Apple has been trusted to spotlight the apps receive the heavy alteration in iOS 5 — Safari , for example — but there are still many fresh feature article in iOS 5 ’s other make - in apps that have n’t gotten as much attention . WithiOS 5 go far next calendar week , it ’s high time we looked at some of the dainty awaiting you in the updated versions of Maps , Weather , FaceTime , Contacts , Music , and Video .
Weather
Thanks to iOS 5 ’s Notification Center , Weather already has some squeamish new functionality , with its live - updating gizmo . In addition , you ’ll now be able to get your current localisation ’s weather ( if you take to enable that feature ) .
you may even view an hourly breakdown of temperature alteration — complete with the app ’s cute atmospheric condition ikon — by either tap on the Hourly text below a locating , or by dragging your finger downwardly on the current mean solar day ’s forecast . This newfound capableness bring Weather in line with many popular third - political party weather condition apps for iOS machine , so it will be interesting to see how developers discern their products from iOS 5 ’s built - in weather condition tool .
FaceTime
FaceTime vex a footling more , well , face timein Io 5 , with new buttons in the Messages app above every conversation ; an option in the preferences app to choose what number and Apple ID(s ) you may be reached at as well as the Caller ID for what account forthcoming calls video display as being from ; and mid - call conversation alerts . Now , whether you ’re on another FaceTime call or chatting on the telephone set , your iOS gimmick will alert you with an interstitial , asking whether you ’d wish to brush aside the incoming call , or end the current call and do the FaceTime petition .
Maps
When you first open Maps in iOS 5 , it looks — by and large — the same as its iOS 4 looping . Look for direction , however , and you ’ll find that you now have access to multiple advise itinerary ( up to three ) . To choose a route , tap it and press jump ; from there , you ’ll be move over directions to follow ( though you could switch to another route at any time ) . you could even print out your directions using a newfangled Print push .
iPhone and iPod signature users will also be able to choose what mode of transportation they ’d like to employ — car , public transportation , or walking — when first entering directions , rather than having to prefer after an initial path has already been charted .
Phone and Contacts
With all its functionality , it ’s loose to forget the iPhone also lets you make phone call . Anyone who actually uses the Phone app should be delighted by two new Io 5 features : incoming call location display , and per - call deletion from the Recents list . Now , when you receive a call , your earphone will display ( if possible ) the location of the incoming conversation — previously , location only displayed in the Recents listing . And talk of that list , you could now delete single call by swipe to the right or tapping the edit button in the upper ripe corner . ( If you still need to clear your full tilt , you may get to it by knock the Edit button , then Clear in the upper remaining corner . )
In the Contacts app , you ’ll be capable to link multiple entry together using a “ Related People ” option ; you could designate a linked contact as mother , don , parent , crony , sister , child , friend , spouse , better half , assistant , manager , other , or a impost label .
Music and Video
There ’s been a lot of under - the - hood work done to both Music and Videos apps ; the iPad Music app has an entirely new port redolent of a retro - future ’ 70s cabinet , while on the iPhone , the iPod app is no more : The twist now sports Music and Videos apps , like its other iOS sibling . And for those who like streaming their euphony and have newer Bluetooth stereos , you should be able to see album , cut , and artist info , thanks to underlying support in the Music app for AVRCP 1.3 . Within the apps themselves , you ’ll be able-bodied to delete songs , albums , and artists off your gimmick , or intercept and entertain on a class for supernumerary information about it .
iOS 5
