Apple introduced iOS 16: new lock screen and message improvements

Manzana presented this Monday at the WWDC 2022its annual event for developers, its new operating system for iPhone iOS 16. This version will include a number of smartphone customization options that were not previously available on the platform. The changes are novel for a company that has historically preferred to define a very static design.

Thus, iOS 16 launches a lock screen allowing more customizationsuch as choosing between different color filters, backgrounds and fonts, as well as the possibility of including ‘widgets’ and updates in real time.

Lock screen customization in the new OS (Apple screenshot/)

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The company also confirmed that it will add to iMessage the possibility to edit the text of a message and even unsend itor to mark a message as unread to remember to reply to it later.

The new operating system also brings improvements to the voice dictation system, to the maps application -with more detail and 3D available in several countries- and to Wallet, with a new system called Apple Pay Later that allows finance purchases in four interest-free installments.

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Apple will also expand the possibilities for parents to control their children’s use of the iPhone and offer a privacy option designed for people in abusive relationships, which may leave the other person without access to their location or shared keys, among other things. .

The “Live Text” function is also updated, which recognizes and digitizes text in photographs and can now also do so in videos, and the option to extract elements from images and use them in messages and other contexts is given.

Live text is smarter than ever. (Apple capture of /)

The American company also unveiled several new features in the operating system of its Apple Watch, with advances especially in its use for sports and to control certain health problems.

iOS 16 Compatible Devices

The operating system is currently in the first beta phase for developers, so it is not yet available to other users. The apple company indicated the iPhone models in which, once iOS 16 lands for everyone, it will be available.

iPhone 8

iPhone 8Plus

iPhone X

iPhone XS

iPhone XSMax

iPhone XR

iPhone 11

iPhone 11Pro

iPhone 11 ProMax

iPhone 12

iPhone 12mini

iPhone 12 Pro

iPhone 12 ProMax

iPhone 13

iPhone 13mini

iPhone 13 Pro

iPhone 13 ProMax

iPhone SE (2nd gen.)

iPhone SE (3rd gen.)

With information from EFE

Source: Elcomercio