During today’s WWDC keynote at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California, Apple announced a plethora of new features and enhancements coming to iOS 13, the next major update to the world’s best mobile operating system.

Here are your key takeaways:

  • Speed and optimizations
    • Unlocking with Face ID is 30 percent faster
    • The size of app downloads will be cut in half
    • App updates are 60 percent smaller
    • Apps launch up to twice as fast
  • Dark Mode
    • Enabled in Control Center
    • System-wide Dark Mode uses a darkened interface
    • Stock apps support Dark Mode out of the box
    • Third-party apps need to be updated to change appearance when Dark Mode is on
  • Music
    • The Music app has time-synced lyrics
  • Tidbits
    • A new keyboard offers typing by swiping
    • When previewing a Messages notification, you can now scroll through the whole conversation
  • Safari
    • A new feature to easily change the font size on websites
    • The ability to adjust settings like zoom level on a per-website basis
  • Mail
  • Notes
    • A whole new gallery view
    • Support for shared folders
  • Reminders
    • All new design
    • QuickType bar support
    • Smart lists
  • Maps
    • Rebuilt from the ground up
    • A Look Around feature is basically Google Street View for Apple Maps
    • The Favorites section
    • Support for junction view in China
    • The ability to share ETA with friends and family
    • Easier location sharing within Maps
  • Security
    • Developers can use a new Sign In With Apple button that doesn’t track you across the web

More changes in iOS 13 will be revealed in the coming days and you can count on us to keep you in the loop.

What’s your favorite new feature in iOS 13, and why?

Let us know in the comments!