Apple details updates coming in iOS 16
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference 2022 kicked off as it usually does — with details aplenty about its next operating system upgrade: iOS 16. It will debut this fall after spending the summer in beta testing, offering more personalization options and an improved lock screen with widgets.
The lock screen is at the center of Apple’s iOS 16 updates, starting with the ability to customize fonts and colors used. It will be possible to add widgets, and create multiple lock screens that you can switch between by swiping across the screen. Apple-supplied wallpapers get a refresh too, with animated and Pride-themed choices.
Notifications appear on the lock screen differently, too. Instead of piling up across the screen, they “roll in” at the bottom of the screen. There’s also a “live activities” feature to display notifications associated with an event like an Uber ride or sporting event in a single tile.
iOS 16 will most likely debut alongside the iPhone 14 series, which is rumored to offer an always-on display for the first time in an iPhone. But this OS upgrade won’t just support the very latest devices; Apple is known to offer new iOS versions to phones that are five or even six years old. That’s a level of support that Android device makers have struggled to match, though they’ve made significant progress over the past couple of years.
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Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference 2022 kicked off as it usually does — with details aplenty about its next operating system upgrade: iOS 16. It will debut this fall after spending the summer in beta testing, offering more personalization options and an improved lock screen with widgets. The lock screen is…
