iOS 16 New features & Release Date

Apple announced its big yearly operating system updates in its WWDC keynote yesterday (June 6).

iOS 16: New features

– Updated Lock Screen that can be heavily customised and upgraded with widgets.

[{"selector":"#anim-4152a3d7-9424-44cd-9b72-09166149afae","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c2e2fd82-e358-430e-8d65-9ec3ffbd1897","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(103.08483%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

– New presentation of Notifications, which now roll in from the bottom.

[{"selector":"#anim-add9df30-68cb-4d4d-9b90-1100e52ec70c","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-610df5ee-b89c-49a7-b264-8847dbe1d6aa","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(103.08483%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

– Live Activities: A new way of following sports games, Uber journey progress, workouts and so on from the Lock Screen.

[{"selector":"#anim-a7bfb392-93ca-41bc-94b1-81a199e2bc3d","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-aadf21bc-d548-4920-be3b-f9e0128aff44","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(103.08483%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

– Upgrades to Focus: Your choice of Lock Screen, widgets, and Notifications settings can now be tied to Focus modes.

[{"selector":"#anim-24319a4c-71bc-4e69-a247-769de95c9a76","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-5fbd193f-cd19-4bf5-afd9-1cf56cdd3a1b","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(103.08483%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

– Focus Filters: If you’re in a work Focus mode, you might choose to see only the Safari tabs that relate to work, or filter out irrelevant Messages, Mail and so on.

[{"selector":"#anim-ac9de89e-34a4-462d-b2e5-f3568a575a67","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-8f3606a8-181d-4ca2-9a6c-318241c92150","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(102.82776%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

– Big changes to Messages: You can edit and unsend messages after they’re sent, and mark any thread as Unread.

[{"selector":"#anim-740f124f-572c-4bb4-b163-22a195ff3dbf","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-dc92a0f1-24c4-4c68-8582-fc06b88d568c","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(103.08483%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

– Live Text in video.

[{"selector":"#anim-55c4708b-1b2d-4fdd-97e6-79339fa36ee1","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ffb0a02a-b26e-4cc9-8cc9-04b9288733e7","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(103.08483%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

– In-app ID verification in Wallet.

[{"selector":"#anim-83077133-3145-447f-8e58-5401790c7b92","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1bd3f2bb-b40b-40c9-aef2-29429a1ffa7f","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(103.08483%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

– Apple Pay Later and Apple Pay Order Tracking.

[{"selector":"#anim-efa27607-1624-482a-823c-7da81448a3ab","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-87088fa0-6509-41a2-9b1f-3464a760c42f","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(103.08483%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

– Shared iCloud photo library: Everyone gets to see the same edits, captions, and keywords.

[{"selector":"#anim-37059f93-e371-413e-b73f-aa66787d7256","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-60a320c3-f740-4ef8-bc32-8fdc4c56aca0","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(103.08483%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

– Safety Check, an important privacy feature that lets you monitor who you’ve granted access to your permissions, and revoke them easily.

[{"selector":"#anim-9dbe23e7-d0b2-4e86-9cda-c055e109d231","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f8233311-2545-4670-a778-262e123412a7","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(103.08483%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

– Safety Check, an important privacy feature that lets you monitor who you’ve granted access to your permissions, and revoke them easily.

[{"selector":"#anim-33420ae1-3f6a-4c7c-adca-aeffbb1a577f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]