iOS 7 New Feature

1. iOS 7.0 Development Requirements

• Mac OS X v10.8.3 Mountain Lion Or Later
• iOS 7 Compatibility
• iPhone 4 and later
• iPad 2 and later
• iPad mini
• iPod Touch (5th Generation)

2. Control Center

• Pull from bottom anywhere to access even on lock screen 
• Easy access to airplane, Wi-fi, Bluetooth, Night mode, rotation, etc… via swipe up from bottom
• Music Control, AirDrop and AirPlay, Torch, etc…
• May be customizable 

3. Notification Center

• Available on lock screen
• Features - Today-All-Missed
• Need to know today and peek at tomorrow
• Missed - What you just missed 
• Today
• Overview of day's activity
• Today's events from calendar
• Weather today, etc.…

4. Multitasking

• Smart UI for Multitasking
• Swipe Up to close app completely
• Intelligently scheduled updates
• Example: Updates when charging and connected to wi-fi Saves battery

5. Camera 

• Still - Filters iPhone 5 and above
• Video recording at 60 FPS - May be options for 24,30 and 60 FPS
• Square - Filters iPhone 5 and above
• Panorama

6. Photos 

• Collections - Tap collections to see moments - organized according to date and location
• Moments -
• Years - Each year holds collections - looks like artwork
• Nice preview from collections 

7. iCloud

• Create shared photo stream
• Streams will have comments 
• Must have contact with email address in your contacts as well in your friends
• Shared photo stream will be displayed in Activity view with latest updates
• Maps bookmark syncing with mac and other iOS devices

8. Airdrop

• Share photos, videos, passes, contacts and anything else via share button from any app
• Using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
• Transfers are encrypted so highly secured
• Visibility on/off for near by iOS7 devices or for all devices

9. Safari

• Swipe to reveal controls else its hidden
• Swipe left to close a page
• Sync tabs, which are open on your other devices
• New tab view 
• No more limited to 8 tabs
• Unified smart search provides suggestions 
• Shared Links - URLs from your twitter timeline 
• Improved Reading Lists - Simply scroll to next article without going back

10. iCloud Key Chain 

• Now iCloud can remember password
• It can also suggest you password, which are hard to guess 
• Password will be synced to all of your devices
• Remember credit cards and your name on credit card to make shopping easier
• 256-bit AES encryption 

11. ITunes Radio [Only Available in U.S.]

• If you own iTunes Match its ad free otherwise it is comes with ads
• More than 200-featured stations for listening 
• Edit on the fly to create your own station
• History - See what you have heard and can be downloaded from iTunes easily

12. Siri 

• New look and highly improved new voice
• German and Spanish voice
• Faster response 
• New wave based sound detections
• Added more sources like Wikipedia, Bing and Twitter
• Extra Tasks
• Returning Calls
• Playing Voicemail
• Controlling iTunes Radio and more
• Included web search from Bing right inside siri no more redirects to safari

13. AppStore

• Find apps near by your location
• Kids Category
• Auto Update apps - no more red badges

14. Find my iPhone

• Activation Lock 
• Active iPhone using your apple ID and password only

15. iOS in the car

• Siri Eyes free integration
• Make Phone calls, access music, send and receive messages, get Directions
• Dictate to reply message
• Displays traffic conditions and ETA (Estimated time of arrival) when you are leaving home for work or vice versa

16. Inclinometer

• Measures angle of slope with regards to gravity
• Can be used instead of altimeter
• Tracks up and down movement
• Difference: It measures up and down while accelerometer is for left and right

17. Wi-Fi Hot Spot 2.0

• Automatically check for your Wi-Fi subscriber like AT&T and connects when you are in range 
• Faster Internet access and fewer bandwidth constraints

18. New Maps

• Turn by turn walking directions
• Keep your phone in pocket and eyes on the road you will be notified while taking turns
• Night mode for Maps - not much 

19. Inter App Audio

• Apps can register their audio streams to share with other apps
• Series of apps could publish audio streams of instrument tracks while another uses the combination of these to compose a song
• Remote launching other registered inter app audio apps and more….

20. Maps

• New Directions API
• Guide user to destinations from within your app
• Rotate and move around map in 3D using updated views and controls
• More controls to map overlays

21. Weather App

• New stunning UI
• Check weather in multiple cities with beautiful animations
• A detailed forecast for today and tomorrow and the weather for the next five days
• Check the weather of one location or all of them at once.

 Other Features

• Notification Sync across all your iOS devices
• Phone, FaceTime and Message blocking
• FaceTime audio call
• Tencent Weibo improved
• Handwriting recognition for multiple Chinese characters
• Italian, Korean, Dutch speakers as well as Chinese - English Bilingual dictionary
• Transfer App via iTunes Connect
• Long MMS support - May be longer character count
• PDF Annotations - 
• Added annotations to PDF can be viewed 
• Very useful in iBooks and other reader apps
• Chat Options right in contact - iMessage
• 60 FPS video recording
• Folders Expanded
• Paging within folders to stores hundreds of apps
• Per App VPN
• App Store Volume Purchase - 
• This may be a way for developers or apple to offer volume purchase rates to schools, perhaps with "Promo codes" that work for a large number of users.
• Smart Download of TV Episodes
• Enterprise single sign-on - Not sure but may be single ID and password for multiple users on same enterprise network
• Granular Cellular Data Tracking
• Dynamic Wallpapers
• New smart Mailboxes - Improved Mail search
• Do Not Track option in Safari - A way to tell advertisers on the web to not track your browsing activities, is now included in mobile Safari and can be enabled with the flip of a switch.
• The cellular bars are now dots
• The battery meter is slightly larger and has a flashing lightning bolt NEXT to it when it charges. 
• The App Store now has a Wishlist feature where you can add apps to the Wishlist to purchase later.
• In the Facetime app, the front facing camera is turned on and can be seen behind the white background in all three tabs (favorites, recents, contacts).
• Favorites in the Phone app can now show contact photos via Settings.
• There's now an Attachments mailbox in the Mail app that filters emails that contain... attachments.
• You can click on time/date strings in the Messages app to create an appointment in the Calendar app (strings like "tomorrow at 7:30", etc.)
• When you exit out of a folder it automatically reverts back to the first screen when you open it again
• Streamline MDM (Mobile Device Management) enrollment

iOS 7 SDK

• 1500 new API
• Sprite Kit - 2D and 2.5D game making with super fast power efficient framework including physics
• Ranking style leader-boards - Authenticate players and share game scores and achievements 
• UI Dynamics - ability to add realistic motion to apps.
• Inter-app Audio
• Push Updates
• Background asset downloads - Download even if app is not running at scheduled daytime
• Directions API
• iBeacons - Bluetooth Low Energy profile for Micro Location - precise location inside building
• Low Cost transmitters can notify nearby iOS 7 devices of their presence
• Very useful with Passbook
• Example usages
• Trail markers in park
• Treasure hunt guide
• Product displays in stores
• Vouchers for cup of coffee
• Discount deals in stores
• Event and museum ticket deals
• Guided Access API
• Custom Video Compositors
• Barcode Scanning - May be in passbook 
• Dynamic type size
• Peer to peer connectivity
• New multitasking API
• Third Party Game Controllers - Support for third party game controller providers
• New color palettes

Limitations

• Panorama - iPhone 4S and later
• Square, Video and Swipe to capture - iPhone 4 and Later
• Filters in Camera or Real-time Filters - iPhone 5 and later
• Filters in Photos - iPhone 4 and later
• Air Drop from iPhone 5 and later
• Siri updates - iPhone 4S and later, features vary by user's location