IOS 16: what's new? what's different?
Apple introduced the all-new IOS 16 at WWDC 2022 (worldwide developer conference).
With IOS 16 comes so many new features which will not only increase your productivity but also give you a very personalized UI experience & some handy new shortcuts to make things easier.
And today in this article we will discuss all the major changes and updates that come with the all-new IOS 16.
So, without any further delay, let's get started with the major changes and feature arrivals in IOS 16.
The Lockscreen.
With IOS 16 Apple decided to give the traditional IOS lock screen a major update, loaded with features and tweaks. The lock screen can now not only be customized according to our needs & wants but we can set them up to Change or Switch with Triggers like time and location as well. How? you ask,Well, let's dive deep into IOS 16 to find out...
With IOS 16, Apple introduced custom lock screen clocks. Now you can switch between various lock screen clock designs based on your preferences.
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| Usual IOS 16 lock screen |
IOS 16 gives you the freedom of choosing different clock styles with different fonts and color pallets, which fulfills the customization needs of anyone.
Not only this, with IOS 16, now you can set up custom lock screens for different scenarios and switch between them according to your choice, or you can set up a lock screen and link it to a particular 'focus-mode' profile. What's focus mode?
Focus mode is a new feature introduced to iPhones with IOS16. we'll talk about it in a bit, Let's finish up with the lock screen changes first.
The second most intriguing feature introduced in IOS 16 around the lock screen is the Lock screen widgets. Yes, you heard it right. Now you can add widgets to the lock screen of any device running on IOS 16. And this lock screen widget is not only limited to the system widgets, you can add a live widget on the lock screen. This feature uses the live API, introduced by Apple the live API help to track activities and services live through a widget. It can track services like your delivery position, live sports scores, and many more things.
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| Notifications in the bottom. |
One more noticeable change in the IOS 16's lock screen is that the notifications are now shifted to the bottom of the screen and can be hidden by swiping down on them, which turns the notifications into a toggle that lies between the flashlight and camera icon in the bottom of the screen.
And lastly one of the minor updates in the IOS 16 is that now face ID works even in landscape mode.
Below are some screenshots of how the new Lock screen looks:
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| tweaks in the lock screen |
The focus mode.
Focus mode is also one of the major features that come with IOS 16. The focus mode is a profile system that filters the content of your phone according to the focus profile you're in. And depending on which profile you're on, you can set up different lock screens and home screen setups. The focus mode will filter the content of your calendar, mail, and safari depending on what mode you're on.
Like if you're on the work profile, Your calendar will only show your professional tasks and schedules, your mail only shows the professional emails and hides the rest, and the same goes for safari.
And to make this process more seamless, IOS 16 provides you the feature to trigger different focus mode profiles according to time, or location. The focus mode can easily boost your workflow and productivity if used properly.
With all the UI customizations and focus mode combined, you can easily make a proper profile-based system that will give you a clean and distraction-free workflow.
Updated iMessage
With IOS 16, the iMessage app got new features as well. The long-awaited, edit text and unsend options are now live with IOS 16.
Now, all the devices running on IOS16 will be able to edit any text sent through the iMessage app for the next 15 minutes of sending it. And the same applies to unsend as well, if you sent a text to someone through the iMessage app, you can unsend the message until 15 minutes after sending, Given that the receiver has not read it yet.
Minor changes
1. Now the users will be able to switch between devices, mid-facetime. For example, you can switch between your air pods and MacBook from your phone, while being on a facetime.
2. Video support for Live display, Now you can translate any text in between a video by simply pausing at a frame and long-pressing the text or image that you want to look up on the internet.
3. Apple pay Now supports pay later. This means you can break any transaction into multiple parts to pay it over the course of a certain time period.
4. Now apple keyboard supports haptic feedback. This means, that now you can feel vibrations while typing something out on the Apple keyboard.
List of eligible devices.
here's a list of all the devices that will get the IOS 16 eventually:
iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone SE (2020), iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max.
Now that you know what features you're going to get with the new iOS 16, Don't you wanna try it once?
here's our step-by-step guide on how to get your hands on the new iOS 16 Beta build, Go check it out ASAP to get IOS 16 up & running on your iPhone.
This is all about the major features and highlights of the brand new iOS 16. Let us know in the comments about your opinions, and tell us if you want a detailed guide on how to install IOS 16 beta on your device. We will be back with More Tech-related updates, Until then Stay Tuned, Stay Safe.
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