The release of Apple's iOS 6 has caused many people to anticipate the possibilities of this new OS in their Apple devices. A high demand of related information regarding iOS 6 like iOS jailbreak, feature list and beta download information immediately cropped up following its release.

Here are some of the things that you have to know about the new iOS 6:

iOS 6 Jailbreak

Even though the iOS 6 has just been released, there are already news that hackers have already cracked this new OS from Apple. The first jailbreak in the new OS for iPhone and iPad is already available but it is only a tethered jailbreak meaning that it should be plugged into a computer.

iOS 6 Beta Download

The iOS 6 Beta version is now available for download. This beta version is available first with developers in order to ready their apps once the iOS 6 has been officially released in the public. Apple has already seeded the first beta of iOS 6 beta 1 for developers and so far, developers have expressed positive feedback regarding this beta version especially when compared to the previous one.

iOS 6 Feature List

Apple mentioned that iOS 6 would introduce 200 new features for the devices that will receive the said update. Though Apple was not able to list down all the 200 new features, PCMag was able to obtain 90 new features through Scott Forstakk, the head of Apple's iOS.

90 New Features in iOS 6

Marquee Features

  • Call Enhancements: Reply with message
  • Call Enhancements: Remind Me Later
  • Do Not Disturb
  • Facebook Integration
  • FaceTime over Cellular
  • Features for China: Baidu
  • Features for China: Sina Weibo
  • Features for China: Tudou
  • Features for China: Youku
  • Features for China: Improved Text Input
  • Full-screen landscape Safari experiences
  • Guided Access
  • Mail: Inline Photos/Videos
  • Mail: Pull to Refresh
  • Maps
  • Maps: Flyover
  • Maps: Local Search
  • Maps: Traffic View
  • Maps: Turn-By Turn Navigation
  • Open Protected Office Docs
  • Passbook
  • Safari: iCloud Tabs
  • Safari: Offline Reading List
  • Safari: Smart app banners
  • Shared photo streams
  • Single-App Mode
  • VIP Mailboxes

iOS 6 Siri Major Improvements

  • Ask about movies
  • Eyes Free
  • Get sports scores
  • Launch an app
  • Make dinner reservations
  • Tweet
  • New languages: Canadian English/French, Spain/Mexico Spanish, Italian, Swiss French/German/Italian, Korean, Chinese for Taiwan/HK/PRC

Features listed in the biggest font size

  • Game Center challenges
  • Improved privacy controls
  • Lost Mode
  • Made for iPhone hearing aids
  • Per account signatures in Mail
  • Redesigned Stores

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  • Alarm with song
  • App in Safari search results
  • Custom vibrations for alerta
  • Faster Safari JavaScript
  • Features for China
  • French, German and Spanish dictionaries
  • Game Center friends from Facebook
  • Global network proxy for HTTP
  • HDR improvements
  • Kernel ASLP
  • New iPad Clock app
  • Personal dictionary in iCloud Search all fields in Contacts
  • VoiceOver improvements

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  • Autocorrection for every keyboard
  • Bluetooth MAP support
  • Improved keyboard
  • IPv6 support for Wi-Fi and LTE
  • Location based reminders for iPad
  • Manual location entry for reminders
  • Manual reorder of reminders
  • Manual reorder of reminders
  • Word highlights for speak selection

iOS 6 Developer APIs

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  • Action Sheet
  • In-app content purchases
  • Map Kit
  • Pass Kit
  • Reminders
  • Transit Apps

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  • Audio and video sampling during playback
  • Auto layout
  • Collection views
  • Control camera focus and exposure
  • CSS filters
  • Face detection API
  • Frame drop data
  • Game groups
  • In-app purchase hosted content
  • Multi-route audio
  • State preservation
  • Video stabilization

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  • Bluetooth MAP support
  • Crossfade with CSS animation
  • Game Center in-app experience
  • In-app Bluetooth pairing
  • Inter-app audio
  • Pull to refresh on Table views
  • Read and write image metadata
  • Remote Web inspector
  • Rich text on labels, fields and text views
  • VoiceOver gestures
  • Web Audio API