iOS 6 is Apple's latest operating system for its mobile devices and was released on September 19th, 2012. Mobile devices such as iPhones, iPads, and iPods can all use iOS 6. Devices that did not come with iOS 6 installed on it can obtain it by downloading it through iTunes. Along with the release of iOS 6 came several new features and changes as well.One of the new features is being able to link your Facebook account with iOS. This allows you to do such things as: allowing you to directly post photos from your photo album to Facebook, update your status from the notification center, and sync your contact list with each person's corresponding Facebook account.
Another new feature of iOS 6 is the ability to take panoramic photographs. Prior to iOS 6 apps existed for panoramic photos but now it's a built in feature of the iPhone camera. With the ability to take panoramic photos, you can now take photographs that span up to 240 degrees without installing additional apps on your phone.
Siri was improved with iOS 6 as well. Apple improved Siri by including the ability to make restaurant reservations, launch apps, dictate Facebook or Twitter updates, retrieve movie reviews and detailed sports statistics. In addition to iPhone 4s, Siri is now supported on iPhone 5, fifth-generation iPod Touch, third- through fourth-generation iPad and iPad mini.
Passbook is another new feature in iOS 6. With Passbook you have the ability to use your phone screen as a scannable gift card/plane ticket/voucher/etc. By using Passbook you no longer need to have a wallet filled with a bunch of cards. All you need to do is hand your phone to the clerk and have it scanned.
One of the changes brought with iOS 6 was the removal of Google Maps. Apple instead created its own default mapping as an alleged improvement over Google Maps. Some of the improvements include turn by turn navigation, vector based graphics, business information card, and the integration of Siri.
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