What’s New in iOS 12

iOS 12 largely focuses on speed and stability, but that doesn’t mean there are no new features. iOS 12 offers powerful new features to manage how much you and your family use iOS devices and automate tasks.

Speed

Apple claims that iOS 12 offers some drastic speed increases over iOS 11, especially for older devices like the iPhone 5s and iPad Air:

  • Animations are faster and smoother across the board.

  • Apps launch up to 40% faster under normal conditions and twice as fast under load.

  • Launching the Camera from the Lock screen is 70% faster.

  • The keyboard displays 50% faster.

  • The Share sheet appears twice as fast under load.

Screen Time

To combat phone addiction, Apple has introduced a set of new features called Screen Time ...

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