers right now and will hit your iDevice sometime this fall.
About Shelly Palmer
Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with AI strategy, implementation and governance, as well as technology, media and marketing. Named one of LinkedIn’s Top Voices in Technology, he is a bestselling author, covers tech and business for Fox 5’s Good Day New York, is a regular commentator on CNN, and writes the popular daily business blog Think About This. Follow @shellypalmer or visit shellypalmer.com.