Apple has just recently rolled out iOS 16.1 with some intriguing new features that users have been anticipating for over a month now. Here’s a quick overview of the latest features that have been made part of the latest update.
iCloud hared photo library
This amazing new feature has enabled users to share their photo library with up to 5 other people. Anyone who has been given access to the library can not only just view the media in the library, they can also add new media, edit the existing or delete the existing ones and the changes will be applied to all devices accessing the library.
All users can have access to one personal library that belongs to them and one shared library that they are sharing with others. Media can be stored in just one library. If a picture or video is shared from the personal library to the shared one, it will be removed from the personal library.
Live activities
Live activities are the notifications of updates regarding an ongoing activity on a third-party application. Suppose you have an uber approaching or there’s a sports event that you are following, your uber status or the score update will keep on showing on the lock screen with updated info.
This will enable developers as well to add live activities features to their apps. However, for now, this feature of IOS 16.1 is limited to just iPhone 14 pro and iPhone 14 pro max. So if you are an iPhone 14 user, be benefited from this feature as you find it convenient.
Clean energy charging
This feature enables users to toggle on the clean energy charging mode. It modifies and optimizes the timings of phone charging in such a way that your carbon footprint will be reduced. With this new feature, Apple aims to bring down the carbon footprint by reducing and enabling phone charging at times when lesser carbon emission-based electricity is available so that with cleaner energ source, more carbon emissions are not released.
Wallet app management
Before this latest iOS release, users were able to delete the wallet app but it would only get removed from the home screen and stayed on the mobile. However, now with IOS 16.1, if a user wants to delete the wallet app from their phone, they can get rid of it completely.
Additionally, it will enable the user to share their personal info like hotel bookings, keys, etc. with their family members and friends in a precisely safe manner using the messaging app.
Battery percentage
Earlier iPhone users were only able to see the battery sign on the status bar and the percentage number was not visible. Now with the update of IOS 16.1, Apple has added the battery percentage as it will now be displayed within the battery icon showing up on the status bar and the users will not have to slide down the whole bar to see the number of battery percentage since now it will be constantly visible and in-sight.
Screenshot editing interface
Before the update, when a screenshot was edited on an iPhone, its further action dialogue box used to be shown on the bottom of the screen which displayed the options to delete, copy or save the screenshot that has been edited. Now, this dialogue box will be shown on the top right corner of the screen with a relatively smaller size so that it doesn’t take up the whole screen and won’t cause any visual distraction. This new interface is an enhanced form of the command.
Lock screen / Home screen customisation
Earlier only the lock screen could be customized but with the latest IOS update, users can simply tap on the customize interface on the lock screen and this will give them the option to either customize the lock screen or the home screen as they prefer.
Get started with the latest IOS updates!
Apple is regularly rolling out the latest IOS updates and it’s about time that you stayed intact with the evolving technology. Get started with the latest IOS 16.1 features to avail the best of the new updates.
