Apple has introduced iOS 7 and a bucket of shiny, new features at WWDC in San Francisco. The new update to iOS 6 promises to deliver a new operating system later this year. While many are excited for the overhauled software, the big question is whether it will work on your current iPhone or whether you will need to upgrade your Apple smartphone to benefit.
As with any new version of iOS, Apple has made much of iOS 7 only available to a select few iOS devices. Apple's iOS 7 is still in beta and will not publicly release until this autumn, but now is the ideal time to figure out which iOS devices can update to the new OS, whether to plan for an upgrade, or whether the upgrade is even worth it.
iOS 7 supported devices
Apple's forthcoming iOS 7 update will work on the following devices:iPhone
- iPhone 4
- iPhone 4S
- iPhone 5
- iPad 2
- Third-generation iPad with Retina
- Fourth-generation iPad with Retina,
- iPad mini
- Fifth-generation iPod touch.
It's also not that simple. If you've got an iPhone 4 running iOS 7 you might still not get everything. Apple has also had to limit some of the features some users get in the new iOS due to certain hardware constraints.
iTunes Radio
Apple's iTunes Radio is an Internet radio service that unveiled at WWDC earlier this month. Luckily, unlike some of the other new iOS 7 features, iTunes Radio is compatible with the following devices:iPhone
- iPhone 4
- iPhone 4S
- iPhone 5
- iPad 2
- Third-generation iPad with Retina
- Fourth-generation iPad with Retina
- iPad mini
- Fifth-generation iPod touch
AirDrop
AirDrop is a feature previously found on the company's desktop operating system that has now come to the company's mobile operating system. It enables users to share content and files with other supported iOS devices running iOS 7 or later, or Mac computers running OS X 10.7 or later without a Wi-Fi network or connected device.Apple is adding AirDrop to iOS 7, but it will only support the following devices:
iPhone
- iPhone 5
- Fourth-generation iPad with Retina
- iPad mini
- Fifth-generation iPod touch
Camera app: Panorama, Swipe, Square and Live Filters
The Camera app in iOS 7 offers panoramic shooting, which first launched in last year's iOS 6, the ability to swipe to quickly capture a photo, and new Square capture that simply frames the shot like Instagram. Speaking of Instagram, the Camera app will also boast live previews of retro-looking filters in iOS 7.Panoramas are available on iPhone 4S, iPhone 5 and fifth-generation iPod touch, while swipe to capture and Square will work on iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, third-generation iPad with Retina, fourth-generation iPad with Retina, iPad mini and fifth-generation iPod touch. The Live Filters feature is compatible with iPhone 5 and the fifth-generation iPod touch.
Photos app: Filters
As with videos, users won't be able to apply filters to Panoramas at capture. However, they can apply filters with the updated Photos app that will also add all panoramic shots and videos to their own respective folders. The Photos app also now enables users auto-enhance, rotate, correct red-eye, crop a captured panorama, or share photos. Filters are only available on the following devices:iPhone
- iPhone 4
- iPhone 4S
- iPhone 5
- Fifth-generation iPod touch
Siri
Siri, Apple's intelligent personal assistant and knowledge navigator that first released in 2011, is still a part of iOS 7, but it is limited to the following devices:iPhone
- iPhone 4S
- iPhone 5
- Third-generation iPad with Retina
- Fourth-generation iPad with Retina
- iPad mini
- Fifth-generation iPod touch
Apple's website has a full list of iOS 7 specs and more information on compatibility. Moreover, keep in mind, that Apple could change compatibility with future iOS updates, so keep checking Pocket-lint for the latest.
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