Following quite a while of expectation, Apple has unveiled iOS 16 features, the latest operating system for iPhone and the successor to iOS 15. The organization made that big appearance at WWDC 2022, Apple’s yearly developer conference, and uncovered each key feature we can anticipate from the update.
A delivery brings improvements to numerous apps, from a redesigned Home app for your smart appliances to better privacy features, and a major focus on the lock screen, with new fonts, colors, and themes to look over.
The public beta showed up on July 11, with the finished version arriving in late 2022, for iPhone 8 devices or more.
Numerous better-than-ever features are coming with iOS 16, and we’ve itemized the key ones beneath.
Focus
Focus mode is additionally getting a few updates, and a portion of these ties into the lock screen, as the lock screen that is shown can automatically be exchanged in view of the Focus profile you have.
For instance, a ‘Meeting‘ focus profile could make your lock screen change backdrop and proposition a line of widgets showing details of that event.
Notifications
Notifications are likewise getting improvements, with ‘Live Activities’, which are essentially pinned widget-like notifications that permit you to check the score of a game, track the advancement of food delivery, and then some.
Notifications likewise have another design, pointed toward making them visually pop, and feature new animations, rolling in from the lower part of the lock screen so they’re not difficult to see at a glance while staying out of the way.
Customizable Lock Screen
With iOS 16, you’ll have the option to redo your lock screen by tapping in any space to change the text textual style and colors.
You’ll have the option to add three of these to your lock screen, while the Now Playing screen is being moved towards the base for easier access with your thumb.
You won’t be restricted to only one lock screen all things considered. Like creating a watch face on your Apple Watch, you can swipe between various lock screens, so you can approach various widgets in view of your requirements.
Accessibility
A few new accessibility features are heading to iOS 16, for example, door detection, which assists you with locating doors, reading signs around them, and getting instructions for opening them.
There’s likewise the choice to view live captions in a FaceTime call, control your Apple Watch from your iPhone, and hang up phone calls with Siri, and that’s only the tip of the iceberg.
Maps
Maps will finally empower you to store late trips in the app, and you can send them from a Mac or iPad gadget.
You can likewise include numerous stops on a route, and keeping in mind that on an excursion you can request that Siri add another destination, hands-free, in the event that another task pops up, while ‘Glance Around’, Apple’s interpretation of Google Street View, is being opened up to third-party apps.
Messages
Apple has added a few new features to Messages. ‘Undo send’ has shown up for one, allowing you to erase a message for up to 15 minutes after you’ve sent it.
For instance, assuming you understand you’ve sent it to some unacceptable individual. Additionally, you can likewise alter messages in the initial 15 minutes. Note however that this main works for iPhone to iPhone messages.
Wallet
A wallet is seeing privacy improvements, with in-app ID verification being empowered for third-party apps.
Tap to pay on iPhone is additionally arriving for iOS 16, removing the requirement for any point of sale terminals. Besides, you can view receipts and track orders straightforwardly from Wallet.
Safety Check
Another privacy tool called Safety Check has been introduced to help those at risk from violence or harassment by partners.
Users can rapidly disavow all access to Messages and different records that they’ve conceded to a partner, and an emergency reset feature assists users with effectively signing out of iCloud on the entirety of their different devices, resetting privacy permissions, and limiting messaging to only the gadget in their grasp.
Users can likewise quit sharing their area with this tool.
Home App Redesigned
In conjunction with the incoming new Matter smart home norm, the Home app is getting a redesign to make it easier to manage your smart appliances and rooms.
You’ll have the option to see every one of your rooms in a single view, alongside categories for lights, environment, and security, and that’s just the beginning.
Fitness
Apple’s Fitness app is being made accessible to all iPhone users, regardless of whether they have an Apple Watch to assist them with tracking their fitness.
The app will utilize the motion sensors of your iPhone alongside step and distance tracking, and workouts from third-party apps, to assist you with achieving your day-to-day Move objective and gauge your calorie consumption.
Family Sharing
Apple’s Family Sharing feature empowers you and your family to share a record, for instance, to view photographs and videos, so that parents can approve purchases made by minors.
In iOS 16, it will be easier for parents to set age-appropriate limitations on content, and parents or guardians will actually want to answer Screen Time demands in Messages.
