Even More iOS 16 Tidbits: Battery Charging Notifications, New AirPods Symbols, Refreshed iCloud Settings, and More

[MacRumors]

iOS 16 is chock-full of new features and changes, and earlier today we shared six interesting and unknown features Apple is bringing to the iPhone. Now, we're sharing six more iOS 16 tidbits.

Easily Manage Known WiFi Networks

Alongside being able to see your WiFi's password in iOS 16, users can now easily manage known and managed WiFi networks. Within the WiFi page in Settings, tap edit and authenticate with Touch ID or Face ID. From there, you'll be able to delete known networks and see their details.

Cleaner iCloud Settings Page

Apple has rethought the layout and structure of iCloud settings within the Settings app on iPhone. The page is now organized into different sections, including "Sync with iCloud," "Device Backups," and "iCloud+."

Within the Photos, iCloud Drive, Notes, Messages, Health, and Passwords and Keychain subpages, Apple has added a new icon, a small paragraph explaining the feature, and the ability to manage per-app functionality and storage.

New AirPods Glyph in Control Center and Now Playing

When connected to AirPods, a new corresponding glyph for your AirPods model will appear on the Now Playing section in Control Center and on the Lock Screen. This replaces the old AirPlay icon that remained static regardless of which device you're using.

New Battery Charging Being Held Alert

As spotted on Twitter (1, 2), iOS 16 will now alert users when the system has stopped charging the iPhone due to overheating, which could damage the longevity of the battery. The new notification will be displayed on the Lock Screen, Notification Center, and within the Battery page in Settings.

Redesigned Text and Editing Menu

Apple has redesigned the text and editing menu option on iOS 16, making it cleaner and now offering it in both light and dark themes, depending on your iPhone's current mode. In instances where the menu is longer, Apple has also readjusted the behavior of scrolling through options.

Quick Note Comes to iPhone

Introduced in iPadOS 15 and macOS Monterey, Quick Note has come to the iPhone with iOS 16. Quick Note can be accessed via the Share Sheet across iOS, including for images, websites, and more.

Contacts Widget Now Indicates Unread Messages

The Contacts widget will now indicate if you have unread messages from a specific contact. The unread messages banner is limited to just the medium and large sized widgets for the Contacts app.

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[jjpiv]

Goodness... I'm sure there are issues with this new version and people will have perspectives that differ, but I'm so excited for iOS 16. This feels like a real step forward in so many respects!

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

This battery indicator needs to be on the iPhone permanently. Hopefully with the new iPhone 14 pill-shape design. It will have enough room to keep it there.

 

[zorinlynx]

I love being able to see all known networks. On iOS right now, the only way to forget a known network is for it to be nearby. Now you can actually see all the networks your phone knows about, like you can on the Mac.

 

[jezbd1997]

if there’s ability to re-arrange wifi priority like macOS I will be very glad! this management is much better than a full network settings reset

 

[Derekuda]

Where is RCS support!!?

 

[Andres Cantu]

“Easily Manage Known Wi-Fi Networks”

FINALLY!

iOS 16 is shaping up to be one of the biggest quality-of-life improvement releases ever.

 

[HeroOfTime32]

if there’s ability to re-arrange wifi priority like macOS I will be very glad! this management is much better than a full network settings reset

Ditto. I'd like for my iPhone to prioritize my 5ghz band ahead of my 2.4ghz band if that's possible. Easily done on a Mac.

 

[Reeneman]

Basic functions 😆
What can we expect for iOS20? Improved SMS services?

 

[B4U]

And we still cannot set specific time when the phone is charged.
In addition, we can't even set the phone to stop charging at a certain percentage.

 

[Speedman100]

The Wi-Fi manager feature is SOOO welcome!

 

[Nimrad]

I was actually hoping for AirPods/AirPods Pro emoji. There's no symbol for it for the airtag I have attached to them.

 

[nfl46]

I’m thankful for these articles. It helps me find out the new features of iOS 16. I’m loving it so far. A lot of the changes made were necessary and long overdue.

 

[doboy]

Wish there was a way to sync photos in specific folders only.

 

[kognos]

And I bet there's still no way to mass-delete all photos from a iMessage conversation ...a minor and insidious way to get one to increase iCloud storage - the only way to delete pictures from conversations is One. At. A. Time, or delete the entire conversation.

Kwality.

 

[Webcat86]

Wish there was a way to sync photos in specific folders only.

I don't know what Apple needs to do for my problem, but I really wish it was possible to know what photos in All Photos are also in albums. My Nokias used to use a tag feature, which allowed you to organise photos with multiple labels rather than a static album. I still miss this.

 

[sgjohnston]

I love being able to see all known networks. On iOS right now, the only way to forget a known network is for it to be nearby. Now you can actually see all the networks your phone knows about, like you can on the Mac.

I am so happy about this addition (bizarrely 🤣)!

 

[jav6454]

Manageable networks? About time.

 

[TheWatchfulOne]

I don't know what Apple needs to do for my problem, but I really wish it was possible to know what photos in All Photos are also in albums. My Nokias used to use a tag feature, which allowed you to organise photos with multiple labels rather than a static album. I still miss this.

Is it not possible to assign keywords to photos and then create a smart folder that queries photos with specified keyowrds? Or is that different from the Nokia feature you mentioned?

 

[Webcat86]

Is it not possible to assign keywords to photos and then create a smart folder that queries photos with specified keyowrds? Or is that different from the Nokia feature you mentioned?

It probably is possible but the problem now is it’s shutting the barn door after the horse has bolted.

Nokia had it from the get go, so you’d take a photo and immediately assign it a tag. If Apple released the feature in iOS16, we’d all have thousands of photos to manually go through. And as far as I can tell, there’s no way to tell which photos have keywords assigned without opening each photo to check, so it would be a ton of work.

Seems Apple and Google are putting their energy into letting AI find and suggest photos for us. I quite like that functionality but would still like better categorisation too.

I have nothing against albums, except there’s again no way to know what photos are in albums and what ones aren’t. And Apple, surprisingly, doesn’t alert you that you’re about to add a duplicate.

 

[ChromeAce]

Great, so now all the people that came to my house who I shared my WiFi with using the WiFi Password Sharing feature will soon be able to go into their settings and see what it actually is and then try to log into my online accounts.

 

[hagar]

And I bet there's still no way to mass-delete all photos from a iMessage conversation ...a minor and insidious way to get one to increase iCloud storage - the only way to delete pictures from conversations is One. At. A. Time, or delete the entire conversation.

Kwality.

You can select them all in the menu accessible from the user icon in the top of a conversation. But you have to tap all of them to delete them.

 

[Htsi]

Great, so now all the people that came to my house who I shared my WiFi with using the WiFi Password Sharing feature will soon be able to go into their settings and see what it actually is and then try to log into my online accounts.

That’s on you dawg

 

[Htsi]

Super happy to have a >a12 iPhone. Sad about my 12x iPad but iOS 16 looks to be a great release

 

[biracialfamily91]

At first I thought this was a minor update, but looking at all the improvements and features, It's more of a upgrade then I realize. Much better than last year.