recently it became known that Apple strongly controls the area of rented premises in Moscow, but at the same time extended the lease until 2027. This means that Cupertinites do not yet rely on our country and continue to support the release of gadgets and services.
Now let’s figure out which versions of the iPhone still do not work in Russia and whether it is worth waiting for their increased sensitivity in the foreseeable future.
Which iPhone Options Are Not Working Right Now
A year ago, we already compared the work of the iPhone in Russia and abroad. Then 10 significant differences were found in the work of services, applications and modules of the Apple ecosystem. For the year has changed a little, and that, not in the foreign pleasant side.
Behind the scenes of the article we will leave to replenish the account Apple ID (paying for purchases and subscriptions in the App Store is still possible) and deleting applications by subscription. No one has yet canceled the working method of installing them.
1. Apple Pay is the only service that was disabled in a year
In March last year, Apple limited the operation of its payment service in Russia. For more than five years, the contactless payment system with apple smartphones has made our life easier and more convenient.
For a year without Apple Pay life was not assigned, banks began to actively use their own payments, for example, SberPay And Tinkoff Pay. Unfortunately, due to the inaccessibility of the NFC module for external applications in iOS, it is necessary to launch bank interfaces for payment.
A faster and more convenient payment method is implemented in the form of payment stickers. You can attach several cards of banks from different countries to their sticker.
At the same time, no one canceled the payment by QR code at the checkout, which also works fine even with the possibility of receiving a cashback in the characteristics.
Ultimately, it became not so convenient to pay with a smartphone, but iPhone owners were not left completely without such opportunities.
2. Apple News, the aggregator only works in four countries
Special application with news collections and paid subscription Apple News+ never spread outside the country of the first launch wave. Ever since 2015 and iOS 9 The application is practically not developed.
You can use the service, as at the time of launch, only in Australia, Great Britain, Canada And USA. Most likely, the Cupertinoites cannot extract the desired benefit from the news aggregator and develop it for other regions and languages, according to estimates, inappropriate.
3. Apple cards, they have always been limited in Russia.
Apple does not have the ability to quickly distribute its map service to all cities and countries. It can be seen that they work with the most promising regions for themselves.
In the US, Canada and some European countries, enhanced features are available in the application Cardsin terms of use and availability of chips, it is able to compete with cards Google.
Over the past few years, such opportunities have appeared that have not become heated in Russia:
▶ Display of traffic conditions (works in 70 cities of the world);
▶ Public transport routes (operating in 70 cities around the world);
▶ Maps for cyclists (Australia, China, USA, Japan and the cities of Barcelona, Vancouver, London, Montreal, Toronto);
▶ Street View (central areas in 59 cities around the world);
▶ Display of educational institutions in augmented reality (central areas in 84 cities of the world);
▶ Plans for road junctions and overpasses (more than 50 countries);
▶ Domestic plans for large major centers and airports (27 countries).
At the same time, we have standard navigation, the mode of displaying a map from a satellite, viewing the nearest organizations and companies.
Cards Apple in Russia, in detail, they were always inferior even to the service Googleand to our members Yandex they still have to work and work. So no one will definitely regret the absence of a few chips.
4. Voice control, this option would be very useful
Back in iOS 13, with the expanded capabilities of Universal Access, the Cupertians built in implemented voice control on the iPhone and iPad.
To the point: 22 hidden accessibility features in iPhone. There are so many useful things that even experienced people will be surprised
Until now, the chip does not support Russian, but over the past few years it has received support for new languages. It is currently available in English, Spanish, Chinese, German, French and Japanese.
There is a possibility that in a few years they will also be found for users from Russia.
5. Health, advanced features only available in the US and Canada
These options for waiting in the near future in Russia are definitely not worth it. Service Health only for certain US and Canadian businesses. Even European countries are in no hurry to connect to Apple’s health monitoring system.
Among the useful innovations that appeared back in iOS 15, it is worth highlighting the collection of data from the attending physician and relatives, recording in the storage and decoding of analyzes.
6. Support U1 chip for different accessories, adhere to delay frequencies
Built-in chips in the latest Apple smartphones U1 (iPhone 11 and newer) is used to more accurately represent gadgets and accessories.
With the help of technology Ultra broadband you can find marks with an accuracy of up to a meter Airtag or by touching the transferred music being played on the speaker homepod. In the future, the chip will probably implement keyless access to the car.
However, in Russia, to work at the data frequency, it is necessary to abandon the additional savings that should have been made by Apple back in 2019. Unfortunately, the issue has not been resolved.
In the future, we will see the full operation of the chip in our country. Bluetooth.
7. Siri without a network connection, here we are waiting for a solution from Apple
A useful option that allows you to run the voice assistant offline and control it using some of the iPhone options.
So far, this feature has been implemented only for English, Spanish, Chinese, German, French and Japanese.
There is no barrier to using options; for users from Russia, it could be used to stimulate the little-used Siri.
8. Private node and traffic encryption banned in Russia
One of the features of the extended subscription iCloud+ is private node (private relay).
This is a built-in iOS equivalent of a VPN that works at the system level and allows you to encrypt traffic on iPhone, iPad and Mac.
The option came out with the release iOS 15, but a number of countries blocked the innovation at the beta testing stage. The feature is currently unavailable in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and in several other countries. In addition to this ban, some European mobile operators are requested.
9. Recognition of objects in the photo may appear in the future
The token called What’s in the picture allows you to identify animals, birds, flowers, plants and attractions in the photo. At the same time, the smartphone itself suggests the exact name of the object, offering useful information about it and can request additional data from the network.
The option appeared simultaneously with text recognition. There is a possibility that in the future it will also be able to be placed in our country.
What parameters of the iPhone have earned over the past year
Over the past 12 months, Cupertinians have added support for the Russian language immediately for the list of iOS and iPadOS chips. This gives hope for continued support for users in Russia and the deployment of other options in the future.
Handwriting on iPad with Apple Pencil
Option Write was introduced with the release of iOS 14. With its help, you can write by hand with a stylus in any data entry line, spotlightor just in notes, the system itself will translate your scribbles into text.
meeting the Russian language was not supported, but last summer the feature unexpectedly started working in Russia.
If you have an iPad with an Apple Pencil, you can request some helpful gestures and start using handwriting.
Text recognition on photos and videos
Another useful feature that debuted in iOS 15 and has not been of any use to Russia for over a year. In iOS 16 Live Text, they seriously upgraded and brought support for the Russian language.
You can always request according to our instructions and copy the text with any photo or video without any restrictions.
Typing on a keyboard with wipes
This is a noticeable presence on iOS 13, many users expected it more than the two chips described above. There is always an alternative in the form of external applications from the App Store, but native support is found at the level of system perception.
The Cupertinos saved for the consumable iOS 16.4 update. Currently, everything works without any problems, and in the presence of symptoms, it occurs with the help of simple manipulations.
What in the end
As it turned out, Cupertinites do not leave our market completely and do not let users alone with purchased gadgets. The company continues to develop chips and use them for our region, albeit with a slight delay.
Over the past year, three interesting features of iOS and iPadOS have received support for the Russian language. At the same time, only Apple Pay was turned off due to inputs from the United States of America.
At the same time, the Russian government blocks only a few options for the apple ecosystem: frequency for U1 chip operation And private node V iCloud+. The rest of the chips can become an alternative in our country in the near future.
Source: Iphones RU
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