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The new ‘Clips’ feature was found in iOS 14 code. It is said to have a similar functionality to Android’s Slices. 6hh3t

By Darab Mansoor Ali | Updated: 10 April 2020 16:57 IST

iOS 14 May Bring New Clips Feature to Allow s Try Out Apps Before Installing Them

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Highlights

‘Clips’ feature will work when a gets a link or QR code another app
Scanning the QR code will open an interactive card
The interactive card will let s test apps before they them

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Apple's iOS 14 has been reported to come with a host of new features like an AR mode for Find My iPhone, new features for Apple Keychain manager, and an option to add widgets to iPhone home screen, among other functionalities. Now, a report citing iOS 14 code hints that Apple might be testing a new feature that will let s preview or test applications before installing them. The feature will reportedly allow s to experience parts of an app's functionality when they get a link to another app or scan a QR code generated by an app not present on their iPhone.

According to the iOS 14 code. The Clips API will work in direct relation to QR code reader, so if a scans a QR code generated by an app that isn't installed on 's iPhone, the QR code reader can directly open a floating card of the missing app, giving some functionality of that app to the . This card will also give the option to fully and install the app.

Android already offers a similar functionality in the form of a feature called “Slices”.

“Slices are UI templates that can display rich, dynamic, and interactive content from your app from within the Google Search app and also in other places like the Google Assistant,” Google writes in the Slices developer documentation.

A lot of new features for Apple's iOS 14 have surfaced in reports and leaks. Earlier it was reported to get two-factor authentication and a feature that warns s about reused s.

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