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What's New in iOS 7: Multitasking [Video]

What's New in iOS 7: Multitasking [Video]

Posted September 18, 2013 at 10:52pm by
Apple has greatly improved the multitasking switcher in iOS 7.

Multitasking has always been a smart way to switch between apps. Now it’s even smarter. Because iOS 7 learns when you like to use your apps and can update your content before you launch them. So if you tend to check your favourite social app at 9:00 a.m. every day, your feed will be ready and waiting for you. That’s multitasking in iOS 7. It knows what you want to do before you do.


In iOS 6, a double press of the Home button would bring up a tray of icons at the bottom of the display. Tapping a icon would launch the application. A long press of the icon would cause the icons to jiggle and allow you to kill an app.

With iOS 7, a double press of the Home button now launches a new full screen interface with app preview screens. Under each app preview screen is its icon. You can swipe left and right between apps, tap an app preview to open it, or swipe an app up and out to quit it.

Check out the video below to see the new multitasking switcher in action!

Other New Features in iOS 7:
Control Center
Notification Center
AirDrop


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Comments (7)
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adad
adad - September 19, 2013 at 1:55pm
Déjà vu !!! I saw that on my Palm Pixi running WebOS 1.4.5 , 3 years ago.
Effrem
Effrem - September 19, 2013 at 3:30am
10 years later!!!
JoshvanHulst
JoshvanHulst - September 19, 2013 at 11:44am
Lol!! No kidding! They couldn't perfect a simple feature till now...
David
David - September 19, 2013 at 1:43am
I don't really see this as and improvement. They just moved the furniture around or, more accurately, remodeled. Functionally, it's not better, it's different.
myaapple
myaapple - September 19, 2013 at 1:41am
Web os lawsuit in 3,2,1
Dissatisfied
Dissatisfied - September 19, 2013 at 12:45am
This isn't apple anymore it suppose to be lock down same iOS and stay simple. It's turning into an android iOS.
Guest
Guest - September 19, 2013 at 12:42am
Apple, tear down the iron curtains. Apple fans should be able to soup up their devices somehow. Make it possible, rather than jailbreaking the devices.
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