Last month Apple released iOS 10 — the latest upgrade to the iPhone and iPad operating systems (10.0.2 was recently made available). iPhones from 5 up and third-generation iPads should be able to be upgraded.While there are changes to notification styles and sounds, it is apps such as Photos, Music, Maps and Messages that have changed most.There’s a bunch of new features in Messages, including animated handwriting messages, new display options, one-tap responses, predictive emojis and "invisible ink" messaging.Some of these are obviously gimmicky. But I like that Apple has been so playful in this release. In fact, "more playful" is a theme for iOS 10 — as are "more personal" and "more powerful".The "more personal" is evident in the redesigned Photo app. Alongside your albums and photo feed, there is a Memories option that groups images rather intuitively according to dates and locations. In my Memories feed, for example, it has created an album for the trip I took to Nieu Bethesda l...
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