Get Ready for What's New in iOS 15 and Swift 5.5

Introducing the New Features in iOS 15 and Swift 5.5

Apple recently announced the latest updates to their mobile operating system, iOS 15, and programming language, Swift 5.5. These updates bring a range of new features and improvements, both for developers and users. We’ve gone through the release notes and rounded up the top new features in iOS 15 and Swift 5.5.

iOS 15 Features

• The biggest feature in iOS 15 is a redesigned home screen that makes it easier to access your apps and widgets.
• FaceTime has been updated with new features including spatial audio, portrait mode, and SharePlay.
• New Focus modes let users set their notifications and their devices up for different activities like studying or sleeping.
• Siri has been improved with a new voice and more accurate responses.
• The Maps app now includes enhanced 3D terrain maps, new indoor mapping features, and support for EV routes.
• App Clips allow users to quickly access part of an app, without needing to download the full version.

Swift 5.5 Features

• Swift 5.5 introduces a new dialect of the Swift language called Swift Syntax. This is designed to make it easier for developers to write code in Swift.
• The language also includes new modularity features that let developers break code down into smaller pieces, making it easier to manage complex projects.
• Support for the new SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data) instructions, which allow developers to create more efficient code.
• Thread-level parallelism is now available, which will help developers to take advantage of multicore processors.
• Support for Windows ARM64.
• A new tool, Swift Argument Parser, which allows developers to easily create command-line programs in Swift.