10 Secret iOS 10 Features You Need To Know

Apple iOS 10 is here and there are so many reasons why you need to upgrade to it, thanks to a multitude of new mjor features. With that, here are 10 secret features that you also need to know:

Apple Maps

Find My Car: Siri will automatically detect when you're driving and marks the location you stop, so you can easily find it later.

Avoid Tolls: when finding a route, you can now choose to intentionally avoid toll roads. Drivers will definitely love this feature.

Apple Mail

Fast Unsubscribe: emails with unsubscribe links will now automatically display at the top of each message with an easy-to-hit button.

Unread Only: when viewing your mailbox, look for the filter icon (bottom left corner) and change the default setting to 'filtered by Unread'

Apps (In General)

App Widgets: Shortcut: 3D Touch on an app that supports widgets and you will get a view of the widget and the option to quickly add it, along with the usual 3D Touch shortcuts.

Prioritize App Installs: when restoring a device or installing multiple new apps, you can use 3D Touch to long press on any app waiting to be downloaded on the home screen and you will get a 'Prioritize Download' option, to save your precious time.

Hide Unwanted Apps: iOS 10 now lets you remove any app you don't want. This works the same way as removing third party apps: just long press on any app and hit 'x', they can be brought back in Settings.

Apple Music

Optimized Storage: Apple Music now allows you to automatically free up space by removing downloaded tracks you haven't listened to after a predefined period. Go to: Settings > Music > Downloads. They can always be re-downloaded later.

Smart Downloads: go to Settings > Music > Downloads and switch 'Automatic Downloads' to ON and you will find any album can be quickly downloaded by tapping the '+Add' button. Useful for those who do a lot of offline listening.

'Close All' Shortcuts

Safari - Close All Tabs: Quickly quit your browser tabs on iPads with a long press on the Tab View button, which brings up the close all tabs options.

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