Three New iOS Features Coming to Your iPhone Following Apple Music Classical

[MacRumors]

With the Apple Music Classical app and an Apple Pay Later early access program now available, the list of previously-announced iOS features that have yet to launch is beginning to shrink. However, there are still a few features we are waiting for.

Below, we have recapped three more iOS features that are expected to launch in 2023, including an Apple Card savings account for Daily Cash, iMessage Contact Key Verification for enhanced messaging security, and the next generation of CarPlay.

iMessage Contact Key Verification

In December 2022, Apple previewed a new iMessage Contact Key Verification security feature and said it would launch globally in 2023. It's unclear if the feature will be added in an iOS 16 update or introduced as part of iOS 17 later this year.

iMessage Contact Key Verification allows users who face "extraordinary digital threats," such as journalists, human rights activists, and government officials, to further verify that they are messaging only with the people they intend. In conversations between users who have enabled iMessage Contact Key Verification, users are alerted if a state-sponsored attacker or other malicious actor were ever to succeed breaching cloud servers and inserting their own device to eavesdrop on the conversation.

As an additional layer of security, iMessage Contact Key Verification users can compare a Contact Verification Code in person, on FaceTime, or through another secure call to further verify they are communicating only with whom they intend.

Apple Card Savings Account

In October 2022, Apple announced that Apple Card users would "soon" be able to open a new high-yield savings account from Goldman Sachs and have their Daily Cash automatically deposited into it, with no fees, no minimum deposits, and no minimum balance requirements. The account would be managed through the Wallet app on the iPhone.

Once the account is set up, all Daily Cash received from that point on would be automatically deposited into it and start earning interest, unless a user opts to continue having Daily Cash added to their Apple Cash balance. Apple Card provides 2-3% Daily Cash on purchases made with Apple Pay and 1% on purchases made with the physical card.

The savings account was listed in the release notes for the iOS 16.1 Release Candidate in October, and Goldman Sachs updated its Apple Card customer agreement for the feature in December, but it is still not available as of the first iOS 16.5 beta.

Next-Generation CarPlay

At WWDC 2022, Apple previewed the next generation of its iPhone-based software platform CarPlay, which will feature support for multiple displays, widgets, and integration with vehicle functions like the instrument cluster, climate controls, and FM radio.

Apple says the first vehicles with support for the next-generation CarPlay experience will be announced in late 2023, with committed automakers including Acura, Audi, Ford, Honda, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Porsche, Volvo, and others. Apple plans to share additional details about the next generation of CarPlay later this year.

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[vegetassj4]

iMessage Contact Key Verification​

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[mystery hill]

Apple says the first vehicles with support for the next-generation CarPlay experience will be announced in late 2023, with committed automakers including Acura, Audi, Ford, Honda, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Porsche, Volvo, and others.

iPhone 15 Ultra accessories:
AirPods Pro
Apple Watch
MagSafe charger
Porsche

 

[TheDarkAngel]

I’m ready for the saving account… been waiting for it since iOS 16.1… 😂
How else are we suppose to save for the $5000 ar headset lol

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Impatiently waiting for Apple Card Savings Account. I need to save money so I can afford the overly expensive Apple's AR/VR headset.

 

[JosephAW]

How about being able to buy and sell crypto and storing it in a noncustodial wallet with tap payments to other iPhones completely off-line.

Right now I use the Apple Cash card to move money around to buy crypto.

 

[Ion-X]

CarPlay 2 will put Tesla out of business. Bye bye birdie, bye bye Muskie, bye bye kitchen sink!

 

[Ion-X]

How about being able to buy and sell crypto and storing it in a noncustodial wallet with tap payments to other iPhones completely off-line.

Cryptocurrency is a textbook pyramid scheme.

It’s a house of cards built on hype, speculation, and scams used to launder money for drugs, crime, terrorism, and rogue actors like Russia, North Korea, and Iran.

It is disconnected from any form of real value, such as a company’s capital or earnings, and is thus prone to 0-100 and 100-0 shifts overnight. Way, way, way more than the stock market.

Needs to be regulated heavily as gambling before it’s expanded.

 

[Ion-X]

Impatiently waiting for Apple Card Savings Account. I need to save money so I can afford the overly expensive Apple's AR/VR headset.

I need a high-yield savings account with a 3000% APR to afford Reality. 5000% for Reality Pro.

 

[Realityck]

Impatiently waiting for Apple Card Savings Account. I need to save money so I can afford the overly expensive Apple's AR/VR headset.

Reminds me of the recent Apple Pay later, which looked at in detail is only a Six Week partial credit scheme. This is a creative way to accumulate the cards back rewards spending more money.

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[erikkfi]

Apple's vision of a giant, flat touch-screen taking over all tactile buttons and blasting light at me inside the cabin of my car at night couldn't be more 180-degree opposite from what I want.

 

[dugbug]

iPhone 15 Ultra accessories:
AirPods Pro
Apple Watch
MagSafe charger
Porsche

Porsche are amazing cars and the sw folks there are amazing with control sw and modelling, but let folks like Apple do the rest because my god that GUI is just.... well let's say teaming with apple here would be a win win.

 

[floral]

Apple's vision of a giant, flat touch-screen taking over all tactile buttons and blasting light at me inside the cabin of my car at night couldn't be more 180-degree opposite from what I want.

You do know that you don't have to use CarPlay, right?

 

[Princejb134]

Add Hyundai to the list. Their 2024 hyundai sonata has that long display that extends into the dashboard. Im sure their going to announce sometimes this year

 

[Nugget]

How about being able to buy and sell crypto and storing it in a noncustodial wallet with tap payments to other iPhones completely off-line.

Oh please no. I hope Apple never go anywhere near crypto. Crypto is nothing but a greater fool scam which will eventually, unavoidably self-destruct.

 

[ifxf]

Impatiently waiting for Apple Card Savings Account. I need to save money so I can afford the overly expensive Apple's AR/VR headset.

just buy 3/6 month CDs, you will get a better return plus insured.

 

[Verified Whiskey]

Apple Card Savings Account

My body is ready.

 

[verniesgarden]

wonder if we can set up a direct deposit or automatic deposit for the savings account.

 

[Col4bin]

Apple, please give us the ability to further enhance CarPlay brightness and contrast settings, beyond the auto manufacturers' head unit display settings...

For example, my GMC head unit's display settings currently allow me to darken and add enough contrast so that it works great in both day and night settings. However, when CarPlay is active, it is blindingly bright when driving at night. (Even with CarPlay dark mode enabled and fully reducing my auto's display darkness setting.)

It's been argued here by some "experts" that Apple can't control this function within CarPlay to which I still disagree. This can be solved by Apple in the software and how it's displayed. The problem is, Apple employs a "one size fits all" CarPlay approach for a large variety of automobiles. So, we're stuck with the average that may work well for some, but not for many others.

 

[harriska2]

I hope carplay doesn’t break on my 2017 subaru. I love my 7” screen that shows my apple stuff. I wonder how much the savings account will accrue in interest. Because right now our savings at the local credit union is horrible. I was lucky to get almost 4% on a CD.

 

[salajm]

CarPlay 2 will put Tesla out of business. Bye bye birdie, bye bye Muskie, bye bye kitchen sink!

LOL

 

[Col4bin]

Apple's vision of a giant, flat touch-screen taking over all tactile buttons and blasting light at me inside the cabin of my car at night couldn't be more 180-degree opposite from what I want.

100%. I just commented about this. CarPlay display settings especially for these larger dash/console displays will need to be better attuned to each auto manufacturer beyond the native controls, so the end-user can better control brightness. Otherwise, we'll be wearing sunglasses at night while driving. Not ideal.

 

[TheDarkAngel]

just buy 3/6 month CDs, you will get a better return plus insured.

People still have CD players? XD

 

[TheDarkAngel]

wonder if we can set up a direct deposit or automatic deposit for the savings account.

They had references to account number and touting number in the code, so I’d assume we can. I just wish they’d give us a launch date. Hope we don’t get no bs like the Apple Pay later launch for “select users” lol

 

[TheDarkAngel]

My body is ready.