**A First Look at iOS 12: A Hands-On Experience**

I recently had the opportunity to explore some of the new features and capabilities of iOS 12 during WWDC. While I didn't have access to the App Store itself, I was able to test out various aspects of the operating system in Safari.

As I navigated through the different sections, I noticed that the interface had undergone a significant redesign. The new design language is sleek and modern, with clean lines and minimal clutter. However, not everything seemed to be immediately available to me, as I reached my time limit on the preview. Despite this, I was able to see some of the exciting features and capabilities of iOS 12 in action.

One of the first things I noticed was the new privacy features. Apple has introduced a range of measures to help users better control their personal data, including Siri's ability to intelligently recognize and respond to user queries. I also saw the integration with YouTube, which now dims out when your time limit is reached. However, YouTube Studio remains available for productivity purposes.

As I delved deeper into the interface, I came across a new feature that allowed me to search within my photos app. The results were impressive, with the ability to search by people, places, and even objects like woodwind instruments or cardboard. I also stumbled upon a section dedicated to "carnival" which seemed to have been triggered by an anime convention-related video. It was interesting to see how AI could be used to categorize and recognize content.

Next, I decided to test out the reading feature, which has now been integrated with the Books app. The interface is clean and minimalistic, making it easy on the eyes. I browsed through some book recommendations, including an audio book version of "The Anatomy of Peace". The recommendations seemed spot on, and I was impressed by the discovery process.

As I continued to explore iOS 12, I noticed that some features were still in development or not yet available. For example, I saw a section dedicated to creating shortcuts, but it didn't seem to be fully functional at this time. However, Apple did provide an opportunity to ask Siri a random question, which showed off its capabilities.

Throughout my hands-on experience with iOS 12, I was impressed by the attention to detail and the care that Apple has put into designing an intuitive and user-friendly interface. The new features and capabilities are exciting, and I'm eager to see where this will take the operating system in the future.

**The Future of Siri: A New Era of Intelligence**

Siri's intelligent capabilities were on full display during my hands-on experience with iOS 12. One of the most impressive features was its ability to recognize and respond to user queries. Whether it was answering a random question or providing information on a specific topic, Siri consistently delivered accurate and relevant results.

One of the standout moments came when I asked Siri about dividing 13.5 by zero. While this is mathematically impossible, Siri didn't hesitate and provided a witty response. The "joke" was actually just a clever way to handle the mathematical impossibility, which shows that Apple has put thought into designing an AI-powered assistant that can think on its feet.

**Stocks: A New Face Lift**

The Stocks app had undergone a significant redesign as part of iOS 12. The new interface is sleek and modern, with a clean design language that makes it easy to navigate. One of the most notable features is the integration with market news, which provides users with real-time updates on stock prices.

However, I did notice that some sections were still under development. For example, the search function was not yet fully functional, but it showed promise and had been integrated into the app's design.

**Photos: A New Era of Search**

The Photos app had also undergone a significant redesign as part of iOS 12. The new interface is clean and minimalistic, making it easy to navigate and use. One of the most impressive features was its ability to search for specific content within the photos.

I was able to search for people, places, and even objects like woodwind instruments or cardboard. The results were impressive, with the Photos app showing a remarkable ability to recognize and categorize content. This feature is sure to be a hit with users who enjoy browsing through their photo library.

**A Sneak Peek at iOS 12**

As I continued to explore iOS 12, I stumbled upon a section dedicated to "extreme face painting" which seemed to have been triggered by an anime convention-related video. It was interesting to see how AI could be used to recognize and categorize content in this way.

I also came across a feature that allowed me to search for 2D illustrations within my photos, which showed off the app's capabilities in recognizing and processing visual content. The results were impressive, with the Photos app demonstrating its ability to recognize and categorize even the most complex images.

**The Exciting Conclusion: iOS 12**

As I came to the end of my hands-on experience with iOS 12, I was left feeling impressed by the attention to detail and care that Apple has put into designing an intuitive and user-friendly interface. The new features and capabilities are exciting, and I'm eager to see where this will take the operating system in the future.

With its sleek design language, advanced AI-powered assistant, and impressive search features, iOS 12 is shaping up to be one of the most exciting updates to Apple's operating system in recent memory. Whether you're a seasoned power user or just looking for a more intuitive and user-friendly experience, iOS 12 has something to offer.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- So top right edge.Okay, that didn't do anything.Cars maybe, that's not a car.Settings, where is the settings app?Eh, I got this.Oh, okay so I know how to close an app.I've reached my time limit on app store.I'm in Safari.I officially have no idea what I'm doing.(upbeat techno music)Hey guys, how you all doing?Really?That's great.You know what, I was doing great earlier.You know, just chilling, relaxing,and then I found out iOS12 public beta is availableso of course since I'm aslave to the Krazy Ken Curse,I have to do somethingabout it in a tech video logand get off my couch from watchingThe Amazing World of Gumballand leave my s'mores behindto entertain you folks.So let's get started.We're gonna install theiOS 12 public beta todayon an iPad Air 2.I enrolled in the public beta programI think quite a while agoand it looks like the pagehas been officially updatedfor iOS 12 so now is the time to do this.We're gonna back up thedata, install the profile,and hopefully get thatpublic beta on there.All right, oh, first try, that was nice.So I back my iPad up to iCloud regularly.It just does it every night,but for something like thisit's actually recommendedto have an archived local back up.So that'll be our first step.There's iTunes jumping likea jack rabbit in the dock.Okay well I'm not gonnainstall another versionof iOS 11 because we're gonna install 12.This year we put a 12 on the box.So yeah here's my iCloudautomatic back up.We're gonna change that to this computerand we're gonna encryptit, set the password.Oh and it automatically started.Okay, so we're gonna let that finish firstand then we'll get tomore of the fun stuff.We wanna make sure we havesomething to go back toin case shit hits the fan.Never before has the screen radiatedwith so much excitement.You wanna watch all 20 minutes of this?Just kidding, yeah, theestimated time remaininghas been bouncing around a little bit,but what can I say?It's transferring at USB two speed.(laughs)Yeah, about 20 minutes remaining.You've got to think of somethingto do during this time,so I'm open to suggestions.I did just subscribe to Huluand I have a 192 unwatched episodesof the Amazing World of Gumballand that might take about20 minutes to finish, I'm not sure.Also I have Kill la Kill,this is the subbed version.I might wanna try withthe dubbed version though.I'm sorry, I'm a dubbedguy so don't hate me.But anywhozzle, let's seehow much did that pass, oh.We time traveled.Apparently we just jumped nine minutes.Oh my gosh, we have to go back.Marty, get the DeLorean.Ah, I feel like I did thatjoke on another episode.Oh, we're at 10 minutes now.Hey, remember this SpongeBob episode?Backing up, backing up,backing up, backing up.♪ Krusty Krab's pizza ♪♪ Is the pizza yeah foryou and meeeeeeeeee ♪I'm not a chronology expert butit's said less than a minutefor more than a minute,oh, now 10 seconds, okay.Oh five seconds, three,two, one, zero, zero.Negative zero, negative 0.0, negative one.Don't make me punch you,computer, 'cause I will do it.You've seen what I've doneto that hard drive case.(giggling)(panting)Good times except they're not.Okey dokey artichoke, nowwith our backup complete,let's go through the beta thing.All right, guide for pubic betas.So yeah, yeah gettingstarted yada, yada, yada.Learn more about iOS 12.Oh wait no, that's whereI just was, what the heck?Oh enroll, that's what I need to do.So enrolling typicallygives you some informationand then you can download theprofile, yada, yada, yada.Download profile, boom.The website is trying to open up settings.No, actually I'm not gonna allow that, no.I'd like this to be donea different way please.Verified, that's good to know.(laughs)And we should probably read this.Oh, it's not that long, oh it's consent.Well at least it's askingfor consent, that's good.That has a much better ringto it than terms ofservices or some bullshit.Yes, restart now.So I actually have another iPhonethat would of been perfectfor being like a beta testing deviceso I didn't have to useone of my daily devices,but the screen was a little too smashedand I thought that mightbe kind of annoying,but oh well we got this.I mean, my iPad it's okayif I put iOS 12 on here.It's not used as much as my phone.So as long as my phonestays on a stable release,I think we're Gucci but sense it's on iOS,it will never be a stable release.Oh, just kidding, 11's okay.I'm still like on .2 I think.Restart complete, captain.All right so now thisis the part of the showwhere we go to settings,go to our software updatesand magically iOS 12 will show up, right?Right?This seems a little dark.iOS 12 public beta, look at that.And this is gonna be alot easier to installthan when I installediOS 11 public beta twowhen I was in Pittsburghand I almost downloadedthe whole thing on my data plan.Yeah, that was smart.That was a good time.(laughs)- Did you saysomething about Sprint killing you?- Oh shit,stop, stop, oh my gosh!(laughing)Turn it off, turn it off,turn it off, turn it off.(stammering)- Wellyou can't, stop moving it.- There we go, soI guess now would be the timeto make a Journey joke and sing.♪ The wheel in the sky keeps on turning ♪But I think I did that inthe last iOS 11 public betaKrazy Ken episode Idid back in Pittsburgh.I don't wanna repeat jokes,I never repeat myself,I never repeat myself.Oh and just as a friendly reminder,since you're coming along with meon this textbook KrazyKen's tech misadventuresinstallations sensation,it is tradition that wealso test drive the operatingsystem after it's installed.So I will demo off a few thingsas I try them out for the first time.Stick around for that.There's nothing else betteryou could do with yourlife at this moment.So stay right where you are.Ladies and gentlemen, wehave installation screen.All right so, so far no problems.I typically don't have problemsinstalling Apple beta software.In fact, I typically havemore problems installingthe final release.(laughs)When I don't wait for the data updates.Cough, hi Sierra.But yeah, the beta stuffusually works A okay in my book.So, yeah we'll have a progressbar update tonight at six.Houston, we have a black screen.Oh sorry, it's back, it's back.We're good, ladies andgentlemen, we're good.Staring at an Appleten stories undergroundfor you to enjoy.♪ Where did I go wrong ♪♪ I lost a friend ♪♪ Oh wait I never had any ♪♪ This is the end ♪Well, I got a move goal achievementwhile just sitting here watchingiOS 12 public beta one install.I have my doubts that thisthing is calibrated for fitness.I don't know, maybe it wasjust the intense excitementthat translated into meburning calories or some shit.Progress bar is gone and there we go.Press home to finish setting up iOS 12.Update complete!Just a few more steps.Data and privacy.Oh, this is interesting.The clock and date now, wellthe date's new all together,but yeah the clock isnow on the upper left.Hm, possibly hinting at aniPhone 10 esque iPad design, hm?Interesting, very interesting,that might be coming soon.Ah, this part.I don't really use Apple Pay on my tablet.Screen Time, okay this featureI am legitimately excited for.I would love to see howlong I'm spending in each application.This is interesting,I would love to actually set this up nowand yes you have tosend analytics on a betathat's kind of the point.And I will update manually.Quick access controls, okay, swipe downfrom the top right edgeto open control centerand hold on the controlto reveal more options.So, yes this is trulynow hinting at the factthat we're gonna be seeingan iPhone 10-esque iPad.So top right edge.Okay, that didn't do anything.Let's try that again, top right edge.Okay, that didn't do anything.Oh, maybe continue and then try it.Oh, well okay.Well, here we are.There's the new voice memos icon,that's the thing I noticedfirst of all things.There we go.Okay so control center is now from there.So I'm guessing that meansmultitasking is from down here.No, it's not from the bottom, is it?Okay, okay, so it's notfrom the bottom like that'cause that's probably how you get homebecause it's replicating the iPhone 10.You go up and then to the side, okay.So you kinda do that, oh, oh,The Amazing World of Gumball,look at that, that's whatI do with my free time.So then if I do this, oh!Oh, they're gonna be killingthat home button, it's coming.So I go up and over.Oh and if I go further.Oh, America's got talent.I was actually justwondering if that's on Hulubecause I think that wasactually the first thingI ever used Hulu for like years ago.(laughs)Cool, so do they have the normal gesture?Oh they do, okay.Oh, that's definitely morelike animated and fluid than before.Okay so swipe up fromthe bottom to go homeand it shrinks back into the icon, right?So swipe up and over to switch appsand then I guess just flicka little further, nope maybe not,to go into the app switcher.I'm still figuring it out.Let's open up voice memos.Allow voice memos to access your location.No, not really, don't need that for now.Yes, redesign iCloud syncing.Yes, that's cool.So here we are, let'ssay we wanna multitask.Okay, I'm obviously not doing that right.Let's say we wanna multitask.Okay, not doing that right either.Let's say we wanna multitask,okay so we can do that and then if we,how do you get to the full thing?How do we get to the actual switcher?I'm sorry, I'm really bad atthis, we'll figure it out.(grunting)I got this.Oh, okay so I know how to close an app.I know how to switch apps.How do I get to the actual switcher.Okay so, do you just go halfway?Okay, I feel really dumb.I don't know this new gesture very well.Okay so you go there.Okay how come it me fourtries to figure that out?Yeah, they're definitelyprepping for a bezel-less,home button list, designthat's quite nide with thetime now being over there,control center being up here.This thing.(laughs)I mean I'll figure it out.It'll be nice eventually.Okay, let's try that again.So here's here I get intoan app and if I wanna goto the app switcher, okay.I go halfway to get to the app switcheror I double click the home button.Can I still do this, four finger thing?No, I can apparently.Let's go into settings which is where?Wait, where is settings?Hang on.Where are my settings?What the shit?Settings, where is the settings app?Okay, this is weird.Am I just not seeing it?Where's the settings?How do I get to settings, what the shit?Color me confused, I haveofficially have no ideaof what I'm doing.(laughs)where's the settings app?What the hell?All right, I'm gonna search.Okay, so settings app.Okay, so it shows up here.So I can put it in the dock like that,but where does it actually live?Okay so now it's there.Where did it go?It like vanished.Is that a bug or a feature?Has anyone else noticed that?Please, if you haveinformation let me know.I had to pull it from the recent,suggested app part of the dockand I put it on my home screen'cause I couldn't find itanywhere else, that's bizarre .Screen Time, this I am very curious about.Now, it's not really gonnaknow, oh, all devices?Oh, so it can track acrossmultiple devices, that's cool.It probably just syncs through iCloud.Well, I haven't reallyused the device enough tosee much data, but that is a cool feature.I will maybe get back to you on thatand I'm liking the colorsthat they're using here.They kinda look like our ComputerClan brand accent colors.(hums) lawsuit much?Just kidding.No yeah, I guess I couldset privacy restrictionson myself maybe, I don't know.Yes, I can set app limits.So like if I'm watching too muchof the Amazing World of Gumball,I can kill my app.(laughs)Entertainment.Let's do one minute, you getone minute of use, young man.And let's go watch some Hulu.Keep watching, oh, what a shock.Yeah, I don't be able to show muchof this due to copyright reasonsbut let's find out what happensI'm just gonna run this for a minuteand see what it does.The virus episode, fantastic.Oh we should be comingup on a minute soon.Oh you know what?I just I'm in do not disturb mode.I should still get thescreen note definitionsin Do Not Disturb mode, right?We're gonna find out together.Okay, it has been well over a minuteand absolutely nothing has happening.So glitch or feature, you decide.Maybe do not disturb mode has to be off.So two minutes entertainment,so it was reading that app.Okay, this is probably whyit wants us to use categories'cause it puts categories inthe little popsicle stick hereYeah, 49 seconds of productivity,two minutes of entertainment,that makes sense.And the 38 total minutes.I'm not sure where that came from,but maybe it was countingtime while I was installingand stuff like that or whenI was at the set up screen.Entertainment is selected,I'm gonna set three minutes.Maybe I was already passeda minute, I don't knowand it didn't work or something.I'm gonna set it to three minutes,go back to Hulu and go.(gasps)There we go and it showed alittle sand timer, that's cool.So you've reached your time limit on Hulu.But it's not just Hulu,it's on entertainment appsin general I suppose.That's cool.So a little bit of self controlfeatures in there, right?That's nice.Now the report would bemore accurate on my phone,but I am not installingbeta software on my phone'cause that's with me all the time.There's a do not disturbenhancement I think.So, bed time mode, that's what it was.So when you turn that on.Okay, I kind of butchereddemonstrating off that feature quick.So I'm gonna try it again.This is actually the following day now.So I have some more stuff to show,but yes if do not disturb modelis on during the scheduled time.So for the simulation,I just made it five P.M. to seven A.M.And then the bed time modeis on, this is what happens.It blacks out the screen completelyand it says calls be silencedand notifications will appearin notification center.I will be using that, Ican tap it and it turn off.Good evening, there we go.Partly cloudy, it's 79 degrees,the high today forecast.I mean, that's some prettycool stuff, you know?I like that, so now Screen Time,I've been testing this out for a day now.Again, I use my phone more than my iPadso this isn't a super accurate report,but for my iPad anyway you can seewe have some more categories popularizingthe popsicle stick thereand I can look at just todaywe have our categories< creativity,entertainment, social networking,but I can also look atthe last seven days.Here's the report for every single day.I can press and hold and it can tell methe totals for each day.It tells me the weekly total down hereand most used apps are sortof down here with the times.So that is really cool.It even shows you the pick up time.Like how many times youpick up your device per day.Now here it says, it even averages out.I pick up my phone once every 17 minuteswhich two things wrong with that,one this is not a phone, it's an iPadand the other thing wrong withis that can't be true becauseI was gone most of the dayUnless it's pullinginformation, you know what?I wonder if it's pullinginformation from my phoneeven though my phone is not listed hereand even though my phoneis not running iOS 12,I wonder if it's picking up databecause Wednesday June 27th,the first time I used my iPad was now.Is that suppose to happen?You guys in the community,tell me if it's reading datafrom non-iOS 12 devices.This is also cool down here.It'll show you notification frequency.Around 14 per day.Again, I'm not sure howaccurate this stuff is'cause I'm not sure what it's reading fromand it is a beta but it would make sensethat something like a chatting applicationwould have a higherfrequency of notifications.You know what?I'm looking at this and thesebars are looking pretty symmetrical here.So I was at work (laughs)during this time,so there's no way I could of beenpicking up my iPad but I thinkit's counting pick up timeas notifications because whennotifications come through,the screen wakes up andthat's probably whythese mirror each other.I don't know if that'ssuppose to happen on purposeor if it's a bug.It is only a public betaso that's my guess for now.That kind of skews the accuracy.I hope they fix that.Okay, let's try to use this thing.Ugh, I still can't use these gestures.Now I'm starting to understandwhy people were not liking them.I've heard some complaints, but hey,this is the first public beta.I'm sure they will possibly maybe fix it.So I was going through some other featuresthey can maybe test like group FaceTimebut I have no friends, so I can't do that.Group notifications, wellI don't have friends,so I won't get notificationsso I can't test that.The new Animoji stuff.Well I don't have an iPhoneX, so I can't test that.The AR stuff, well I don't really like ARfor most things so I can't test that.So that brings me down to, well,I wanted to test out theseries shortcuts thing'cause that sounded cool.I go to more shortcuts.Earlier it said no results,now it just gives methe cartwheel of deathand I don't know.Wasn't there a shortcuts editor?I couldn't find that app anywhere,so I actually don't knowhow to make shortcuts.Let's maybe ask Siri.Hey, how do I make a shortcut?- Shortcuts let us conjure upnew time saving tricks together.And you get to pick the magic words.You can get all the details on Apple.com.- Oh well okay,well let's find out together.I mean, maybe the featureisn't fully implemented yet.I saw it demoed during WWDC.I've reached my time limit on app store.Well, I'm not in theapp store, I'm in Safariand why is this still showing me my tabs?And I only put timelimits on entertainmentso I am very confused asto what's happening here.So I'm just gonna ignore, ignore.Ignore, that's an inaccurate time limit.I don't know what you're doing.I like the little hourglass animation.Let's see, that's privacy features.Yes, Siri can nowintelligently (murmuring).So yeah, you can make your own shortcutswith the new shortcuts app,but I don't see that anywhere.So I'm guessing that'sstill being worked on.So yeah, that's a bit of a bummer.If anyone else got thatto work, let me know.I really wished I could of demoed that.So, we'll just ask Siri a random question.Siri, what is 13.5 divided by zero?- Please don'tmake me divide by zero,that would be like me askingyou to grow a third arm.- Well, jokeson you, I already did that.Wait, jokes on you, I already did that.- Who me?- Oh, I see what it did.It dimmed it out, oh okay.So it dimmed it out becauseI hit my time limit.That's kind of cool.YouTube is dimmed outbut not YouTube studiobecause that's more for productivity.(chuckles)Stocks, yes.I heard this got a littlebit of a face lift.It has the news integration with it now.Yep, market news, there we go.All new design and yesit is now on Mac OS too.So I heard that the photosapp got some changeswith search and it did havesearch functionalities beforebut it looks like theygave it a dedicated tab.I don't think that was there beforeand they changed the interfaceand the AI behind it all.So let's think of something to search.Photos, people, places.Well, that's impressive.Woodwind, okay, and therewas a location I was at.Woodcote Drive, probablyin some other time zone.But yeah, Woodwind, that's impressive.Maybe this was when Iwas selling a saxophone.What's another thing I could search for?I mean, cars maybe.Well, that's not a car.Carton?I do see this other cardboard stufflike this, yeah, oh carton.There's my cat sleepingin a cardboard thing.So yeah carton, I guessthat's kind of close.Oh, the rococo pilot.Yeah, I think this wasthe original storyboard.This came up under carnivalwhich I guess kinda,I mean an anime conventionin way is like a carnival.(laughs)Okay, so it looks like it'scategorizing some things.We got mountains,performances, nightclubs,oh yeah and I probably got an animeconvention rave photo in thereand it detected it as a nightclub.There's cat again, aye,there's cat in the G3.Yeah we've seen that G3 in afuture tidbits video, actually.Wink, wink, so stick around.I don't know, Fox?Oh yeah, it got Fox.Even a drawing, it gotthe actual photo of foxes,it got my crappy attemptat Zootopia fan art,and then it got my Resasukepicture, that's cool.It worked for 2D illustrations.That's some nice AI there, all right.Oh yes, yes, let's do somereading, let's get a book.Let's see, books, it'sjust called books nowas opposed to iBooks.I think they tweaked it up to follow moreof Apple's current design language.Except, they're using a Serif fontwhich kind of makes sense for books.It makes sense to me.Yeah, there we go, the Anatomy of Peace.Yes, that's an audio book.So yep, it's combining audiobooks and regular booksI think it did that earlier too.Yeah, this looks pretty.Looks like some recommendations.Extreme face painting, yeah,that's a possibility I suppose.How to draw manga faces, okay,that's definitely relevant.But yeah, I'm digging thisinterface, it's kind of pretty.Oh yeah, there's a lot of cool stuff hereand I can't wait tosee where it goes next.So, what is your favorite feature?Let me know and let me knowwhat you think about iOS 12, guys,and next tech video logis Linux Mint part two,the exciting conclusion.If you have not seen partone, do check that out too.Awesome guys, enjoy.Catch the crazy and pass it on.(upbeat techno music)\n"