It goes hand in hand with another new home screen feature that lets you hide pages of apps that you infrequently use. The purpose of this feature is to make it easy for you to find all the apps installed on your iPhone. It automatically arranges all the apps on your phone in folders based on app category. What: App Library is a new screen that lives just to the right of your last home screen. A more organized home screen with App LibraryĮver wished that your iPhone had an app drawer like Android? Well, now it does. To hold an ongoing conversation, turn the phone to landscape mode and tap on the same mic icon - you don't have to press and hold.įorget Google Translate, Apple now has its own app.Ĥ. This is especially useful if you're asking someone a quick question or want to hear the pronunciation as well. Once you're done, the app will translate what you said into your language of choice. You can type the word or phrase you want translated, or tap on the icon of a microphone at the bottom of the screen to use voice-to-text. How: You have two options once you open the app. You can translate English, Mandarin Chinese, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Portuguese and Russian. What: Instead of having to use Google's Translate app on your iPhone, iOS 14 has a baked-in Translate app that will allow you to convert text and even hold conversations with someone who only speaks a different language. Pin your favorite contacts or conversations to the top of your Messages app. How: You can pin a contact or conversation to the top of your conversation list by swiping to the right across any thread.
This is especially useful if you have a go-to group, like a family chat or friend chat you talk in every day, or if you're planning a longer-term event like a group watch party. What: Pinning a conversation to the top of your Messages app means you don't have to scroll through the long list of contacts and group conversations to find your favorite contacts. Pin a conversation to the top of messages
An in-line reply is done by long-pressing on a message and selecting Reply. How: Tagging someone in a group convo should be as simple as typing the symbol followed by their name when in the chat. What: You can now tag someone in a conversation when you want to get their attention (useful for large groups), and directly reply to a message, creating a thread within your conversation. Apple's updates to its Messages app primarily focused on group iMessage conversations.