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

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Some more great improvements!

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.

I wish system notifications like this would have the time in them like a regular notification.

 

[JosephAW]

Wish they had an option to turn off screen dimming. Be better to slow down CPU instead of dimming screen

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

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.

Not sure how many times this needs to be said, and has been Said, and will continue to be said, but…
STOP RE-USING PASSWORDS!!!
That’s the solution to your problem.
Don’t use the same login for your Wi-Fi network that you do for your bank account, that you do for your Facebook account, that you do for your Google account, that you do for your Amazon account, that you do for your PayPal account… and so on and so on.
It’s so easy these days, especially on iOS which automatically gives you randomized passwords and automatically saves them, and if it doesn’t it takes two seconds to manually enter them into the keychain settings panel.
On top of that, everyone should have two factor authentication in 2022. Face ID, Touch ID, email verification, SMS verification, other device verification… Doesn’t matter, you should have one of them.
If someone can see your Wi-Fi password, and then they immediately can access the rest of your accounts, you have an issue. That’s on you, not Apple

 

[jjpiv]

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.

💯 Haven’t be this excited for an OS release in recent memory. Almost across the board, too. It looks like everything other than this tvOS is getting a lot of love.

 

[NYCValkyrie]

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.

Your WiFi password is the same as your online accounts? That's probably a bad idea regardless of this new feature. You can always set up a guest network with an different password and switch/share when they come by. Or get some NFT tags to program it w/ the wifi & password, which I personally love.

But for the love of Tim Apple, do not use the same password for your WiFI as you do for your online accounts. Keychain is right there.

 

[jonnysods]

Man there is a lot to process this WWDC. Its not like they had some big killer features, but they did add a ton of features - lots of interesting reading on MR this week!

 

[LeadingHeat]

Where is the hide my email menu now? I can’t find it in iCloud, and a general search in settings doesn’t come up with anything iCloud private relay, either.

 

[Solver]

And this is only the first Beta.

 

[Apple_Robert]

The charging notification is worthless unless a person is holding the phone while charging. I wish Apple would offer an audible alert notification.

 

[0194839]

Wow.. Apple really put in some effort into revamping iOS16. Can’t wait for its release this fall. Hurry up summer.

 

[turbineseaplane]

Nice to see some jailbreak tweaks from 10 years ago finally making it as "new features" here

 

[cutler]

Could anyone tell me if the following issue has been fixed?

In messages, if a thread is muted, it's indicated with a little icon of a bell with a line through it.

However, pinned threads—AKA the threads for which it would be most useful—do not show any indication that a thread has been muted.

Such a bizarre oversight, really hoping it's been fixed.

 

[turbineseaplane]

To add to @cutler above

I really wish they’d allow disabling of badges just for muted threads

Muted threads, for me, are something I uniquely want no audible or visual clutter from…and I go check them whenever it occurs or appeals to me

This problem has grown considerably with various friends groups who talk “forever” and there is no way to get off the train if there is just one green bubble user (which there always seems to be)

 

[Sciomar]

It took them long enough for the network management features! iOS 16 is looking to be a good refresh.

 

[Webcat86]

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.

Make the wifi password “DontStealMyPasswords123”

 

[skyhawkmatthew]

Very pleased to see the "charging on hold" message being introduced. It seems this feature has existed for some time but hidden from the user: I thought there was an issue with my 12 mini when I first got it, as it would often appear not to be charging properly on my wireless charger, but I eventually worked out it was to do with temperature as the weather cooled down and it started charging properly every time.

 

[Webcat86]

Very pleased to see the "charging on hold" message being introduced. It seems this feature has existed for some time but hidden from the user: I thought there was an issue with my 12 mini when I first got it, as it would often appear not to be charging properly on my wireless charger, but I eventually worked out it was to do with temperature as the weather cooled down and it started charging properly every time.

I thought it was based on behaviour. Mine says charging will complete at a given time, which is a real PITA for AirPods. I understand it with holding the iPhone overnight but it makes no sense for AirPods

 

[skyhawkmatthew]

I thought it was based on behaviour. Mine says charging will complete at a given time, which is a real PITA for AirPods. I understand it with holding the iPhone overnight but it makes no sense for AirPods

This is distinct from the "optimised" charging that deliberately holds at 80% until the morning. Another initial theory of mine was that it was related to that, but it persisted after turning off optimised charging.

 

[Webcat86]

This is distinct from the "optimised" charging that deliberately holds at 80% until the morning. Another initial theory of mine was that it was related to that, but it persisted after turning off optimised charging.

Ah ok interesting, I don't think I've encountered this then.

I like the theory of optimised charging but my annoyance is you can't turn it off and it's not very upfront about when it's happening. I've thought my AirPods were taking too long to charge, then noticed they were on hold. And then you have to go into the BT settings to disable it for just that day

 

[AppleiPhone4lyfe]

The manage known networks feature is absolutely huge, and that pushes me over the edge to say iOS 16 is one of the best upgrades in a very long time.

Way back when I used to jailbreak my iPod Touches and original iPhones, I would mess around in the file system, and I found out that even after a device restore, the system would remember all networks it was ever connected to (but with a restore- no password). This always bothered me and I tried to always press “forget network” when leaving a place which I was not going to return, to clear that from the file system. Finally, after all these years I no longer have to think about that! Another feature I didn’t even know I wanted, as I never thought it would be added!

 

[samifathi]

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.

Glad you're enjoying them! They're very fun to make!

 

[svish]

Small but useful additions. Battery charging notification and unread message notification in contact widgets are nice.

 

[yosef019]

Wish they had an option to turn off screen dimming. Be better to slow down CPU instead of dimming screen

Yes or at least make switch to some users enable diaable
Its cant be out of the bus and after 1 - 5 min you can't not see a thing was suffering in over seas in Bulgaria

 

[ChromeAce]

Not sure how many times this needs to be said, and has been Said, and will continue to be said, but…
STOP RE-USING PASSWORDS!!!
That’s the solution to your problem.
Don’t use the same login for your Wi-Fi network that you do for your bank account, that you do for your Facebook account, that you do for your Google account, that you do for your Amazon account, that you do for your PayPal account… and so on and so on.
It’s so easy these days, especially on iOS which automatically gives you randomized passwords and automatically saves them, and if it doesn’t it takes two seconds to manually enter them into the keychain settings panel.
On top of that, everyone should have two factor authentication in 2022. Face ID, Touch ID, email verification, SMS verification, other device verification… Doesn’t matter, you should have one of them.
If someone can see your Wi-Fi password, and then they immediately can access the rest of your accounts, you have an issue. That’s on you, not Apple

Then why doesn’t Apple enable 2FA for WiFi logins from devices I haven’t whitelisted?

 

[ChromeAce]

Your WiFi password is the same as your online accounts? That's probably a bad idea regardless of this new feature. You can always set up a guest network with an different password and switch/share when they come by. Or get some NFT tags to program it w/ the wifi & password, which I personally love.

But for the love of Tim Apple, do not use the same password for your WiFI as you do for your online accounts. Keychain is right there.

Didn’t say I did. I said they would try. And there may be other WiFi access points using the same password in a vacation home, for example. Also, if they know the WiFi password they could use that to guess what others are based on what it is.

The point is, Apple told me they would securely allow me to share the password without revealing it, and now that turns out to be untrue.