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Apple is releasing iOS 16 to the general public today, offering users new ways to customize their Lock Screen, the ability to edit and unsend messages, and more. While there are several features that users can begin to use right after they update to iOS 16, there are several new features that apps will need to add support for first before users can begin to enjoy them.

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Below, we've highlighted three features that users can expect apps to add in the coming days and weeks following the release of iOS 16. Be sure to stay tuned to MacRumors for full coverage of iOS 16's release and apps as they get updated.

Lock Screen Widgets

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By itself, the redesigned iOS 16 Lock Screen and the suite of customization features it now provides, such as the ability to choose different fonts and colors for the time, are major changes. On top of that, however, the iPhone Lock Screen now benefits from the ability to add widgets.

Out of the box, iOS 16 offers several widget options for the iOS 16 Lock Screen, including Apple Watch Activity rings, world clock, temperature, calendar, Home, batteries, and more. In the coming days, third-party apps will release their own widgets for the iOS 16 Lock Screen, giving users even more flexibility and freedom over how they wish to customize the face of their iPhone.

Focus Filters

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The Focus filters are a new part of iOS 16 that builds on Focus modes introduced with iOS 15 last year. Focus filters allow the parameters you set for your own Focus mode, such as Personal or Work, to carry through into the actual content of individual apps and beyond simply notifications.

For example, users can enable a Focus filter for the Messages app so that only messages from contacts allowed to break through specific Focus modes are shown within the app. Third-party apps will be able to take advantage of Focus filters, allowing users to limit distracting content within apps to only those they wish to focus on.

Coming Later This Year: Live Activities

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Coming later this year to an update to iOS 16 is an all-new type of notification and interaction for apps called Live Activities. Live Activities reside on the bottom portion of the Lock Screen and can display real-time and dynamic information from apps, such as Uber for tracking your ride or sports apps for keeping tabs on the scores of a game.

On the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max, Live Activities play an even larger role in the iOS experience. While on other devices Live Activities are only visible on the Lock Screen and Notification Center, the new high-end iPhones display certain types of Live Activities in the Dynamic Island. Learn more about Dynamic Island here.

Article Link: iOS 16: Three Major Features Apps Are Getting Updated to Support
 
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Hype for Lock Screen customization, I have been wanting this (Android)—took so long for Apple, lol.
 
In years past, I have always been like "Im going to wait, I'm going to wait, I'm going to wait… and at 12:58pm I'm hitting check for update, check for update, check for update"

Maybe life has just gotten so busy for me is why, but there's a large part of me that fears some kind of bug that's gone unnoticed and I might actually wait a little while this go round.
 
“…as the ability to choose different fonts and colors for the time, are major changes…” reaaaally???. Creativity and innovation is allowing the users to change fonts?. We are in deep problems Apple. Assume the trolling from Samsung, you have earned it. Truly.
 
“…as the ability to choose different fonts and colors for the time, are major changes…” reaaaally???. Creativity and innovation is allowing the users to change fonts?. We are in deep problems Apple. Assume the trolling from Samsung, you have earned it. Truly.
For Apple that is major. Traditionally customization isn’t something they allow or even like. Honestly, after seeing some of the god awful Android customized UIs, etc., I don’t blame them. Yes there are really nice ones out there but the majority look TERRIBLE.
 
They need to adjust the update circles if everything important is delayed. Why not every two years or completely on the fly?
Having yearly updates is a huge selling point for iPhone. And they also bring features on the fly. Best of both worlds.
 
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Hype for Lock Screen customization, I have been wanting this (Android)—took so long for Apple, lol.

Just remember what gates said to jobs about a GUI computing system …
“It just doesn’t matter (who’s first)”

Jobs feeling mega-butt hurt pontificated and realize just how right he was …

It matters who’s best and does it right, the first time”

PS2 to USB,
Floppy to SuperDrive (not combo cd, not dvd reader + cd-writer, but all including dvd write all standards.),
Hard drives with heads that crash and immediately corrupt data to a patent that locks the head back to starting position when shake is detected!
Usb1.1 to FireWire 400 then 800,
USB3/FireWire800 to Thunderbolt (DisplayPort 10Gbps, USB-C with Intel to 20/40/soon 80Gbps),
MacOS 9 to OS X / macOS 11
Standard hard drives to ssd (proprietary at first in the MBA to standard nvme when it finally caught up and released).

Want more? I haven’t even started with the smartphone era.
 
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