The Compact Interface of iOS 14: Phone Calls, FaceTime, Siri and More

IOS 14 incorporates some lightweight elements of the user interface that iPhone users have been requesting for years, such as a minimized pop-up phone call that does not take over the entire screen and a smaller display-dominant Siri window.

This guide covers all the latest portable UI elements that Apple has introduced, but make sure to check out our Home Screen Guide and our full iOS 14 roundup for more info on the design improvements for iOS 14.

Phone Calls

It's annoying to have the incoming call taking over the iPhone's monitor while you're in the middle of using your iPhone and a phone call comes in, particularly if it's a spam call that you don't care about.


In iOS 14, this is no longer an problem, since incoming phone calls are shown in a notification banner instead of a full incoming phone call display as in iOS 13.

Phone calls are only shown in banner format when your phone is unlocked and in use, so when your ‌iPhone‌ is locked, the Lock Screen interface where with the slide to unlock bar is still present.

To immediately decline the call, you can press the decline button on the incoming phone call banner. Tapping on the accept button triggers the call right in the banner interface, but the call opens as usual in full screen when you tap outside of the accept / reject keys. You will continue to use your iPhone as usual if you swipe the banner down, while the phone rings in the background with a tiny icon displayed on the top left of the monitor over time.

If you tap a phone call banner and open the full display interface, you'll need to accept or decline the call to get out of the phone call view. If you've swiped the banner away, you can tap on the call icon in the upper left corner of the display to get to the call interface.


FaceTime Calls

When the iPhone is in use, incoming FaceTime calls in iOS 14 look the same as incoming phone calls, appearing as a banner that can be swiped away or tapped to accept or reject a call. Notice that when the iPhone is activated and in use, FaceTime calls only show up in banner format. Calls to FaceTime on the Lock Screen begin to take up the entire screen and trigger the camera.


Tapping on a ‌FaceTime‌ call banner will extend the ‌FaceTime‌ call interface to the entire display as it works in iOS 13, where you can either decide to accept or decline the call. Tapping right on the "X" button will automatically decline the call from the banner, however.

Swiping away the FaceTime banner allows the FaceTime call to continue ringing without distracting you in the background. In the upper left corner of the window, you can see the FaceTime icon over time, which you can tap to get back to the FaceTime app if you want to accept or reject the call. Otherwise, for a few seconds, it rings in the background before it registers that you're not picking up.

The FaceTime call extends to the full view after you have clicked on a FaceTime call banner or button and the only way to get out of the interface is to accept or reject the FaceTime call.

Third-Party VOIP Calls

For the collapsed call gui, Apple developed a new API that will allow developers to integrate the feature into VOIP third-party apps such as Facebook Messenger , WhatsApp, Skype, and loads more.


Before their applications are seen with the modified call gui, app developers may need to incorporate this API into their software.

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The latest Picture in Picture mode on the iPhone is considered by Apple to be part of the revised compact user interface in iOS 14. You can watch TV shows , movies, and videos from apps and the web using Picture in Picture mode when doing other stuff with the content displayed in a window view on your iPhone.


There is a FaceTime Picture in Picture feature that is even more convenient because there is now a way to carry on a conversation with FaceTime when using your iPhone as usual as well. The exit from the FaceTime app in iOS 13 delays the FaceTime video for the person you are talking to, but the exit from FaceTime in iOS 14 collapses the video display into a small window so that both parties can continue their conversation.

We have a Picture in Picture guide with full descriptions of how the function functions, so be sure to check that out for more information on the Picture in Picture functionality.


Siri

Siri requests in iOS 14 are now part of the lightweight interface, and the whole iPhone is no longer taken over by the activation of Siri. Instead, a circular, animated "Siri" icon appears at the bottom of the iPhone's monitor when you activate "Siri" through a "Hey" Siri "voice command or through a physical button."

When you talk to Siri, the Siri icon shifts so that you can be sure that the voice assistant listens and picks up what you need to say. Queries with details given at the top in a banner format are also shown in a more compact view.

If you ask Siri for the time or the weather, for instance, the information is displayed at the top of the window in a banner-style popup.

In smaller banners, shorter data is displayed, but longer questions which have banners that take up more space. This is particularly true of findings that include web searches.


Certain requests, such as those that show off ‌Siri‌'s personality like jokes or product information requests, show the results right above the ‌Siri‌ icon.


Notice that in iOS 14, Siri does not view the text of what you've spoken in order to keep the interface as small as possible, but if you allow the "Always Show Voice" feature, what you're talking about will appear over the Siri icon in a small popup. To make sure the voice assistant is correctly interpreting commands, it is helpful to see what Siri hears.

Turn on "Always Show Speech" by opening up Settings, going to ‌Siri‌ & Search, tapping on ‌Siri‌ Feedback and then toggling on the speech option. You can also turn on captions, which will show captions for all spoken text.


While the Siri interface leaves the iPhone's background visible in every Siri result, so that you can continue to see what you were doing before the Siri request, while the Siri interface is open, there is no option to connect to other apps. When Siri is working, the Siri app closes when you try to tap the display elsewhere.

The Siri app remains accessible until you tap out of it, after triggering Siri for the first time with a voice command or a physical button, so you can tap on the Siri icon to activate another Siri order. You can tap on the Siri window to execute the search, hear the spoken translation, and more with Siri results that are interactive, such as web search results or translations. All in all, Siri in iOS 14 functions just the same as it does in iOS 13, but in a way that feels like the general use of iPhone and iPad is less disrupted.

In addition to the redesign, Siri has a few other new features in iOS 14, such as support for sending audio messages, receiving directions for cycling, and sharing a link with an Apple Maps ETA, with how to cover these new features below.

  • iOS 14: How to Send an Audio Message Using Siri
  • How to get your requests transcribed by Siri on iOS 14
  • How to Get Cycling Directions on iOS 14 from Siri
  • How to Ask Siri to Share Your ETA When Navigating With Apple Maps

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