iOS 16.1
Release Date ― October 24, 2022
Build Numbers ― 20B82
Darwin Kernel Version ― 22.1.0: Thu Oct 6 19:34:16 PDT 2022; root:xnu-8792.42.7~1
iOS 16.1 RC Release Notes
This update introduces iCloud Shared Photo Library making it easy to keep your family photos up to date. This release also adds support for third party apps in Live Activities, support for Apple Fitness+ on iPhone even if you don't have an Apple Watch, and includes other features and bug fixes for your iPhone.
iCloud Shared Photo Library
Clean Energy Charging
Messages
Remaining Issues
Resolved Issues
Additional Notes
Release Date ― October 24, 2022
Build Numbers ― 20B82
Darwin Kernel Version ― 22.1.0: Thu Oct 6 19:34:16 PDT 2022; root:xnu-8792.42.7~1
iOS 16.1 RC Release Notes
This update introduces iCloud Shared Photo Library making it easy to keep your family photos up to date. This release also adds support for third party apps in Live Activities, support for Apple Fitness+ on iPhone even if you don't have an Apple Watch, and includes other features and bug fixes for your iPhone.
iCloud Shared Photo Library
- Separate library for seamlessly sharing photos and videos with up to five other people
- Setup rules allow you to easily contribute past photos based on start date or people in the photos when you set up or join a library
- Library filters for quickly switching between viewing the Shared Library, your Personal Library, or both libraries together
- Shared edits and permissions let everyone add, edit, favorite, caption, and delete photos
- Sharing toggle in Camera lets you choose to send photos you take straight to the Shared Library, or enable a setting to share automatically when other participants are detected nearby using Bluetooth
- Live Activities from third party apps are available in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen for iPhone 14 Pro models
- Apple Fitness+ is supported on iPhone even if you don't have an Apple Watch
- Key sharing enables you to securely share car, hotel room, and other keys in Wallet using messaging apps such as Messages and WhatsApp
- Savings account enables Apple Card customers to grow their Daily Cash by depositing it in a high yield savings account
- Matter, the new smart home connectivity standard, is supported enabling a wide variety of smart home accessories to work together across ecosystems
Clean Energy Charging
- New setting that can try to reduce your carbon footprint by selectively charging when lower carbon emission electricity is available
- Reader controls are automatically hidden as you start reading
- Deleted conversations may appear in the conversations list in Messages
- Dynamic Island content is not available when using Reachability
- CarPlay may fail to connect when using a VPN app
Messages
- When deleting a message, the user is prompted once to either "Delete" or "Delete and Report Junk"
Remaining Issues
Resolved Issues
Additional Notes
- Developers and testers can report bugs using the Feedback app. If you don't have the public or developer profiles installed, you can still open the app by entering the following URL in Safari:
- iOS 16 Preview
- iOS 16 Features
- iOS 16 Press Release
- iOS Release Notes
- iOS Beta Release Notes
- iOS Security Updates
- iPhone 14 Pro/Max: 1.13.03
- iPhone SE (3rd gen): 2.07.03
- iPhone 13/Mini/Pro/Max: 2.12.02
- iPhone 12/Mini/Pro/Max: 3.07.00
- iPhone 11/Pro/Max/SE (2nd gen)/iPad Air (4th gen): 4.00.00
- iPhone XR/XS/Max: 5.01.01
- Qualcomm iPhone 8/8 Plus/X: 8.03.00
- Intel iPhone 8/8 Plus/X: 5.03.01
Australia
- Optus - 51.0
- Telstra - 51.0
- Vodafone AU - 51.0
- BASE - 33.0
- Orange B - 32.5.7
- Proximus - 45.0
- Telenet - 44.1
- Claro Brasil - 52.0
- Vivo - 52.0
- Videotron - 50.7.4
- Rogers - 41.0
- Fido - 49.0
- Bell - 52
- Telus - 52
- Freedom/Shaw Mobile - 52.0
- Fizz - 52.0
- Virgin Mobile - 50.0
- 3 DK - 46.7.11
- TDC 51.7
- Bouygues Telecom - 40.0
- Orange France - 50.0
- Vodafone.de - 52.0 (edited)
- Telekom.de - 51.0
- O2-DE - 52.0
- Cosmote - 38.0
- TIGO GT - 49.0
- Airtel - 50.7.5
- Jio - 50.7.5
- Vi India (Vodafone Idea) - 51.0
- Eir - 33.5
- Vodafone IE - 38.0
- Mexico - Telcel - 52.0
- Orange - 50.0
- KPN - 52.1
- Vodafone NL - 45.0
- T-Mobile -
- Orange - 49.6.3 (Voice & SMS)
- Play - 31.0
- Vodafone P - 40.0
- Orange RO - 52.0
- Singapore Singtel -
- Philippines Globe - 51.0
- Philippines Globe (iPad) - 38.0
- Philippines Smart - 44.0
- Thailand AIS -
- Malaysia Umobile - 33.0
- Malaysia Maxis -33.0
- Malaysia Digi -
- Malaysia celcom -
- Hong Kong - 32.0
- Taiwan -
- Comviq -
- Tre - 31.0
- Salt - 45.0
- Sunrise - 52.0 (edited)
- Swisscom 45.0
- Turkcell (Lifecell) - 36.5.5
- Vodafone TR - 32.0
- Turk Telekom - 32.0
- EE - 52.0
- BT-UK (MVNO on EE)- 50.0.1
- Three - 52.0
- iD Mobile (MVNO on Three) - 36.5.4
- O2-UK - 50.0
- Giffgaff (O2 MVNO) - 41.0
- Vodafone UK - 51.0
- Virgin Mobile (EE MVNO) - 39.5
- Lebara (Vodafone MVNO) - 51.0
- Verizon - 52.0
- Visible (MVNO Verizon) 51.0.1
- Verizon (iPad) - 41.0
- T-Mobile - 52.0.1
- AT&T - 52.0
- FirstNet - 51.0
- FirstNet (iPad) - 41.7.6
- Cricket - 40.5.2
- Metro by T-Mobile - 50.7.9
- U.S. Cellular - 46.7.24
- Spectrum (VZW MVNO) 52.0
- Sprint - 40.0
- TracFone/Straight Talk/Walmart Family Mobile - 52.0
- Xfinity Mobile 52.0
- Orange ES - 51.0
- DNA - 52.0
- Docomo - 32.5.10
- AlwaysOnline -
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