iOS 7 Features

These new features are sorted by application. 

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

• Swipe left and right to choose video recording, photo, square format, or panorama
• Square photo format
• Shoot photos with live filters
• Edit your photos with filters
• You can zoom in while taking a video
• Take HDR photos on iPad
• Burst mode

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

• Bing is Siri’s default search engine
• New male and female voices
• Siri can show you pictures (“Siri, show me pictures of a guitar”)
• Siri wants you to stay alive
• Siri learned how to pronounce names
• New Siri mic sound

Other

• AirDrop for iOS
• New parallax effect
• Activation Lock is a new security feature
• Support for third party game controlers
• Wi-Fi Hotspot 2.0
• Redeem iTunes gift card using the camera
• Anti-cheating measures in Game Center
• A closer look at the iOS 7 smarter keyboard
• Smarter auto-correct
• A closer look at Frequent Locations
• Control your iOS device with head movements
• New iOS 7 wallpapers
• New ringtones and alert sounds
• You can now download additional dictionaries (select a word and tap “define” then “manage”)
• Apple logo on boot up is completely flat
• Swipe down from top of Home screen to bring up Spotlight search
• You can put Newsstand in a folder
• A grid-like design appears when waiting for an app to download
• Apps can request access to the microphone
• You now have dynamic wallpapers
• Reading List icon is a tribute to Steve (see glasses)
• View PDF annotations
• Inclinometer
• Per app VPN
• New charge sound when you plug your iPhone in

source: http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/09/18/ios-7-features/