Apple unveiled the iOS 14 at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 2020) on Monday, introducing a new home screen design.
iOS has made changes to the app grid, and the new screen's icon area will be able to expand to allow for widget functionality.
Users will be able to overlay multiple widgets on a small area of the home screen.
The widget is located on the left side of the home screen and varies in size, but can also be dragged and dropped onto the home screen.
Smart stacking is like giving the user a library of widgets that can be displayed in three ways: in today's view, in the home screen, and in the home screen overlay and also supports multiple sizes.
The App Library feature has been updated with two swipes of the home screen to access it, making it easier and more convenient for users to find the apps they need.
In another new feature, Apple is adding a system-wide picture-in-picture feature to iOS videos.
Just like on macOS, videos will hover over the app, can be resized and collapsed to the side of the display continue Play in the background.
To summarize all the improvements regarding the home screen.
App Library, this automatically organizes the apps installed in the iPhone. It organizes apps based on categories and other factors.
Widgets, which is basically similar to the Windows 10 Live Tiles experience. You can place widgets anywhere on the home screen, you can also resize widgets, you can browse through the widget library , and add favorite widgets.
Picture-in-picture support, a feature that is already available on Android. As you'd expect, you can continue watching videos while running other apps.
Improved Siri, Siri can now provide you with answers in a small pop-up window instead of always launching full screen! experience so as not to interrupt your workflow.
iOS 14 will also include a new translation app that supports 11 languages, plus an offline mode.
With native machine learning, this technology makes it easy for two people speaking different languages to talk to each other while safeguarding privacy.
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