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iOS 16 will upgrade your lock screen and lock down your privacy

Apple announced the latest iPhone software update at WWDC 2022, its annual developer's conference, during the keynote event. iOS 16 is expected to release this fall alongside the debut of the iPhone 14 lineup, but the company has already showed off all the newest features we can look forward to. We break it all down below.

New iMessage features In an update that will change group chats forever, iOS 16 will let iMessage users both edit their texts and undo send any message you regret firing off. The update will also let users mark threads as unread if you don't have time to address messages, recover recently deleted features, and will make a new Shared With You API available to app developers. SharePlay will also be coming to iMessage, letting users watch synced content like movies or songs, share playback controls, and chat in iMessage all at the same time.

New notifications and lock screen widgets The lock screen is leveling up with a fully customizable format. Users will be able to edit everything on their lock screens, from fonts and colors of the usual text to adding new lock screen widgets. Photos used for lock screens will take advantage of a layering effect, placing the subject in front of the time text.

The new, almost-always visible widgets will support updates like upcoming calendar events, weather, battery levels, alarms, time zones, Activity ring progress, and more. The lock screen will also support the new Live Activities feature, which will show any real-time activity — like active ride Uber rides, sports scores, or workouts — without having to unlock your phone.

Notifications will also now scroll up from the bottom of the screen, letting you enjoy your background image more often. Users will also be able to create multiple lock screens with customized features, save them, and tie each one to a specific Focus feature like "Work" or "Do Not Disturb."

New dictation abilities Dictation on iOS 16 will allow users to move more fluidly between voice typing and keyboard typing. When using the feature to do things like compose an email, users will be able to both speak their content for Siri to notate and type on the keyboard at the same time. Apple will also be adding a new App Intents API, letting developers use Siri more seamlessly in their apps.

New Live Text, Visual Lookup, and Translation updates Live Text will soon work with video as well the existing photos feature. It will also let users convert currency and translate any text captured via the camera or stored in the Photos app directly in either interface, eliminating the need to move between each app.

Visual Lookup will also let users press and hold on the subject of a photo, removing it from its background, and move it from the Photos app to another app like Messages. It is also expanding to include subjects like birds, insects, and statues.

New Apple Wallet and Apple Pay features Apple Wallet is adding more support for verified IDs to be stored in the Wallet, letting you use a stored ID in apps requiring you to upload identification. Apple Wallet is also integrating Keys sharing via iMessage and Mail, and will continue to work on sharing Keys via the wallet to those without iPhones.