What are the iOS 14 features?

iOS 14 was one of Apple's most significant updates, introducing Home screen design changes, major new features, updates for existing apps, Siri improvements, and various other changes that streamline the iOS interface. iOS 14 features a redesigned Home Screen that includes support for widgets for the first time. Widgets can be moved from the Today view directly onto the Home Screen and can be pinned in different sizes. With a Smart Stack feature, the iPhone can use on-device intelligence to display the right widget based on time, location, and activity. Each Home Screen page can show widgets customized for work, travel, sports, and more. The Today section where widgets are housed has also been redesigned, and there's a widget gallery where users can choose new widgets from apps and customize those widgets. Swiping all the way to the end of the app pages on an iPhone opens the new App Library, which is an interface that shows all of the apps on your iPhone for an overview. Apps are organized into your folder system, but there are also Apple-made folders like Suggestions and Apple Arcade that intelligently surface apps. New app downloads can be added to your Home Screen or kept in the App Library to keep your Home Screen tidier. New space-saving measures mean incoming calls and Siri requests no longer take over the entire screen. Calls (and FaceTime/VoIP calls) appear in a small banner on the iPhone's display, while activating Siri shows a small animated Siri icon at the bottom of the screen. With a Picture in Picture mode, users can watch videos or chat on FaceTime while also using other apps simultaneously, with FaceTime or a video playing in a small window that can be resized and moved to any corner of the iPhone's screen. Siri is smarter in iOS 14 and can answer a wider range of questions with information pulled from across the web, and Siri can also send audio messages. Keyboard dictation runs on-device, adding an extra layer of privacy for dictated messages. Apple added App Clips to iOS 14, allowing users to take advantage of some app features without needing to download the full app. App Clips can let you do things like rent a bike, purchase a coffee, make a restaurant reservation, or fill a parking meter by simply scanning a code, without needing to download a full app. Apple describes App Clips as just a "small part of an app experience" designed to be discovered at the moment it is needed. App Clips work through Apple-designed App Clip codes, NFC tags, or QR codes, and can also be shared in Messages or from Safari.