Confirmed: stock apps are removable!!! pic.twitter.com/hk7Jk98Rli
— Matt Ellison (@Matt_Ellison7) June 13, 2016
FINALLY! While this isn’t sports or entertainment related, it’s arguably one of the best headlines, I’ve seen all day.
Apple is starting to roll out the red carpet on the new iPhone and it’s new features in iOS 10, one feature being the most important, being able to delete stock apps. Nothing is more frustrating than buying a certain GB only to find out its less than advertised because of “stock apps” built on by Apple; Apps such as compass, news, settings, maps, apple watch, weather and so forth, have all been forced onto us, until now. Today was of the first discoveries of Apple’s yearly announcements of new features users will see in the new iPhone and update. The Verge has a little bit more in-depth look on how to remove the apps and the possible damages,
Apple has also published a help page on removing built-in apps, warning of some small issues you might run into once you do. User data gets removed along with the apps. (Don’t worry: your contacts remain in the Phone app.) If you remove weather, for example, the weather will no longer appear in Notification Center or on your Apple Watch. If you remove Music, you’ll lose it inside CarPlay. Here’s the full list of stuff that can currently be removed, direct from Apple. The News app will be removable in a later version of the iOS 10 beta.
Are you just as excited as me? And no, there has yet to be word on a more durable and LONGER charger (Hint, Hint Apple).