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At about 1 o’clock on September 20, Beijing time, Apple pushed the iOS 13 system update to supported devices. It is understood that the new system brings a “dark” mode, providing a new way to browse and edit photos, and a new privacy-preserving login method that allows you to log in to apps and websites with a single tap. In addition, the new system is faster and more responsive, and the overall optimization has resulted in faster app launches, reduced app download sizes, and faster Face ID.

The specific updates are as follows:

Dark mode

The beautiful new dark color scheme gives you a great look and feel, especially suitable for low-light environments

Can be set to turn on automatically at sunset, at a specific time, or manually from Control Center

Four new system wallpapers that automatically switch looks with Light and Dark modes

Camera with photos

The new Photos tab features moments from your gallery so you can easily find, revisit, and share photos and videos

Powerful new photo editing tools make it easier to edit, adjust, and view your photos

Over 30 new video editing tools, including Rotate, Crop, and Adjust

Added options on iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and iPhone XS Max to increase or decrease portrait light intensity

Added the “High Profile Monochrome Light” portrait light effect, which provides a monochrome portrait effect with a white background on iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and iPhone XS Max

Sign in with Apple

New privacy-preserving sign-in method to sign in to participating apps and websites with your existing Apple ID

Simple account setup, just provide your name and email address

Use Hide Email to share a unique email address and messages will be automatically forwarded to you

Built-in two-factor authentication to protect your account

Apple doesn’t track you or collect personal data when you use your favorite apps

Added Arcade’s App Store

With a single subscription, you can play unlimited groundbreaking new games, no ads, and no additional charges

Browse the latest games, personalized recommendations, and exclusive edits with the new Arcade tab in the App Store

Play on iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, Mac and Apple TV

Added the option to download larger apps over a cellular network

From the Account page, you can view available apps, update or delete apps

Arabic and Hebrew languages are supported

map

New maps launched in the U.S. include wider road coverage, improved address accuracy, better pedestrian support, and more detailed surface coverage

The Look Around feature lets you explore the city in high resolution and an interactive 3D experience

Favorites stores a list of your favorite places so you can easily share them with friends and family

Favorite Places lets you quickly and easily navigate to the places you visit each day

Provide real-time public transportation, real-time flight updates, and voice-based turn-by-turn navigation

Reminders

The new design provides a more powerful and intelligent way to create and organize reminders

The Quick Bar lets you add dates, locations, flags, attachments, and more to reminders

New Today, Schedule, Flag, and All smart lists make it easy to keep track of upcoming reminders

You can organize your reminders with subtasks and grouped lists

Siri

New personalized Siri suggestions in Apple Podcasts, Safari, and Maps

Use Siri to listen to more than 100,000 live radio stations worldwide

Shortcuts are now built-in apps

Memoji and messages

New Memoji customization options, including new hairstyles, headwear, makeup, and rings

Memoji sticker packs are available in Messages, Mail, and third-party apps, and are available on all iPhone models

You can now choose whether to share your name and photo, or even Memoji, with friends

Enhanced search capabilities make it easier to find information with intelligent suggestions and result classification

CarPlay

The new CarPlay dashboard displays your music, navigation and smart Siri suggestions on the same screen

The new Calendar app provides an overview of the all-day schedule, with options to drive to or dial in to meetings and contact meeting organizers

Apple Maps has been redesigned to provide Favorite Places, Favorites, and Junction View for China

Apple Music album artwork makes it easy to find your favorite songs

CarPlay now offers a Do Not Disturb While Driving option

Augmented reality

With the addition of People Occlusion, apps can naturally place virtual objects in front of and behind people using the iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and iPhone XS Max

With iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and iPhone XS Max, apps let you animate characters or interact with virtual objects by understanding your character’s body pose and motion trajectory

AR content supports multi-face tracking, which tracks up to 3 faces at a time, allowing you to play with friends using iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and iPhone XS Max

AR Quick View lets you view and interact with multiple AR objects at the same time

mail

Block a sender and move all emails from that sender directly to the Trash

Mute message subjects to stop receiving overactive email subject notifications

The formatting bar gives you easy access to rich text formatters and attachments

All system fonts are supported, plus new fonts downloaded from the App Store

memorandum

Gallery view displays your notes in visual thumbnails to help you find the ones you need

Shared folders let you collaborate with others with access to the entire notes folder

More powerful search capabilities to visualize images in memos and text in scans

New checklist options let you easily rearrange checklist items, add indentation, or automatically move checked items to the end of the list

Safari

The updated Home page includes favorites, frequently visited sites, recently visited sites, and Siri suggestions

Display options in the Smart Search bar provide quick access to text size control, reader view, and site-specific settings

Site-specific settings pick a reader view for individual sites and enable content blockers, camera, microphone, and location access

Download Manager

QuickPath

Gliding typing on the keyboard lets you type with one hand when you’re busy

Even halfway through a sentence, you can toggle glide typing and tap typing

Alternate word options are available in the prediction bar

Text editing

Scroll bar swipes let you drag the scroll bar directly to quickly navigate through long documents, web pages, and email conversations

Cursor navigation is faster and more precise, just select the cursor and move to any position

Improved text selection makes it easy to select text by tapping and swiping

font

You can download custom fonts from the App Store and use them in your favorite apps

Added font management in Settings

file

External drives are supported in Files to access and manage files on a USB drive, SD card, or hard drive

SMB support for connecting to a company server or a PC at home

Support for local storage allows you to create folders on your local drive and add your favorite files

Supports compression and decompression, which allows you to create and expand zip files

healthy

New Summary view of personalized data, including reminders, favorites, and related feeds from popular apps and devices

Health feeds from popular apps and devices that graphically show trends over time

Period Tracking records menstrual cycle information, including menstrual flow, symptoms, and fertility indicators

New Hearing Health data types, including headphone volume, ambient volume recorded by the Apple Watch Noise app, and audiogram from hearing tests

Apple Music

The lyrics are displayed synchronously to make listening to songs more interesting

Listen to over 100,000 live radio stations from around the world

Screen time

Provides 30 days of usage data compared to screen time data from the past few weeks

Combined time limits allow multiple app categories, specific apps, or websites to be included in the same time limit

The One More Minute option lets you quickly save your work or quit the game when you reach your Screen Time limit

Privacy and security

The Allow Once location permission lets you choose to share a location with the app only once

Background tracking alerts now notify you when an app uses your location in the background

Enhanced Wi-Fi and Bluetooth so apps can’t access your location without your consent

Location sharing controls let you easily choose to ignore location data when sharing photos

System experience

Control Center selects Wi-Fi and Bluetooth accessories

The redesigned volume control is located in the upper left corner to reduce distractions

You can take full screenshots of web pages, mail, iWork documents, and Maps

The redesigned share form provides smart suggestions so you can share content with just a few taps

Offering Dolby Atmos playback on iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and iPhone XS Max, you can experience stunning surround sound as long as the content contains Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, or Dolby Digital+ soundtracks

Language support

Support for 38 new keyboard languages

Predictive input for Cantonese, Dutch, Hindi (Devanaga), Hindi (Latin), Najidi Arabic, Swedish, and Vietnamese keyboards

Separate emoji and globe keys let you quickly switch languages and select emojis on iPhone X and later

Automatically detect language when dictating

Supports Thai-English and Vietnamese-English bilingual dictionaries

China

Camera now offers a dedicated QR code mode that can be accessed from the Control Center to improve QR code performance, add a flashlight option, and enhance privacy

“Maps has added “intersection view” available in China, making it easier to drive complex roads

Chinese the handwriting area on the keyboard is resizable

Cangjie, Express, Stroke, and Handwriting Keyboard have new Cantonese prediction capabilities

India

New Indian English male and female Siri voices

Supports all 22 official Indian languages, plus 15 new keyboard languages

Hindi (Latin) and English bilingual keyboard, including typing prediction

Hindi (Devanaga) keyboard adds typing predictions

New Indian language system fonts for Gujarati, Punjabi, Kannada, and Oriya make it clearer and easier to read in apps

30 new script fonts for Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Oria, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu

Hundreds of new relationship tags have been added to Contacts to help you tag your contacts more accurately

performance

Up to 2x faster app launches

Up to 30% faster unlock with Face ID on iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max

App update projects are 60% streamlining on average

Up to 50% smaller apps in the App Store

Other features and improvements

Mute unknown calls to only calls from known numbers in Contacts, Mail, and Messages, and connect all other calls to voicemail

Optimized battery charging to slow down battery drain by reducing the iPhone’s full charge time

Low Data Mode reduces data usage on cellular networks or selected specific Wi-Fi networks

PlayStation 4 and Xbox Wireless Controller are supported

Find My iPhone and Find My Friends are combined into one app to locate your lost device even when it’s not connected to a Wi-Fi or cellular network

Calendar supports adding attachments to events

Family Sharing Hotspot lets your family’s devices automatically connect to a nearby iPhone Personal Hotspot

The Home app has been redesigned for HomeKit accessory controls to provide a consolidated view of accessories that offer multiple services

The supported devices are as follows: