iOS 15 Review: Features and Problems

Apple has released the new version of the operating system iOS 15, which has come with a lot of great stuff that you should try on your iPhone device.

The iOS 15 has so many new benefits including assisting tools and increasing security levels, all these new features are going to make your phone make better than before, and it is also compatible with all new generation devices.

In this article we will review and explore the features of this new iOS version and figure out what problems you may face with it, also we will help know how to update your device to it.

 

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iOS 15 features:

 

There are a lot of Advantages of using the iOS 15 that you went like, we have made a list below of the best iOS features:

 

Support new features for the FaceTime app: spatial audio which gives you a more natural call experience, Grid View which shows how many people are engaging in the call, the portrait mood which does the background isolation and sounds…and much more stuff.

Share play, which allowed users to share content during video calls easily, so they can watch movies with their friends via Facetime calls also listen to music, or share screen access between devices.

 

New notification design, your iPhone will show a picture of people contact who send you a message and also make the icons of the app notification bigger in size, to get easy for users to identify their notifications.

 

Live Text, this tool allowed you to copy texts that showed in photos with every small detail via easy clicks.

 

Focus is a new feature that helps you avoid indirect on your phone apps and services, it has four different moods that you can use for every situation that will show people that you are busy including if they have something urgent.

Apple uses AI to understand the important app’s messages and contacts to show them to you on the screen.

 

Spotlight, this app is available on the app store in iOS 15, by using this app you can easily find more photos with different location conditions on the web or chat apps.

 

Memories photos which make photo-App now integrate with Apple music and make a new video experience between your photos and music.

IA will synchronization automatically photos with music, but also you can make choose your selected photos and music and make you mix videos.

 

Maps now offering new improvement features, it will give a 3D view of cities and places with more details like road colors and building height, with also a night vision mood that you can activate.

Maps-App support also driving experience with more details and clear road pictures like passage Crowell’s or turn lanes…

 

New Expression, Apple has added a lot of new Memoji stickers including clothing options, and put many different details choices like eye colors and glasses options…

 

5G Features, with the iOS 15 you will now have a better experience with Apps such as fast file downloading, quick updates also more responsive export and import iCloud backup.

Also when using 5G your device will choose automatically the 5G network instead of your Wi-Fi when it’s slow.

 

Increasing privacy protection, iOS 15 stops senders from detecting your IP address when you opened their emails.

You will have a full report showing how many times every app accesses your camera, microphone, and location…

With limited library access, you can lock or stop access to some private photos or files, to stop anyone from seeing them.

 

Voice setting improvement, you can control the speed of the Audio playback, and you can also share more than one voice record at one time.

 

iOS 15 problems:

 

After testing this new version of iOS 15, we have noticed some issues that you may face, also there are many complaints from users before you have updated your device it’s important to know about the iOS 15 problems.

 

❌ Battery drain: One of the common issues that you may notice when you go to the iOS 15 is that the battery will end faster than before, the normal cause of the new features and additions that has add to the system.

 

❌ Photos disappear, some users reported that after exporting data, they tried to restore the backup via iCloud but they find out that some photos have been randomly removed.

 

❌ You may not be able to unlock your iPhone with an Apple watch, some users say they are facing this problem after updating their devices to iOS 15. The face id it will not work when you’re wearing a mask.

 

❌ Third-party apps such as Spotify stopped working, there is some bug that causes issues between iOS 15 and apps like a phone to overheat or battery drain. Spotify developers have been already fixing this problem, but you may see it on other apps though.

 

❌ False system notification, some users reported that after updating their iPhone to the iOS 15 version, they start to see notifications that storage is close to full and that there is so much space left storage.

 

These problems and more Apple is aware of it, and they are in the progress of fixing them, it’s only a temporary issue so you don’t have to worry.

 

What iPhones will be compatible with iOS 15?

 

Here is a list of all devices that iOS 15 is compatible with:

 

  • iPhone 6s
  • iPhone 6s Plus
  • iPhone SE (2016)
  • iPhone 7
  • iPhone 7 Plus
  • iPhone 8
  • iPhone 8 Plus
  • iPhone X
  • iPhone XS
  • iPhone XS Max
  • iPhone XR
  • iPhone 11
  • iPhone 11 Pro
  • iPhone 11 Pro Max
  • iPhone SE (2020)
  • iPhone 12 mini
  • iPhone 12
  • iPhone 12 Pro
  • iPhone 12 Pro Max
  • All iPhone 13 models

 

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How to download and update to iOS 15?

 

  1. create a backup to keep your data and important information safe.
  2. Make sure that your device is connected to the wi-fi or internet, and also make sure that your battery is over 50%.
  3. Go to settings> General > Software Update.
  4. You will see two update options, choose iPad 15.
  5. Click Install Now.

 

Notice: if you can’t find the update option then maybe your device is not supported by the iOS 15 version and you can not do anything about it.