iOS 10.3: A New Era of Entertainment and Communication
The latest version of iOS brings about several exciting features that enhance the entertainment and communication experience on your device. Navigation is now defaulted to the stock Maps app, but carplay has also gained the ability to navigate to a full album by simply tapping the album link while listening to a track. Once you do that, you can see the full list of all the tracks contained within that album and then play one of those tracks, and finally, you can access your up next playlist by tapping the up next button in the upper right-hand corner.
This feature allows you to skip directly to another track in the playlist in a non-contiguous manner, which is new. With this update, you can now give me the latest Indian Premier League scores or the latest ICC scores from between last Friday and last Sunday. This addition will definitely be appreciated by our friends in India. App Store reviews have also received a lot of love in iOS 10.3, with developers able to respond to reviews directly.
Now, you can actually determine whether or not a review is helpful so all you need to do is 3D touch on the review that you read and then select whether it was helpful, not helpful, or report a concern. This feature alleviates some of the friction involved with writing reviews, allowing you to just tap "Write Review" and submit a review without having to log in to provide your iTunes credentials.
Developers can also respond to reviews directly, and there's a new store kit that allows developers to prompt for reviews within their app. iOS 10.3 also brings about custom home screen app icons so developers can implement this feature within their app as has been done with the MLB app. You can switch the icon just like that to your favorite team and it's done, or you can switch back right within the app as well.
Find My AirPods: A Game-Changer for iPhone Users
One of the headlining features in iOS 10.3 is the presence of Find My AirPods inside the Find My iPhone app. This feature allows you to locate your AirPods on a map, and you can actually locate each individual Airpod. You can also make each individual Airpod emit a sound so you can find the one you're looking for.
For example, if you want to mute the left AirPod, you can do that now. Let's hear how it sounds when we mute the left AirPod in this example. This feature works a little differently than Find My iPhone but check out the full tutorial over at 95 Mac for all the details.
Analytics Sharing: Improving Products and Services
When you first install iOS 10.3, you'll be prompted to share your iPhone analytics with Apple. This is used to improve products and services like Siri, which relies on differential privacy to collect data without revealing individual identities. We've walked through exactly what that means over at 9 to 5 Mac, but basically it makes it so that your account can't be identified by the data collected.
Storage Upgrades: Apfs File System
iOS 10.3 also re-unlocks access to the new Classroom 2.0 app, which allows teachers to set up classes for students manually without having an MDM setup. You can go in here, add a teacher, set up a class, and then students that are nearby on your network can join your class with ease.
As we've already walked through with the Classroom app, this allows you to view your student screen for instance or launch particular apps on your student screen at the same time. If you have a course syllabus that you want the whole class to look at simultaneously, you can do it with the Press of a button.
Apple TV Remote App: Enhanced Features
The updated Apple TV remote app now has iPad support along with updated Now Playing features that allow you to view lyrics and also view your up next playlist. Some of these features do require iOS 10.3, so keep that in mind.
Overall, iOS 10.3 brings about several exciting new features that enhance the entertainment and communication experience on your device. Whether it's navigation, app reviews, or storage upgrades, there's something for everyone in this latest update. Let us know what you guys think Down Below in the comments section.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: ena Hands-On look at many of the new features found in iOS 10.3 so you can now share podcast for inline messages app playback so if you open up the podcast app you tap share episode you're going to be able to share using the share sheet with the messages app and once you send that message the recipient is going to be able to play that back in line within the messages app there's also a new podcast widget that's similar to the music app widget if you 3D touch on the podcast app icon you can see all of your recently played podcasts and tap one of those to quickly play or resume your podcast you can also swipe over to notification center and view the podcast widget there and again like the music app this allows you to quickly play back episodes right from the convenience of notification center rent one watch anywhere is a new feature that allows you to rent iTunes movies from any of your iCloud connected devices and watch them on any of those devices now you will have to be running the latest software for instance the latest version of iTunes or the latest version of tvos on your Apple TV but if you have those things taken care of it works very well and in iOS 10.3 you have this the 32-bit app warning this warning serves to notify users and Developers for that matter that if their apps aren't compiled for 64-bit then it will not work in future versions of iOS when you zoom zoom in on the maps app you'll notice this little current temperature icon if you 3D touch on that peek and pop all the way into it it's going to open up the weather app and then you'll be prompted to add that location to your list now 10.3 also updates the spotlight search history sales try to say that three times fast but notice those Sals now match the look of the rest of the spotlight search interface with the rounded rectangle so it's just for the look but it looks nice so the settings app in iOS 10.3 got a little overhaul at the very top you see your iCloud information including your name uh with your photo there which is really nice cuz it's right front and center at the top and then inside that section when you tap on it you have all of your details for your iCloud iTunes and App Store and all your devices if you tap on iCloud you can actually see a little graph that lays out your current iCloud storage space situation and that's nice to have there you can tap on that of course to get more granular details and this section is also where you can manage all of your devices like your iPhone or your Apple TV or your IP IP ad or your MacBook you can go in there see their serial number see their current version number and even remove them from your account if you wish to do so so very helpful little section at the top of the settings app in 10.3 with iOS 10.3 carplay receives a significant update you have this quick switcher in the status bar that allows you to switch easily between an entertainment app between a communication app and between a navigation app now the only real apps that can switch in and out are the entertainment and communication apps because navigation of course defaults to the stock Maps app carplay also gains the ability to navigate to a full album by simply tapping the album link while listening to a track so once you do that you can see the full list of all the tracks contained within that album and then play one of those tracks and then one last carplay update you can now access your up next playlist by tapping the up next button in the upper right hand corner and this allows you to skip directly to another track in the playlist in a non-contiguous manner this is new give me the latest Indian Premier League scores are SC the IPL between May 2th May 29th 20 you can also say something like this give me the latest ICC scores here are the scores from the IC between last Friday and last Sunday so our friends in India will definitely appreciate that addition App Store reviews received a lot of love in iOS 10 .3 now you can actually determine whether or not a review is helpful so all you need to do is 3D touch on the review that you read and then you can select whether it was helpful not helpful or you can report a concern I'm going to say this review was helpful and then you get some nice visual feedback to let you know your submission took place Apple has also alleviated some of the friction involved with writing reviews so now you can just tap write review and submit a review like that without having to log in to provide your iTunes credentials as long as you own the app also now developers can respond to reviews in iOS 10.3 and also there's a new store kit that allows developers to prompt for reviews within the app IOS 10.3 also brings about custom home screen app icons so developers can implement this within their app as has been done with the MLB app so I can switch the icon just like that to my favorite team and it's done and if you want to switch back you can do so right within the app as well reset tap okay to confirm and you're back to the original app icon now of course one of the headlining features in iOS 10.3 is the presence of find my airpods inside the find my iPhone app so this feature allows you to locate your airpods on a map you can actually locate each individual airpod and you can make each individual airpod admit a sound so you can find the one you're looking for so if you're looking for the left one you can mute the right airpod and vice versa so I'm going to mute the left one in this example and let's hear how sounds now this feature does work a little bit different than find my iPhone but check out the full tutorial over at 95 Mac for all the details when you first install iOS 10.3 you're going to be prompted to share your iPhone analytics with apple now this is used to improve products and services like Siri for instance now all data that is collected uses differential privacy and we've walked through exactly what that means over at 9 to5 Mac basically it makes it so that your account can't be identified by the data collected when you install iOS 10.3 you may have noticed that it took a little longer than your typical iOS update that's because it was converting the old HFS plus file system to the new apfs file system this is a modern file system that's more ideal for the type of storage used on today's Computing platforms of course that's just the tip of the iceberg read more about apfs over at 9 to5 Mac now iOS 10.3 re unlocks access to the new classroom 2.0 app this new app which we've walked through already you can check out the video link Down Below in the description but it allows teachers to set up classes for students manually so you don't actually have to have an MDM setup you can go in here add a teacher set up a class and then students that are nearby on your network can join your class with ease as we already have walked through with the classroom app this allows you to view your student screen for instance or launch particular apps on your student screen at the same time so if you have a course syllabus that you want the whole class to look at simultaneously you can do it with the Press of a button and the last thing we'll talk about briefly is the updated Apple TV remote app it now has iPad support along with updated now playing features that allow you to do things like view lyrics uh and also view your up next playlist now some of these features do require iOS 10.3 so keep that in mind so ladies and gentlemen that has been a look at some of the new features for found in iOS 10.3 let me know what you guys think Down Below in the comments section this is Jeff with 9 to5 Maca Hands-On look at many of the new features found in iOS 10.3 so you can now share podcast for inline messages app playback so if you open up the podcast app you tap share episode you're going to be able to share using the share sheet with the messages app and once you send that message the recipient is going to be able to play that back in line within the messages app there's also a new podcast widget that's similar to the music app widget if you 3D touch on the podcast app icon you can see all of your recently played podcasts and tap one of those to quickly play or resume your podcast you can also swipe over to notification center and view the podcast widget there and again like the music app this allows you to quickly play back episodes right from the convenience of notification center rent one watch anywhere is a new feature that allows you to rent iTunes movies from any of your iCloud connected devices and watch them on any of those devices now you will have to be running the latest software for instance the latest version of iTunes or the latest version of tvos on your Apple TV but if you have those things taken care of it works very well and in iOS 10.3 you have this the 32-bit app warning this warning serves to notify users and Developers for that matter that if their apps aren't compiled for 64-bit then it will not work in future versions of iOS when you zoom zoom in on the maps app you'll notice this little current temperature icon if you 3D touch on that peek and pop all the way into it it's going to open up the weather app and then you'll be prompted to add that location to your list now 10.3 also updates the spotlight search history sales try to say that three times fast but notice those Sals now match the look of the rest of the spotlight search interface with the rounded rectangle so it's just for the look but it looks nice so the settings app in iOS 10.3 got a little overhaul at the very top you see your iCloud information including your name uh with your photo there which is really nice cuz it's right front and center at the top and then inside that section when you tap on it you have all of your details for your iCloud iTunes and App Store and all your devices if you tap on iCloud you can actually see a little graph that lays out your current iCloud storage space situation and that's nice to have there you can tap on that of course to get more granular details and this section is also where you can manage all of your devices like your iPhone or your Apple TV or your IP IP ad or your MacBook you can go in there see their serial number see their current version number and even remove them from your account if you wish to do so so very helpful little section at the top of the settings app in 10.3 with iOS 10.3 carplay receives a significant update you have this quick switcher in the status bar that allows you to switch easily between an entertainment app between a communication app and between a navigation app now the only real apps that can switch in and out are the entertainment and communication apps because navigation of course defaults to the stock Maps app carplay also gains the ability to navigate to a full album by simply tapping the album link while listening to a track so once you do that you can see the full list of all the tracks contained within that album and then play one of those tracks and then one last carplay update you can now access your up next playlist by tapping the up next button in the upper right hand corner and this allows you to skip directly to another track in the playlist in a non-contiguous manner this is new give me the latest Indian Premier League scores are SC the IPL between May 2th May 29th 20 you can also say something like this give me the latest ICC scores here are the scores from the IC between last Friday and last Sunday so our friends in India will definitely appreciate that addition App Store reviews received a lot of love in iOS 10 .3 now you can actually determine whether or not a review is helpful so all you need to do is 3D touch on the review that you read and then you can select whether it was helpful not helpful or you can report a concern I'm going to say this review was helpful and then you get some nice visual feedback to let you know your submission took place Apple has also alleviated some of the friction involved with writing reviews so now you can just tap write review and submit a review like that without having to log in to provide your iTunes credentials as long as you own the app also now developers can respond to reviews in iOS 10.3 and also there's a new store kit that allows developers to prompt for reviews within the app IOS 10.3 also brings about custom home screen app icons so developers can implement this within their app as has been done with the MLB app so I can switch the icon just like that to my favorite team and it's done and if you want to switch back you can do so right within the app as well reset tap okay to confirm and you're back to the original app icon now of course one of the headlining features in iOS 10.3 is the presence of find my airpods inside the find my iPhone app so this feature allows you to locate your airpods on a map you can actually locate each individual airpod and you can make each individual airpod admit a sound so you can find the one you're looking for so if you're looking for the left one you can mute the right airpod and vice versa so I'm going to mute the left one in this example and let's hear how sounds now this feature does work a little bit different than find my iPhone but check out the full tutorial over at 95 Mac for all the details when you first install iOS 10.3 you're going to be prompted to share your iPhone analytics with apple now this is used to improve products and services like Siri for instance now all data that is collected uses differential privacy and we've walked through exactly what that means over at 9 to5 Mac basically it makes it so that your account can't be identified by the data collected when you install iOS 10.3 you may have noticed that it took a little longer than your typical iOS update that's because it was converting the old HFS plus file system to the new apfs file system this is a modern file system that's more ideal for the type of storage used on today's Computing platforms of course that's just the tip of the iceberg read more about apfs over at 9 to5 Mac now iOS 10.3 re unlocks access to the new classroom 2.0 app this new app which we've walked through already you can check out the video link Down Below in the description but it allows teachers to set up classes for students manually so you don't actually have to have an MDM setup you can go in here add a teacher set up a class and then students that are nearby on your network can join your class with ease as we already have walked through with the classroom app this allows you to view your student screen for instance or launch particular apps on your student screen at the same time so if you have a course syllabus that you want the whole class to look at simultaneously you can do it with the Press of a button and the last thing we'll talk about briefly is the updated Apple TV remote app it now has iPad support along with updated now playing features that allow you to do things like view lyrics uh and also view your up next playlist now some of these features do require iOS 10.3 so keep that in mind so ladies and gentlemen that has been a look at some of the new features for found in iOS 10.3 let me know what you guys think Down Below in the comments section this is Jeff with 9 to5 Mac\n"
