General/Design

• Dark Mode
• Scheduled Dark Mode
• Eight new stock wallpapers
• 3D Touch replaced by Haptic Touch
• Access peek and quick actions on older devices
• New Volume HUD interface
• New Silent Mode interface
• iTunes Store demoted to second page
• Podcast app promoted to first page
• Find My replaces Find My Friends and Find My iPhone
• New Contacts app icon
• New Reminders app icon
• Shortcuts app is preinstalled
• New rounded glyphs
• Padded table views
• New header buttons
• New Card sheet interface
• New Options Ellipsis
• Siri Dictation within search fields
• Smaller ‘AM/PM’ text on time

Connectivity

• Personal Hotspot: Family Sharing
• Personal Hotspot: Allow Others to Join
• Persistent personal hotspot
• Low Data Mode
• Wi-Fi: Ask to Join Networks
• Wi-Fi: Auto Join Hotspot
• WPA3 Wi-Fi support

Other

• Audio Sharing with AirPods
• New location controls to allow access to your location just once
• Playstation 4 and Xbox One S Controller Support
• Optimized Battery Charging

ScreenTime

• ScreenTime: Communication Limits
• Combined app limits
• One more minute

Accessibility

• Accessibility promoted root Settings with icons
• Display Accommodations is now Display & Text Size
• Voice control – control your device with your voice

Keyboard and Input

• Cut, copy, and paste gestures
• Undo and redo gestures
• QuickPath Typing
• Cursor navigation
• Scroll bar scrubbing
• Text selection via tap and swipe
• Multiselect tap with two fingers and drag
• Intelligent selection for address, phone numbers, email address, etc.
• 38 new keyboard languages
• Separate emoji and globe keys
• Memoji Stickers accessible from keyboard
• Memoji and Animoji stickers on older devices
• Redesigned Markup toolset
• Install and manage Fonts
• Full page screenshots

Share Sheet

• Completely redesigned
• New Share Suggestions
• Standalone AirDrop card

Control Center

• Dark Mode Toggle
• Switch to specific Wi-Fi networks
• Switch to specific Bluetooth
• Volume shows what device you’re controlling
• Larger Glyphs (flashlight, etc)
• Music control shows Speakers & TVs
• Larger Hearing icon
• More rounded Hearing shortcut
• Slightly tweaked Magnifier interface
• New Voice Memos glyphs
• New QR Code Reader icon

Widgets

• Redesigned widgets for a cleaner look
• Show text replaced by disclosure triangle

Siri

• New voice using advanced neural text-to-speech
• Indian English Accent

Phone

• Modified phone glyph with darker green
• Updated Contacts tab glyph
• Updated in-call screen with larger icons/updated glyphs
• Background shows contact photo
• Settings: Call Silencing

Safari

• Updated Start Page
• Siri suggested website links
• Siri Suggestions
• Built-in download manager
• Page zoom
• Website view menu
• Per‑site settings
• Save open tabs as bookmarks
• Open all tabs
• Jump to open tab from smart search
• Haptic Touch Download Linked File
• Photo upload size
• Private mode
• Settings: Downloads
• Settings: New Tabs section
• Settings: Settings for Websites

Messages

• Share name and photo
• Quickly access additional contact methods
• Three new Animoji
• Tons of new Memoji customizations
• Animoji & Memoji stickers
• Announce Messages on AirPods
• Settings: Send & Receive Addresses Moved to the Top
• Settings: Share Name And Photo

Music

• Redesigned Now-Playing interface
• Time‑synced lyrics
• Easily view Up Next queue
• Updated AirPlay button
• Smaller volume button
• New options menu
• Settings: Sync Library replaces iCloud Music Library

Calendar

• Larger glyphs
• Add attachment to events

Photos

• New Photos tab
• Auto-playing Live Photos and videos
• Settings: Auto-Playing video and Live Photos
• Photos tab auto hides content
• Redesigned editing interface
• Adjust intensity of filters
• Pinch to zoom while editing
• Options relocated to upper right-hand corner
• Auto enhance integrated within main editor
• Vibrance
• White Balance (Warmth & Tint)
• Sharpen
• Definition
• Noise Reduction
• Vignette
• Review each effect individually
• Powerful video editor
• Video edits are non-destructive
• Portrait Mode High-Key Mono
• Portrait Lighting Control
• New Options when sharing Photos
• Combine multiple search terms

Camera

• Redesigned Zoom button

Mail

• Search box is shown immediately
• Larger subject in compose view
• New Send button
• Updated action buttons (More, Flag, etc.)
• More options when performing a Haptic Touch
• New text formatting tools
• New toolbar for inserting photos, drawings, scans and documents
• Extended Reply menu
• Multi-colored flags (across devices)
• Settings: New Threading options
• Settings: Include attachments with replies

Clock

• Larger header text
• New splash screen and set up for Bedtime
• Larger stopwatch without header
• Updated Timer interface with new circle also shows when timer will end

Maps

• Rebuilt Maps
• Look Around
• Browse Nearby
• Redesigned Favorites
• Collections

Reminders

• Brand new app
• Quick toolbar to add times, dates, locations, etc.
• Smart lists automatically organized by Flagged, Scheduled, and Today
• Add attachments to Reminders
• Natural language input/Siri Intelligence
• Messages integration
• Settings: Today Notification
• Settings: Show Reminders as Overdue

Notes

• New gallery view
• Shared folders
• View-only collaboration

Stocks

• Stocks text no longer all caps
• Edit button on main interface
• Redesigned interface elements

Books

• Reading Goals
• New Notification panel on Account page
• Settings: Reading Goals
• Settings: External Controls (Just like podcasts)

App Store

• App Updates have moved
• Bypass cellular download limit
• New Apple Arcade tab
• Default search text
• Apple Watch search results
• Subscription link moved

Health

• New dynamic Summary view
• Menstrual Cycle Tracking
• Highlights
• Dedicated Search and Browse
• New profile page
• New Settings panel

Home

• Refreshed Home app accessory controls
• AirPlay 2 speakers in scenes and automations
• Siri Shortcuts in automations
• New Hubs and Bridges section in preferences

Files

• Rich metadata
• External USB drive, SD card, or hard drive support
• Create folders on the local drive and add your favorite files.
• Connect to a file server at work or a home PC using SMB from Files.
• Downloads folder
• iCloud Drive folder sharing
• Zip and unzip
• Document Scanner

Find My

• New app combines Find My iPhone with Find My Friends
• Settings: Enable Offline Finding

Shortcuts

• Redesigned look
• Shortcut automation that works with HomeKit

Contacts

• New relationship labels in Contacts app
• Create Memoji right inside of Contacts

Watch

• Search option has been removed
• App Store links to actual App Store
• Accessibility section promoted

Voice Memos

• New Splash screen
• Pinch to zoom