Apple iOS 16 is the company’s new operating system that will be launched along with a few other smartphone and smartwatch models on September 12, 2022 with the announcement already made during the ‘Far Out’ event held a few days prior.

There are some new features that have been added in iOS 16 like a new lock screen, focus mode, and a number of privacy layers to the files and albums that have been deleted recently so that users can gain access to them via biometrics and passcode.

Fresh after the launch of the new iPhone 14 series, Apple hopes that iOS 16 will receive excellent reviews because iPhone 14 response has been mixed but the company will include the operating system on future devices like iPhone 8 and iPhone SE second and third generation smartphones.

Key Features

Among the many features, users can gain access to the gallery of wallpapers where images will be suggested to them and also have an array of collections that will serve as inspirational souvenirs.

The alerts and notifications have been moved to the bottom in iOS 16 so that they can be tapped and viewed with one hand while the users can check for other applications and see incidents happening in real time through the lock screen courtesy of Live Activities.

Emails will now have a scheduling feature via the Mail app with a bonus feature where users can cancel the sent email before it is delivered to the receiver. There are also the passkeys through which users can sign in and out whilst gaining access to websites and apps through the Face ID and Touch ID.

Apple Wallet can be utilized for sharing IDs and keys so that users can share them for verifying their identity and age. The wallet can also share the keys through messaging and WhatsApp along with massive upgrades in the Maps app like stunning 3D visuals and multistep navigation.

Then there is the Visual Look Up feature that allows users to tap and hold on the image subject to isolate it by removing the background or lift the whole image completely and placing it in other apps.

Users can also avail the haptic keyboard functionality that has a Taptic engine, which upon pressing will release slight vibrations that they will feel upon touching. Apart from these, you also have the regular features like health tracking, parental control, Apple Pay, etc. to name a few.

It will be interesting to see how the iOS 16 operating system will be received when it comes out on September 12 because Apple has pinned high hopes on it that it will be praised much more than the lukewarm response for the iPhone 14 series.

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