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iOS 7
Version of the iOS operating system
iOS 7.1 running on an iPhone 5S
DeveloperApple Inc.
Source modelClosed, with open source components
Initial releaseSeptember 18, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-09-18)
Latest release7.1.2 (11D257) / June 30, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-06-30)
Platforms
Kernel typeHybrid (XNU)
LicenseProprietary EULA, except for open-source components
Preceded byiOS 6
Succeeded byiOS 8
Official websiteiOS 7 at the Wayback Machine (archived September 8, 2014)
Support status
Third-party application support only

iOS 7 is the seventh major release of the iOS mobile operating system developed by Apple Inc., being the successor to iOS 6. It was announced at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference on June 10, 2013,[1] and was released on September 18, 2013.[2] It was succeeded by iOS 8 on September 17, 2014.[3]

iOS 7 features a completely redesigned user interface, a design credited to a team led by Apple's senior vice president of Design Jony Ive.[4]

In August 2014, it was reported that 91% of iOS devices ran iOS 7 at the time.[5]

History

Further information: iOS version history § iOS 7

Introduction and initial release

iOS 7 was introduced at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on June 10, 2013. A beta release was made available to registered developers after the announcement.[1]

iOS 7 was officially released on September 18, 2013.[2]

Updates

7.0.1

iOS 7.0.1 was released on September 20, 2013 specifically for the iPhone 5C and iPhone 5S. The update included bug fixes that allow users to purchase iTunes content with the Touch ID fingerprint recognition scanner rather than with a passcode.[6]

7.0.2

iOS 7.0.2 was released on September 26, 2013. The update fixed bugs that could allow someone to bypass the lock screen passcode, and reintroduced a Greek keyboard option for passcode entry.[7]

7.0.3

iOS 7.0.3 was released on October 23, 2013, with support for the iPad Air and iPad Mini 2. It also included support for iCloud Keychain, a password generator for the Safari web browser, updated the lock screen with a delay of the "Slide to Unlock" text when Touch ID is in use, and many bug fixes.[8]

7.0.4

iOS 7.0.4 was released on November 14, 2013, with bug fixes addressing some FaceTime calls failing.[9]

7.0.5

iOS 7.0.5 was released on January 29, 2014, with a fix correcting network provisioning for some iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C models in China.[10]

7.0.6

iOS 7.0.6 was released on February 21, 2014, with a fix for an SSL connection verification issue.[11][12]

7.1

iOS 7.1 was released on March 10, 2014. The update included improvements to the Touch ID fingerprint technology, support for CarPlay, and a fix for a home screen crash issue. It also brought visual updates for the shift and caps lock keys on the keyboard, refined icons for several of Apple's standard apps, and a redesign for some aspects of the Phone dialer and shutdown screens.[13][14]

7.1.1

iOS 7.1.1 was released on April 22, 2014, with a few bug fixes.[15]

7.1.2

iOS 7.1.2 was released on June 30, 2014, with bug fixes and improved iBeacon connectivity and stability.[16]

System features

Design

iOS 7 introduced a complete visual overhaul of the user interface. With "sharper, flatter icons, slimmer fonts, a new slide-to-unlock function, and a new control panel that slides up from the bottom of the screen for frequently accessed settings", the operating system also significantly redesigned the standard pre-installed apps from Apple.[1] Jony Ive, Apple's head of design, commented that "There is a profound and enduring beauty in simplicity, in clarity, in efficiency. True simplicity is derived from so much more than just the absence of clutter and ornamentation - it's about bringing order to complexity. ... iOS 7 is a clear representation of these goals. It has a whole new structure that is coherent and applied across the entire system."[4]

AirDrop

iOS 7 introduced AirDrop, a wireless sharing technology that lets users send files from their local device to other, nearby iOS devices. Both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi will turn on automatically when the AirDrop is on. It is only available on devices with an Apple Lightning connectors.[17]

Control Center

iOS 7 introduced the Control Center, a menu users can access by swiping up from the bottom of the screen, providing access to frequently used settings such as Airplane Mode, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Do Not Disturb Mode, and Rotation Lock. There is a slider for adjusting screen brightness, controls for music playback, along with a volume slider. A Flashlight toggle is also available,[18] as is an icon for quickly accessing the camera.[19]

Notification Center

iOS 7 overhauled the Notification Center, with both visual and functional changes. It has three tabs; "Today" (information on what's coming during the day), "All", and "Missed". Notifications are now visible on the phone's lock screen, and notifications are synchronized across devices, so users don't need to dismiss the same notification multiple times on different devices.[20][21]

Multitasking

iOS 7 expanded the multitasking screen. Users double-tapped the home button and were taken out of the current app for a view of full-screen thumbnails of recently accessed apps.[22][23]

CarPlay

CarPlay (formerly iOS in the Car), released as part of iOS 7.1, integrates with selected car models to offer phone interaction, including music controls and Maps navigation, through the car's display. Users can also talk to Siri to send messages hands-free.[24] It supports all Lightning-equipped iPhones with iOS 7.1 or later.[25]

Siri

Siri features a new design where the assistant fades in with the background app being blurred. While speaking, visual vocal waves appear, that form into a spinning circle as the device communicates with Apple's servers. Siri can now control a limited set of device settings, including Bluetooth. The assistant can alternatively send the user directly to the settings menu if their query cannot be controlled by voice, or otherwise, displays an error if the request can't be processed. For searching the Internet, Bing became the default search engine, and Siri's web resources were expanded to include Wikipedia. Siri was also more deeply connected into Twitter, offering full tweet search.[26]

iOS 7 also allowed the user to change Siri's gender, with new options for male and female voices.[27]

Other

Spotlight search is accessed by holding and dragging down the home screen.[28][29]

In Settings, users have the option to make custom vibrations for certain types of notifications.[30]

iOS 7 came with new wallpapers that included a "Parallax" effect; the icons appear to be moving as the user moves the phone around, producing an "illusion that the icons are floating above the background wallpaper".[31]

iOS 7 added fingerprint security

App features

App Store

The App Store received several significant changes in iOS 7. Users can now view a history of updates to each installed app. Through Settings, users can enable automatic app updates. With location services enabled, the App Store has a Near Me tab that recommends popular apps based on the user's geographic location.[32] It also became possible to download older versions of apps, in case new iOS versions left older devices incompatible for system updates, allowing users to maintain a working copy of the last supported update of each app.[33]

Photos and Camera

Camera app

iOS 7 introduced a square photo mode for the Camera app, enabling "Instagram-style photos". Also new are live filters; nine different filter options that each change the photo's appearance.[19] Further improvements to the camera included the ability to pinch-to-zoom during video recording, and a Burst mode for easily taking successive photos by holding the shutter button, causing the phone to take 10 frames per second.[34]

Photos

The Photos app was updated with new categorization options. Three tabs on the bottom, "Photos", "Shared", and "Albums", each open to new windows featuring galleries. On the main Photos interface, the app displays a timeline of all photos, sorted into "Years", "Collections", and "Moments". Filters were added, allowing users to choose from several types of filters to add to their photos. Alongside existing options for sharing pictures, the app was updated with support for the new AirDrop functionality.[35]

Music

The Music app integrated Apple's iTunes Radio service; a station-based music service that let users choose an artist, with the service generating a "station" based on that and similar artists' songs. Users were able to skip songs and search through the history of previous songs, in addition to being able to purchase the songs directly from the iTunes Store while playing. iTunes Radio also had a feature that showed songs currently trending on Twitter. iTunes Radio was free and ad-supported, but users could subscribe to iTunes Match, that enabled ad-free playback.[36]

After more than two years of release, iTunes Radio was eventually discontinued in January 2016, with the features moving to the new Apple Music music subscription service and Beats 1 radio station.[37][38]

Safari

In iOS 7, the Safari web browser received multiple significant updates. The two search bars found in previous iterations of the browser have been combined into a single "Smart Search" field. Tab management was improved to allow more than eight open tabs at once, as well as stacking tabs on top of each other vertically as opposed to a horizontal card view. The option to enter a Private tab was built into the app itself rather than in Settings menus, and a new "Do Not Track" button allows the user to further manage their privacy levels.[39]

Weather

The Weather app on iOS 7 received significant changes, including a new icon, the absence of a static weather indicator on the app thumbnail on the home screen, and new dynamic, visual representations of the current weather.[40]

FaceTime

iOS 7 has its own FaceTime app on iPhone, with FaceTime Audio, a feature that allows a user to call while on Wi-Fi, and no 3G or LTE is necessary. It is accessible from the Phone app, the Contacts app, or the app itself. It is available on devices running iOS 7 or later.[41]

Reception

The Verge wrote that the 2013 iOS redesign's flat, minimalist design language was informed by apps including the 2013 word game Letterpress (pictured).[42]

iOS 7 has received generally mixed reviews.[43][44] The Nielsen Norman Group compiled a thorough User-Experience appraisal in which they summarize, "Flat design hides calls to action, and swiping around the edges can interfere with carousels and scrolling."[45] David Pogue of The New York Times however, praised iOS 7, saying that users will become accustomed to the dramatically changed interface, and will come to enjoy the utilitarian and additional Siri features. He also noted that iOS 7 was the biggest change in the current generation of iOS devices, not the iPhone 5S and 5C.[46] Darrell Etherington of TechCrunch stated that although "iOS 7 will be a dramatic change from the iOS many users already know and love, but on balance it’s an update packed with plenty of new features that make using Apple’s mobile devices easier and more enjoyable."[47] In contrast, developer Matt Gemmell suggested that the early criticisms had focused on the redesign of the home screen, missing a successful simplification of user interfaces throughout the operating system: "iOS 7 is much, much lighter - in the colour sense, and consequently also in visual weight. Breathable whitespace is everywhere, and is used to unify...The overall impression is of brightness and openness."[48] As follow-up, he commented: " I love iOS 7's new look. It's bold, opinionated and readable. Takes guts to rethink a massively successful platform's UI."[49]

The adoption rate of iOS 7 was reported to be as high as 35% after one day.[50] By September 22, iOS 7 was installed on more than 200 million devices, which Apple claimed was "the fastest software update in history."[51] Shortly after release, some users reported the ability to bypass their device's passcode requirement and access certain information, which Apple fixed with the 7.0.2 update.[52]

A thread on the Apple online forum received attention from the media in late September 2013 after a number of users reported feeling nauseated after experiencing the animations of the new operating system. George Kikano of Case Medical Center stated that the new "parallax" function of iOS 7 is causing the symptoms in some users, and not the animations as previously thought.[53][54]

However, many critics noted the influence of competing for mobile platforms on the design and functionality of iOS 7. Of note were the use of concepts from Android and Windows Phone, such as a similarly minimal and typographic design, Control Center being an equivalent to similar settings toggles on the notification shade of Android, a similar multitasking menu to WebOS, and even the design of the Weather app being almost identical to those on Windows 8 and HTC Sense. Sascha Segan of PC Magazine stated that "Apple's brilliance is in putting the pieces together and marketing them. Apple's developer APIs and its history of making money for developers still reign supreme—there's less piracy than on Android, and a bigger audience and more design flexibility than on Windows Phone."[55][56]

Summing up the design changes, writer and web designer Dan Frommer commented that iOS 7 "traded Lufthansa for Virgin Atlantic": "Until now, iOS felt very continental European, including Swiss railway clocks, back buttons that resemble European highway signs, and beaucoup de Helvetica Bold. Like the classic Lufthansa look. Now it feels more modern and skinny, slightly ironic, and trendy."[57]

Problems

Users complained of decreased battery life when upgrading from iOS 7.0.6 to 7.1.[58] In lab testing, Ars Technica found some hardware models experienced minor battery depletion, while others experienced no statistically significant changes.[59]

Hoaxes

During the iOS 7 release, fake advertisements claimed that the update would cause devices to become waterproof and that AirDrop was a mechanism for protecting the device's screen from breaking when dropped.[60][61]

Supported devices

With this release, Apple dropped support for older devices, specifically the iPhone 3GS and the iPod Touch (4th generation).[62]

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Preceded by iOS 7
September 2013 		Succeeded by
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