iOS 16 Updates Overview
In iOS 16, the Lock Screen has been completely redesigned. The Lock Screen is now highly customizable, with many options for widgets and typefaces. You can also create multilayered effects for images or animated wallpapers. Multiple Lock Screens can be linked to Focus modes.
To be less intrusive, notifications now appear at the bottom of your screen. Live Activities allow users to keep track of current events such as a workout or sports game in real time from their Lock Screen. The focus modes can be set up easier with Focus filters. These filters link to individual Lock Screens or Apple Watch faces and offer more configuration options.
The Messages app has received significant updates. You can delete or edit messages, mark messages as unread and launch a SharePlay session. The seamless transfer of FaceTime calls from one device to another is possible. A new Freeform app allows users to collaborate on a digital whiteboard.
The Mail app has undergone a complete overhaul. Search is now easier to use and includes new features such as scheduling emails and canceling delivery. You can also receive follow-up reminders.
Users without an Apple Watch can now access the Fitness app solutions and the Health app solutions, which adds Medications. The Home app has been completely redesigned and re-engineered. Safari now includes shared tab groups and passkeys.
Reminders and Notes provide new sorting options. The Maps app now has multistop routing and improved integration with transit cards. Meanwhile, the News app offers dedicated sports features. The iCloud shared photo library allows you to easily share photos with your family members. It also offers improvements in photo editing, album creation, and Memories. This latest iOS 16 update will surely help developers in the iPhone app development process.
How to Install iOS 16
Apple makes it simple to install iOS 16 using the Settings app. Open the Settings app and select General. Then choose Software Update. With just a few clicks, you can update to iOS 16.
You have two options: Install iOS 16 immediately, or wait for it to be installed overnight while your iPhone charges. It will render your iPhone surface unusable if you install it immediately.
iOS 16 Features
Customization options for the Lock Screen
iOS 16 supports fully customizing your Lock Screen, which is the main feature of iOS 16. You can add widgets to the Lock Screen, select custom fonts and colors, and apply filters. Multiple Lock Screens can be created, and you can easily switch between them. You can also tie the different Lock Screens to Focus processor Modes so that they automatically change when you set Focus Modes.
Third-party apps can also integrate with Lock Screen widgets in a manner that is very similar to placing widgets on your home screen. Some of our favorite apps have already added support for Lock Screen widgets. More growth will follow in the coming weeks.
You have another option to personalize your iPhone with the new Lock Screen widgets. Our complete guide will teach more about customizing the Lock Screen using widgets, fonts, and photos.
Wallpapers of the future
Apple also offers new wallpaper segment options in iOS 16. The options include a new default Wallpaper, new collections of Pride and Unity, and new Weather and Astronomy Collections. These collections include a Weather and Astronomy collection that displays live data growth from your current location.
iOS 16 allows you to create wallpapers with emoji characters and photo shuffles. The iconic clownfish wallpaper, which was featured on the original iPhone, is back.
New iMessage features include undoing sending and editing messages.
iOS 16 brings two long-awaited features for iMessage. These include the ability to send and edit messages, as well as the ability to delete them. Apple modified these features during beta testing to address concerns about abuse.
You can edit or unsend an iMessage in iOS 16 by long-pressing on the message after it has been sent. An iMessage can be unsent for up to 2 minutes after it's been sent. Others iMessage users can see that you have unsent a message but not what it contained.
You can also edit an iMessage five times. Each edit is recorded and visible to the sender and the receiver of the iMessage.
Other modifications to Messages:
- Mark as unread
- Recent messages that were deleted?
- SharePlay via Messages
- Android SMS Tapbacks
- Audio message playback: Fast-forward and rewind audio messages while you listen
Modes of Focus
The Focus will receive significant updates this year with iOS 16, following its debut with iOS 15 last summer. Apple has simplified the process of allowing or blocking notifications from specific apps.
Focus filters are a way to control the boundaries of Apple apps like Mail, Safari, Messages, Calendar, and Safari. You can hide your work email and calendar while Personal Focus is active. iPhone app developers have the option to access this feature via a Focus API.
Focus modes can also be linked to Lock Screens or Home Screens, showing pages and screens currently enabled depending on which Focus is being used.
iOS 16 Privacy and Security
There would be no iOS update without significant privacy and security enhancements. Safety Check is the most significant update. This section of the Settings app allows people to quickly reset access granted to them by others.
Apple claims that Safety Check can be used to allow you to disconnect from apps and people you don't want to be connected to if circumstances or trust levels change. This will allow you to reset all access and review your account security. You can also choose which apps and people can access your information.
Find out more about iOS 16's Safety Check feature. Could you read our complete guide?
iOS 16 includes a new pasteboard permission tool. This requires apps to ask for your permission before accessing the pasteboard to copy content from another app.
Rapid Security Response, a new feature, implements security fixes faster than ever. Apple claims these improvements can be automatically applied between regular software updates.
iOS 16 also adds Lockdown Mode. The Lockdown Mode feature is now available in iOS 16.
Lockdown Mode disables certain features in apps like Safari, FaceTime and Photos. The complete details are available here.
iOS 16 Notifications
Apple has also changed the notification system in iOS 16, especially on the Lock Screen. Apple claims that notifications now appear at the bottom of the screen. This is to display more of your wallpapers and customize options.
You'll find three options for notification in the Settings app: count, stack, and list. Count displays the total number of notifications and stacks and organizes them into one stack per app. At the same time, the list is the iOS notification system.
Passkeys
iOS 16 and upcoming updates to macOS Ventura 16 and iPadOS 16 aim to eliminate our dependence on usernames and passwords. Apple has adopted the new passkey standard to address the weakness of passwords in digital security.
Passkey standard refers to unique digital keys that replace passwords with simplified sign-in across all your devices, websites, and apps.
Logging in using a passkey is similar to logging in using iCloud Keychain, Face ID, or Touch ID. You will choose (or create) a passkey instead of using iCloud Keychain to generate your credential. The passkeys are stored across all your devices with iCloud Keychain and protected by end-to-end encryption so that even Apple cannot view them.
You can find a complete guide to Passkeys here.
Upgrades to Siri and Dictation
iOS 16 includes notable improvements to Apple's Siri voice-powered Siri and Dictation features. The Dictation feature has seen a significant overhaul. iOS 16's Dictation feature allows you to switch between touch and voice. You can dictate using the keyboard. Tap in the text box, move the cursor, and insert QuickType suggestions.
Auto-punctuation is now available in Dictation. This allows you to insert commas and periods as you dictate automatically.
Other Siri upgrades
- When you send messages to Siri, use emojis.
- For messages that are not requiring confirmation, skip this step.
- Siri can create shortcuts for your apps with no setup.
Entirely redesigned in the Home.
The wholly redesigned iOS 16 Home app is one of my favorite features. After years of minor updates, the Home app received a significant upgrade with iOS 16.
The Home app was designed to make it easier for you to view, manage, and control your accessories. You can personalize the main tab by selecting your favorite accessories for each room and viewing them by category. You can also adjust the size of tiles and other details.
Apple is also looking to adopt the Matter standard. It is expected to launch later in the year. It will be possible to use compatible accessories across multiple platforms seamlessly. This will also allow for more accessories to support Siri and HomeKit.
iOS 1 introduces new accessibility features
Apple first revealed several accessibility features in iOS 16 in May. A new Apple Watch mirroring feature allows you to control your Apple Watch directly from your iPhone. It also lets you use assistive features like Voice Control and Switch Control.
Door Detection, which uses your iPhone's camera technology, locates a door and reads labels and signs to give instructions on how to open it. Magnifier also offers a new Detection Mode. Apple explains that this feature provides detailed descriptions of your surroundings, including Image Descriptions and People Detection.
For users who are hard of hearing or deaf, Live Captions automatically generates captions in real-time. This feature can also show automatically transcribed dialogue in FaceTime with speaker attribution.
A few additional accessibility features are available in iOS 16
- Buddy controller: This allows you to combine inputs from multiple game controllers in one controller so that your friend or caretaker can help you reach the next level of your game. This will help developers in iPhone game development in the future.
- You can adjust the time Siri takes to respond to your request.
- Voice Control spelling mode allows you to dictate names, addresses, and other custom spellings, letter by letter.
- With Voice Control, you can now hang up Phone or FaceTime call variants.
- VoiceOver and Spoken Content are now available in more than 20 languages and locations.
Photos app
iOS 16 brings some significant improvements to the Photos app. A new duplicate detection feature identifies duplicate photos so that you can quickly clean up your library. Your iPhone's Face ID and passcode will now lock the Hidden and Recently Deleted albums.
You can now copy and paste edits from the Photos app to another photo, or a group of photos. You can also undo or redo multiple edits to your photos.
The Photos app will soon have the iCloud Shared Photo Library feature. This feature allows you to share a separate iCloud library with up to five people.
What's new in Apple development?
Find out about the most recent SDKs for iOS 16, iPad 16, and macOS 13 as well as the exciting capabilities of watchOS 9 and tvOS 16. These are the tools you need to create enterprise iOS apps for Apple platforms.
Xcode
Take advantage of SwiftUI's simplicity and power with a multiplatform app experience. Code faster with improved editor features and test and deploy from Xcode Cloud, TestFlight, and the App Store.
SwiftUI
SwiftUI is the modern approach to creating great-looking user interfaces on all Apple platforms. It is easy to learn and use it anywhere. SwiftUI is easier to use, more flexible, and more powerful this year. SwiftUI is now easier to use in UIKit apps thanks to new UICollectionView custom cells support.
Swift
This powerful programming language features integrated support for regular expressions and all-new regex builders. You can also use package plugins to share and create custom tooling. These updates include enhancements to generic syntax and performance improvements under the hood when building and launching applications.
WidgetKit
WidgetKit can now be used to create complications for Apple Watch or widgets on Lock Screen for iPhone. This embracing SwiftUI allows you to extend the glanceable experience. Your code will be shared with existing Home Screen widgets for iOS 16 or watchOS 9.
With iOS 16, you will be able to create Live Activities using WidgetKit. This will allow people to keep track of what's going on in your app, in real-time, from their Lock Screen. SwiftUI allows you to move your Live Activities between states.
App Intents
Allow users to quickly complete tasks related to your app via voice or tapping. App Intents, a Swift-only framework that makes it easier and faster to create great actions. You can also use it to create new App Shortcuts. App Shortcuts don't require any user setup and are available immediately after your app has been installed in iOS, iPadOS or watchOS. They can also be used from Spotlight, Siri, the Shortcuts app and Spotlight. App Shortcuts allow people to interact more naturally with your app via Siri, thanks to support for synonyms and parameters.
WeatherKit
You can bring valuable weather information to your app and services using a wide variety of data that can help people be safe, prepared, and up-to-date. WeatherKit can be used in your apps via a Swift API that is specific to your platform, or on any other platform with REST APIs.
Maps
The All-New Map includes the 3D City Experience and highly detailed 3D Maps. Get the most from the All-New Map. Use overlays to visualize data that seamlessly integrate with 3D maps. With the new Look Around and Selectable Map Features APIs, create immersive, interactive experiences. The new Maps Server API can be used to improve performance, reduce data usage and prolong battery life.
Metal 3
Metal is a hardware-accelerated GPU on Apple platforms. It provides a low overhead API, rich shading language and tight integration between compute and graphics. Metal 3 brings powerful features to help games and professional apps harness the power of Apple silicon. You can now render high-resolution images in less time, load resources quicker, train machine learning networks with GPUs, and much more.
Augmented reality
ARKit 6
ARKit 6 now supports 4K video. This allows you to capture high-resolution, stunning AR experiences. It is perfect for professional video editing and film production. HDR video and high resolution background images are now available for video and capture. ARKit 6 brings Location Anchors to new locations, including Tokyo, Sydney, Singapore and Singapore. It also features improvements in Motion Capture.
room plan
room plan, powered by ARKit is a Swift API that creates a 3D floor plan for a room using the camera and LiDAR scanner on iPhone and iPad. It also includes key characteristics like dimensions and furniture types.
Machine learning
Core ML
Xcode 14 allows you to optimize Core-ML-powered features. You can generate performance reports for Core ML models from your Mac or connected iOS device. A summary of load and prediction times, along with a breakdown by compute unit usage can be viewed. Profiling your app allows you to see Core ML API calls as well as associated models by using the Core ML template from Instruments. Combine data from Core ML, Neural engine, and GPU Instruments to track where and when models are executed on accelerated hardware. For each event, model, or submodel, aggregate timing data is summarized.
Core ML Framework now supports Float16 input feature types and output feature types. This, along with APIs to supply your own output buffer backings, allows you to control how data flows into and out of Core ML models. Also, support for sparse weight compression and restricting compute to CPU and Neural Engine as well as in-memory model instantiation is now available.
Make a ML app
Interactively find out about the accuracy of your model in the Create ML app's new evaluation UI. To help you identify difficult use cases and make data collection investments to improve model quality, explore key metrics and how they relate to specific examples. Live video of your iPhone camera allows you to see your model's predictions.
Make a ML framework
Swift Frameworks for Create ML are now available on tvOS. You can now create your own model and training pipelines using a rich collection of ML building blocks combined with the new CreateML Components framework.
SharePlay
SharePlay allows people to share their experiences directly within FaceTime and now via Messages. Apps that support SharePlay on iOS and iPadOS will appear in FaceTime controls. This makes it easy to share the experiences you offer.
We share your experience
The new Shared with You framework, as well as the Collaboration API, allows you to integrate your app's collaboration experiences in FaceTime and Messages. You can also highlight content that users have shared in Messages by creating a Shared with You section in your app.
Continuity Camera
Continuity Camera is a feature that allows people to use their iPhone as a camera on macOS 13. You can extend this feature to all apps. The new APIs enable automatic camera input switching and give access to the Desk View stream. You can also use AVCapture for access to iPhone Camera features such as high-resolution capture and flash mode.
Passkeys
Passkeys, which are based on industry standards, replace passwords with cryptographic keys pairs. This makes them more secure and easier to use. Passkeys are a secure and simple way for people to sign in to apps and websites across platforms.
In-app purchase
To create better in-app purchases, you can use new APIs and the most recent enhancements. You can sync in-app purchases from App Store Connect into Xcode. This allows you to control when the StoreKit message sheet appear in your app. It also lets you present offer code redemption sheets within the app. You can now request test notifications, test additional in-app purchases scenarios in the sandbox and Xcode and ensure that your users have great experiences.
Apple Pay and Wallet
Integrate with Apple Wallet to securely verify a user's identity and age in your apps.
Apple Pay Later allows customers to split a purchase into four equal installments over six weeks with no interest or charges.
Contactless payments can now be accepted by payment apps from contactless credit and debit cards, Apple Pay, Apple Watch and smartphones with other digital wallets.
You can fine-tune your recurring and automatic payments with new Apple Pay merchant tokens. You can also offer the option to include purchase amounts for multiple merchants in one Apple Pay payment sheet.
CarPlay is a safer and smarter way to use iPhone in a car. It allows users to get directions, make calls and send and receive messages from their car's display. All the while keeping their eyes on the road. Driving task apps are now available to help drivers take care of their daily needs while driving. As a way to fill up and continue driving, fueling apps can be used in conjunction with EV charging apps. Navigation apps now have the ability to display turn-by-turn directions and maps in a second location, such as the instrument cluster directly in front. The new CarPlay Simulator allows you to simulate a complete CarPlay environment so that you can create your CarPlay app from Mac.
Apps for iPad that are desktop-class
You can create more complex, powerful workflows with iPad by improving productivity. Use productivity enhancements and new features to multitask, improve efficiency, personalize workflows and much more.
Mac Catalyst
iPadOS 16's latest desktop-class features translate perfectly to macOS 13. The toolbars of your Mac app are optimized automatically and document-based apps get key features such as menu items or the ability to rename the file in the toolbar. You can also use the new Mac Catalyst APIs for multiwindow behavior enhancements and custom views in your toolbars.
API Focus filter
Focus filters allow you to go further with respecting Focus settings. These filters show only the relevant information for users within your app based on their chosen Focus. Privacy is protected by ensuring that specific Focus settings are not exposed to other apps.
Game Center
Game Center, Apple's social gaming platform, allows you to bring more fun and connection into your games. Players can now connect with their friends and find out what's going on in their games.
Redesigned dashboard
The dashboard includes a feed that displays friends' in-game activity. Achievements and leaderboard standings will be more prominently displayed. This activity can be viewed by both players and their Game Center profiles.
Push notifications
Push notifications can be sent to players about leaderboard activity, such as when someone passes your score. This allows them to stay up-to-date with the latest game activity and can remain engaged.
App Clips
App Clips are now up to 15MB in size and can read data stored in public CloudKit databases. When your app is installed, you can automatically move secure items from the Keychain to your app. You can also automate your workflow by using the App Clip Experiences web API to add or update App Clip experiences.
Accessibility
You can create single app mode experiences that are accessible, make Unity games more accessible, and learn how to build rich, accessible web applications.
ShazamKit
ShazamKit allows you to add audio recognition to your apps. You can now use tools to create signatures, assign and return timed metadata and build experiences that are synced with audio.
Live Text API
Your app can now grab text directly from photos and paused videos frames. Allow text interactions, data detection and QR code scanning in any image view on iOS or macOS.
Safari Web Push
Notify people who visit your website or web application in Safari 16 on macOS 13. Even if Safari is not running. Web Push is fully interoperable and its standards-based implementation relies upon the Push API, Notification API and Service Workers. It will work on Safari if you have already written Web Push using industry best practices. You don't even need to be a member of the Apple Developer Program.
7 iOS 16 Changes and What They Mean to Entrepreneurs
The latest iOS 16 update will help iOS app development services companies in many ways. Some of them are listed below:
1. Collaboration API
The Collaboration API allows for hyperlink sharing, which will allow live collaboration. Apple has offered reside collaboration features in their apps for a while, but now they are expanding and integrating them more -- complete with a Share sheet and a third-party API to combine your apps. This will allow for unique, anonymous person IDs to protect the privacy and facilitate more direct collaboration than before.
You can use the Shared With Youframework or Collaboration API to bring your app's collaboration options to FaceTime and Messages. You will also be able to highlight materials from your app that customers share in Messages within a new Shared With You space in your app.
2. Personalization on the lock display screen
Lastly! You can only remodel the lock screen of iOS 16. A brand new widget system can be added to the lock screen. It will look strikingly similar to the personalization options on the Apple Watch. It should be able to perform animations, fluid transitions, and loads of customization options.
You will be able to easily create and interchange many lock screens. You can choose from many pre-made designs, or make your own. The widget space below the time allows you to quickly access the most recent data from your favorite apps without having to unlock your device. This redesign means that repeated notifications won't be as annoying to you.
Manufacturers who use push notifications might find the new lock screen more confusing from an advertising and marketing perspective. Advertising and marketing teams will need to find ways to make their content more accessible via both the lock display screen and the house display screen.
3. Stay Actions API
iOS 16 may replace notifications. New notifications will appear slightly lower than usual on the new iOS model. Stay Actions API allows functions to replace the lock screen with live-event information rather than spamming.
You've probably interacted with ride-sharing apps that send you notifications about the status of your driver. These notifications are often a part of a single widget that provides real-time updates.
Although this replacement may reduce the number of notifications that your customers receive, we believe it will increase the quality and attention-grabbing aspect of app notifications.
4. App Intents
App Intents was created to help customers discover what apps can do outside of the app.
Focus can acquire actions and the ability to start or finish a timer. It can also floor content material from third-party apps and Messages, notes, and Recordsdata.
Highlight, Siri, and Shortcut sections will indicate what you can do outside of an app.
If you need to order a single thing from Amazon, you will want to visit the Amazon app and do a search within the app. App Intents will allow Amazon to display touch on the back of the screen and then use Siri to place the order outside of the app.
App Intents allows customers to quickly and easily solve issues related to your app via voice or tap. App Intents, a Swift-only framework, is designed to make it easier and faster to create actions. App Intents will also allow you to create new App Shortcuts.
App Shortcuts won't require consumer setup. They'll be available as soon as your app has been installed on iOS, iPadOS or watchOS. App Shortcuts supports parameters and synonyms so it can help people work together with your app via Siri without having to say specific phrases.
5. Safari net push
Safari will soon have Assist for internet-push notifications. Customers will need to collaborate to activate the immediate. It'll be interesting to see how customers and entrepreneurs can acquire these notifications.
It's possible to quickly send notifications to customers of websites or apps that use Safari 16 on macOS 13. Even if Safari isn't working. Safari is a holdout, despite the fact that this capability exists with other browsers. This new support is scheduled for 2023. You should use internet push notifications to reach a wider audience and send timely content material or product updates.
6. Apple Pay Updates
Apple Pay is getting some updates. They're adding the ability to track orders through notifications about delivery and supply dates.
A brand new "Pay Later" option will reduce the cost of in-app or online purchases with Apple Pay by dividing it into four funds over six weeks. Apple's entry in the buy now, pay later (BNPL market) expands entrepreneurs' buyer base, especially among young prospects who want to be able to place a purchase order and pay it off as soon as they receive their next paycheck.
This function can increase conversion rates and common checkout ticket dimensions.
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7. Pasteboard entry adjustments
Reminder: iOS 16 will make it possible to access the pasteboard for content material using another app. The working system will automatically assign a default person when the user uses the pasteboard. Customers can take control of their pasteboard entries by using cross-app copy/paste. The person can tap that button to access the interface and the editor button will automatically work to copy and paste. The app will grant permissions immediately to customers to confirm their intent to stay. Pasting through Edit Choices menu items won't require permissions immediate.
Advertising and marketing groups: What does it mean?
Although iOS 16's new pasteboard permission feature will most likely affect individual experiences, marketing and advertising groups can rejoice in the fact that the CTA button can still be customized to some degree -- provided it says "Paste" or shows the paste icon. This gives you additional options to customize the pasteboard expertise for your customers.
