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iOS 5 Beta 3 isn't just bug fixes - Support for no home button and FaceTime AirPlay
Connor Scalleat
iOS 5 was the biggest upgrade in Apple’s iOS operating system in years. Once the major release of the operating system comes out for developers it goes through usually 3-4 beta stages, without many things changing. But Apple’s biggest change is having some big changes in beta, and predictably, people are starting to go a bit nuts.
Support for no home button
AssisitiveTouch is a feature within iOS 5 which allows you to assign hardware components such as the home button and volume button into gestures. The gestures can be enabled by a bottom corner, once activated a panel rolls up where you can select which buttons on screen instead of actual buttons. This could possibly hint to the next iPhone not having any buttons or a serious decrease in the amount to buttons.
AirPlay for FaceTime
Ever since Apple has released AirPlay they have been pushing the technology to it’s full potential. Initially Apple launched it for Mac to Apple TV and now has pushed the product to the iPhone and iPad, and now with iOS beta 3 they are pushing it to it’s limits with video chats on the big screen. This is actually a really cool and exciting feature, and I’m hoping that Facebook Video Calling can be eventually operational on the iPhone. If this all pulls together it might push me to upgrade from my old Apple TV to the most recent.
Question for you
How does it feel knowing that Apple could be getting rid of their signature home button?
Further info on iOS 5 Beta 3
Read more — Awesome compilation of every feature in iOS 5 so far
Changes to take note of
- Option to send or not send location information to Apple and 3rd parties
- System-wide location services control, even in apps which we already have.
- Speed improvements (pretty general, but still a nice addition)
- New “voice roaming” on/off switch just like the Data Roaming switch
- Advanced settings for Safari (used for data removal and more debug information)
- Create new mailboxes from within the mail app
- Advanced Assistive Touch control panel to get rid of home button (outlined above)
- Custom tones for almost everything under sun (including custom tone feature for text messages / SMS)
- Airplay feature now available to Facetime calls (outlined above)
