Apple iOS 16 Brings Massive Improvements To Lock Screen and Messages (theverge.com) 32
At its WWDC event today, Apple previewed several new features coming with iOS 16, which will debut this fall after spending the summer in beta testing. An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: The lock screen is at the center of Apple's iOS 16 updates, starting with the ability to customize fonts and colors used. It will be possible to add widgets and configure multiple lock screens that you can switch between by swiping across the screen. Different focus modes can also be assigned to different lock screens. Apple-supplied wallpapers get a refresh too, with animated and Pride-themed choices. Notifications appear on the lock screen differently, too. Instead of piling up across the screen, they "roll in" at the bottom of the screen. There's also a "live activities" feature to display notifications associated with an event like an Uber ride or sporting event in a single tile. There's a major update coming to messages, too: iOS 16 adds the ability to edit typos out of sent messages, recall messages that you didn't mean to send, and the ability to mark a message thread as unread so you can come back to it later. SharePlay is also coming to messages.
Apple's powerful Live Text feature will be coming to video. Additionally, there will be more actions available when you use Live Text in photos or videos. Wallet gets some expanded features too, with a way to share saved IDs securely by supplying only necessary information. It'll be easier to share saved keys, too. Apple Pay gets a new "Pay Later" feature, adding the option to split a bill into four equal payments without interest or fees. Apple Maps will get multi-stop routing in iOS 16, and six more cities will be added to the "detailed city experience" introduced in iOS 15. Apple is also adding shared iCloud photo libraries, in an effort to make it easier to share certain photos across family and friends' accounts. Up to six users can access a shared library. Photos will include sharing suggestions, and image edits and keywords will be synced for all users. There's also a new feature called Safety Check, which is aimed to protect people in abusive situations. It allows you to easily revoke access to certain information, like location, that you may have shared with someone else previously. In order to download iOS 16, you'll need an iPhone 8 or later, meaning Apple is "more or less ending support for the iPhone 6S, iPhone 7, and original iPhone SE," reports The Verge.
Apple's powerful Live Text feature will be coming to video. Additionally, there will be more actions available when you use Live Text in photos or videos. Wallet gets some expanded features too, with a way to share saved IDs securely by supplying only necessary information. It'll be easier to share saved keys, too. Apple Pay gets a new "Pay Later" feature, adding the option to split a bill into four equal payments without interest or fees. Apple Maps will get multi-stop routing in iOS 16, and six more cities will be added to the "detailed city experience" introduced in iOS 15. Apple is also adding shared iCloud photo libraries, in an effort to make it easier to share certain photos across family and friends' accounts. Up to six users can access a shared library. Photos will include sharing suggestions, and image edits and keywords will be synced for all users. There's also a new feature called Safety Check, which is aimed to protect people in abusive situations. It allows you to easily revoke access to certain information, like location, that you may have shared with someone else previously. In order to download iOS 16, you'll need an iPhone 8 or later, meaning Apple is "more or less ending support for the iPhone 6S, iPhone 7, and original iPhone SE," reports The Verge.
Flying Monkeys (Score:1)
Wonder if there's a Flying Monkeys mode... where Apple can get you little Pretties, and your little dog, Toto too!
Still a pretty good range of support (Score:1)
For reference, the iPhone 7 was introduced in 2016, So that means models introduced in 2017 will still get iOS 16.
That's five years back which is pretty solid, and iOS 15 will be supported by most apps for at least a few years to come (along with security updates from Apple).
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Is this really that important to many folks?
I mean, once I get a screen image I like, I tend to stick with it pretty much forever.
I also basically turn off ALL notifications on Lock Screen, as that I really don't want anyone seeing what is coming through on my phone...not friends, family, strangers or God forbid, police if ever in that situation.
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I also basically turn off ALL notifications on Lock Screen, as that I really don't want anyone seeing what is coming through on my phone.
I leave them on the Lock Screen but use the feature where the message contents stay hidden (you just see there is a notification of a specific app)until I unlock with FaceID.
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When I drop iPhone 13 Pro Max levels of cash on a phone, I expect it to be supported until my fingers wear their way through the touchscreen glass. Otherwise you are just throwing your money away on disposable garbage.
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" I expect it to be supported until my fingers wear their way through the touchscreen glass"
It's nice that you expect that. I wish you great luck in your quest.
"Massive" (Score:3)
How is massive measured? In kilograms?
Hmm, it's a lock screen. So, "massive" is measured by the number of seconds of my life I've wasted thinking about this.
WHAT'S THE i STAND FOR AGAIN? (Score:1)
Never can remember. That's i as in eye.
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'i' stands for 'idjit,' cause not only is the capitalized version inappropriate, so is spelling it right.
Put down the pitchforks. I'm an iPhone / iPad fan.
What's with the plethora of Apple upgrade stories? (Score:2)
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Are you trolling, or are so completely uninterested in anything that is not linux that you actually had no idea that today was WWDC 2022 ?
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Massive? (Score:4)
Did they fix the WhatsApp security hole? (Score:2)
Asking for a friend.
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Asking for a friend.
Was the security hole WhatsApp's fault or iOS?
Only on M1 iPads (Score:3)
The windowing and lock screen stuff appears to only work on M1 iPads.
Have a iPad Pro 4th gen? It doesn't appear to work.
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From what I've read, there are basically no Lock Screen improvements for iPad, period. But you do need an M1 for Stage Manager.
Exciting times! (Score:1)
Great journalism, stuff that matters.
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Good news, soon all that stuff will be uploaded to your shared family photo album automatically!
Meh. (Score:2)
New features are OK, but Apple really need to fix their bugs. Some are many years old too. :(
Needs font size override for all apps (Score:2)
iPhone 11 Max here, it has incredible features under the Accessibility banner but still, it is literally painful to use it in some situations. Look at the font size in the Netflix app or Kindle app's Notifications page. Anyone without incredible vision is constantly building up eyestrain with the iPhone because of the absolutely miniscule font sizes. I am always using the Zoom button. All I want is a way to override font sizes and be able to read at the font size I want in any app, with wrapping to the visi