Since it was unveiled on June 10, 2013, iOS 7 has seen six beta and one final GM releases before it was made available to the general public today. If the overall look and feel of iOS 7 hasn’t changed much since Apple first demo’d it on stage during WWDC, the mobile operating system has been constantly improved on with the usual “bug fixes and stability enhancements,” but most importantly with new features.

These new iOS 7 features are sometimes obvious, but often very subtle. Over the course of the last three months, we’ve made it our mission to build a list of features that are new to iOS 7. It is not an exhaustive list, but this is probably as comprehensive as it gets. If you want to know all iOS 7 can do for you, you’ve come to the right place…

Note that we didn’t necessarily focus on the design aspect of things in iOS 7, but rather on features. This means that we didn’t list every new design element.

These new features are sorted by application. For a complete list of what was new in every beta release, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the applicable beta release.

App Store

A closer look at the App Store app in iOS 7

Add apps to a Wish List

You can search your previously purchased apps by name

Tap the screenshot preview of an app to get a full screen screenshots of it

Apps can be updated automatically in the background (can be turned off in Settings > iTunes & App Stores)

You can see popular apps “Near Me”

You are now asked if you want to download an app if it is over 59MB

New icon animations when downloading an app

You can now use apps while they’re updating

Camera

Clock

The app icon now shows the current time

When setting a timer, remaining time appears on Lock screen

When alarm is snoozed, remaining snooze time appears on Lock screen

In World Clock, tap on a clock to display digital clocks

Compass

The app has a new calibration system

The app now features a level as well

Contacts

When editing a contact, you can now add date, social profile, or instant message handle

A contact now shows icons for Messages, Phone, FaceTime, FaceTime audio or email

Control Center

iOS 7 introduces Control Center

Control Center works in landscape mode

FaceTime

FaceTime now has its own icon

You can block callers

You can make FaceTime audio calls (without video)

Lock screen

A brand new Lock screen

You can pull down to bring Notification Center

You can swipe up to bring Control Center

Charging icon is now showing up for a few seconds when first plugged in

You can Slide to Unlock from everywhere on the Lock screen

Lock screen fades in as you hit the Home or Power buttons

Lock screen fades out after 10 seconds of inactivity

Mail

Smart “send from” feature

You can “Mark All” emails as Read, Unread, or Flag

New smart mailboxes

Improved Mail search

Maps

Maps app has a night view

Turn-by-turn walking directions

Maps bookmark syncing

Night mode

Pin in Maps app now shows estimated driving time to location

Messages

A closer look at Messages in iOS 7

See Messages timestamps by swiping left

Messages app now opens to conversation list instead of opening to unread message

Double tap and hold a message to copy, delete, clear all, or select to forward

“Contact” button at the top of a conversation now makes it easy to access additional contact info

Long MMS support

You can block senders

Multitasking

Flick an app screenshot up to close

Flick up up to three apps to close

Multitasking works in landscape mode

Music

Complete app redesign

iTunes Radio

Landscape mode now shows a tile view of your albums (no more cover flow)

Better Lock screen controls

You can skip up to 6 songs on iTunes Radio before hearing an ad

Tap on album cover in Music app to rate a song

Notification Center

A new Notification Center

Context-based alerts

Notification Center works in landscape mode

NC now has 3 tabs: Today, All, and Missed

You can now swipe between Today – All – Missed views in Notification Center

Notification sync

Passbook

You can share passes via email or Messages

Scan to acquire Passbook passes

Photos

The Map view is gone

Screenshots aren’t pushed to Photo Stream anymore

Photo collections

You can now see Shared Streams activity

A new tab for Videos has been added

Phone

You can block callers

Photos are showed for your Favorites

On the keypad, pressing “Call” will call the last dialed number

Reminders

Search bar in Reminders

A new card-like view

Safari

An all new mobile Safari

Full-screen interface

Unified smart search field

New layout for your Favorites

New tab view

Swipe tabs to the left to close them

Parental controls

Swipe left and right to navigate back and forward

Easy access to Private Browsing mode

Saved Passwords for Safari now ask you want to setup an on-device password

Settings

In Cellular, you can see cellular data used per app

In General > Text Size, you can change text size of apps that support the feature

Siri

Other

What’s new in each beta release?

If there are any features you think should be added to this list, please feel free to leave a comment or send us an email at [email protected]