Reasons why you need to upgrade apps to iOS 13

Every year, Apple comes up with a new version of iOS. Each redundancy promises new features to make the iPhone much better. This year, iOS 13 introduces over 200 new features and changes including light and dark mode on iPhone but arrived in a blaze of controversy. 

For the first time, Apple has cut-off two generations of iPhones 5S and 6. So you need to consider an iPhone SE, iPhone 6s or later. Apple even cut-off iPads from iOS 13 and now they are their own dedicated platform iPadOS. iOS 13 is a tremendous release that is stuffed with a lot of new capabilities and performance improvements. Everything is faster, from unlocking with face ID and app downloads will be 50% smaller and update 60% smaller. The app will launch twice as fast in iOS 13 and much more.  

Which iPhones are compatible with iOS 13?

Before worrying about app compatibility there’s the small matter of getting your iPhone on to iOS 13. Here is the list of devices that can run iOS 13.

• iPhone 11
• iPhone 11 pro
• iPhone Pro Max
• iPhone XS
• iPhone XS Max
• iPhone XR
• iPhone X
• iPhone 8
• iPhone 8 Plus
• iPhone 7
• iPhone 7 Plus
• iPhone 6s
• iPhone SE
• iPod touch

Reasons why you need to update your iOS app to iOS 13

It is known that the software draws lots of cool new features and the iOS 13 increased capabilities to a huge range. What about the application owners who are hoping to keep their iOS apps user-friendly? Here we shared some reasons why you need to upgrade your apps to iOS13, what app owners have to pay attention to and how to take advantage of iOS 13 updates to boost their business

1. Along with a new iOS version release, there will be new features and changes.
2. Some iOS apps may or may not work accurately with the new version of iOS 13
3.  The apps that are currently developing will keep restorations to submit the app with iOS 13 supported XCode only.
4. In the BLE(Bluetooth) connection in apps, there is a modification which needs code updates and modifications. To know more about BLE connection go through our blog: https://krify.co/bluetooth-connectivity-challenges-in-ios-13-addressed-by-developers/
5. With new iOS 13 version arrival, there will be a functionality miss-match within the apps 
6. Apple Store always asks to submit the app with new iOS version supported app. 
7. Apple along with a new version, it will come with new device release where the apps need to work even in that device.

Here are some of the features that the app owner need to pay attention to boost their business

• Dark mode:

  Dark mode is the system-wide appearance, that the users can adopt which is chosen as a default interface style or the device can automatically switch to it when ambient light is low. If your app operates in this way, there is a chance to get featured on the main tab of App Store this September. 

• ARKit 3:

  iOS 13 has come with new Apple Augmented Reality which supports: People Occlusion, Motion Capture, iTrack multiple faces, Visual coherence, Concurrent front and back camera and many more. Let’s see with an example if you have online shopping, it lets your customers view how the product looks like in real-time, if it’s an education platform for children, let them communicate in real-time and space, if it’s house/landscapes/furniture designing, let the clients see it for themselves. 

• SiriKit:

  iOS 13 came with a new upgrade for SiriKit. Now Siri can display reservation information from your app and at particular times so the user can take appropriate actions based on the circumstances. Using this update your app will perform certain functionalities like confirm hotel reservation, remind them to check-in for any service, help them return a rental car and several other options. Remark that not every app can execute this feature, the developer team has to examine and determine to do it, but implementation will bring a new level of synergy with your app users. 

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  Speech recognition:

  iOS 13 has come with offline speech recognition with no network connection. It has the ability to use speech recognizer offline with more than 10 languages. In addition, online users have larger range of languages more than 50. Speech recognition API also has more valuable analytics including speaking rate, halt duration and voice quality. 

• Core Haptics Implementation:

  Now you can engage users physically and with audio feedback by using haptics and get attention. Special actions in the application can now be conveniently highlighted to attract user interaction. This enhancement can easily make an application stand out from the rest. 

• Background Tasks Framework:

  Apple suggests to use Background Tasks framework to manage your app content up to date and run tasks to complete while your app is in the background. Now, users don’t have to open the app to update content and do activities. iOS 13 brings the possibility when the system itself will launch your app in the background and execute the tasks in the foreground. 

• Bluetooth and WiFi:

  With regard to Wi-Fi and Bluetooth network details to estimate a user’s location, except in certain situations. So double click on the correct operation of the application is absolutely mandatory in order to have new permissions to work with. 

To Conclude:

Apple and all the users are principally attracted in quality and interesting products. It is more feasible to think about the security of the application, adding new metrics, monetization. 

We Krify can help to identify problems areas and correct them. Supporting a high average rating on iOS 13 is more crucial than implementing all updates for the application. For more details contact us.