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It has the potential to change the way we think about mobile phone calling, the same way iMessage, Whatsapp and others made SMS redundant. So what does that mean in english? It means allowing users to make and receive calls in WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Skype, or any other VOIP system, as if it were a native call.

And like Messages, Maps is now open to developers to integrate their ridesharing services or restaurant reviews, so Maps should only get better with time.īut the feature that may have the most impact in the long term is one I couldn't test during the beta period, that is Apple elevating VOIP and third party messaging apps to system wide permissions. The rest of Apple Maps is slick, and includes public transport information, at least in Sydney. I'm not sure where they're pulling data from these days, but searching for a beach, shopping centre, train station or anything else returned accurate results. Thankfully, Apple have improved here too. In fact, Apple Maps turn by turn has been pretty good for at least a year now, but no one bothered to check because point of interest data was still missing obvious landmarks. It all adds up to an interface that works perfectly for quick glances while driving. Powered by TomTom, directions are accurate, maps are clear and easy to read, and the animations zoom in and out to give you a great overview of your next turn. This might be controversial, but I think turn by turn navigation in Apple maps is now the best on any platform. And thanks to Apple opening Messages to developers, we should see constant updates to the messaging experience (in fact Nintendo yesterday announced even it was bringing a pack of Mario-themed stickers to Messages, ahead of its new mobile game).

The new messages app features are pretty fun, matching the silliness Facebook Messenger seems to do best.

Andy for mac sierra upgrade#

Scoff all you want, but stickers and animations will probably convince more people to upgrade their operating system than any other feature in iOS history. The most obvious new feature of iOS is the bling added to the Messages app.