La WWDC 2018 is already around the corner and you already know that one of the highlights of it should be iOS 12. What can we expect from the next update for iPad and iPhone? Which are the new arrivals most desired? We review all the most interesting that we have discovered and seen so far to prepare for its presentation.
Reminder: we must moderate expectations regarding the news that will bring us
Let's start with a jug of cold water for those who until now have been more disconnected on the subject, remembering that one of the first news we had about iOS 12 was that, in fact, we should not expect too much news from this update, not less than the scope of what we received with iOS 11, and especially for the iPad.
iOS 11 It was a far-reaching update that greatly improved the experience of using the tablet from Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),, but it was also very complex and meant that those on the block had to deal with many more bugs y lack of stability than usual (complaints about autonomy problems were especially notorious), something that they do not want to be repeated this year.
That's why in Cupertino they finally decided to put most of the big design changes and new features they were working on on hiatus, delaying them until iOS 13, and make sure the performance was the best possible with the fewest possible errors. It is not very exciting, it is true, but it is probably a decision that we end up rejoicing in the long run.
The novelties that have already been discovered
Even if the same flood of new arrivals that received the iPad with iOS 11, there will be a few missing and some of them may have already been leaked, although we have to go back to being a bit of a killjoy and start by saying that most of them are relatively small and none of them are too far out of the way. foreseeable.
For example, we know that Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), is determined to bet on him Face ID which will also lead to iPad, so we were not very surprised that it was discovered that with iOS 12 it will continue to be polished, adding the possibility of unlocking the device in landscape position, or that new emojis and new ways of using it will be included. It is also expected that there will be a greater integration of Crab, something also normal considering the prominence of AI research that we are seeing everywhere (and more specifically in Android P, the great rival).
In the compilation that we leave you on these lines we review some others small news that could have already been filtered (new interface to import photos, improvements in do not disturb mode) and, although there has been no specific leak in this regard, statements made from Apple suggest that with iOS 12 it is expected that new options will arrive in the parental controls. We could also find some radically redesigned apps, including iBooks (although we do not know if this is one of the things that could have finally been postponed for iOS 13).
A look at the best iOS 12 concepts to help us imagine what's new
In the absence of juicier details at the moment (although important leaks may still arrive before the event and we will be attentive to inform you if this is the case), we have the consolation of being able to let our imagination fly a little and enjoy the designs that the fans have been proposing already for iOS 12, with the video that we left you a few weeks ago with the most interesting ones that had appeared so far.
It is true, of course, that these concepts normally have as their protagonist the iPhone and the novelties with which they usually speculate are more interesting for this device than perhaps for the iPad, where we usually think more about new designs and functions that bring us closer to the potential of laptops (and not only for work, but also for playing).
Still, there are quite a few things in them that we would like to see in iOS 12 also for him iPad (The dark mode is almost ubiquitous in these concepts and it is something that both devices would benefit from) and there are very interesting proposals in terms of design (although we have already commented that you do not expect to see anything in this regard in this update).
When and what devices will be able to update to iOS 12
Although we do not have anything confirmed, make predictions (more or less general) about when and which devices will be able to be updated to iOS 12 It is not too complicated, since Apple is quite regular in this regard and does not usually give us too many surprises.
Starting with the calendar for the update, the normal thing would be that in the WWDC keynote the presentation official, announcing the main news of iOS 12, and practically immediately the first beta for developers, that we can install ourselves if we have some adventurous spirit but that, in any case, will allow us to discover practically everything that is going to change. Not completely, however, because throughout the summer we will receive one or two more betas with more, in which it will continue to be polished. The wisest thing to do, in any case, is to wait for your launch for all users, which can be predicted to take place in September, along with the new iPhones.
As for devices that will receive the update, we can assume that they will iPad Air 2 onwards and the iPhone 6 onwards, that is, all those who received iOS 11 save the iPad mini 2, the first iPad Air and the iPhone 5s, which are the ones who would be in doubt. However, recently there were records that indicated that iOS 12 it was being tested on the latter, and the processor would be the same on those two tablets, so we may find that it repeats the entire list.
Stay tuned on June 4
In view of the fact that everything is far from being said, we can only recommend that you stay tuned on June 4, which is when the WWDC keynote will take place and where we hope that iOS 12 will be discussed, because we will be here to go with all the details as they are discovered.