The Ultimate Overview of iOS 16 New Features (2024)

Feature 1: Edit and 'Unsend' Messages on iOS 16

In iOS 16 the iMessage has got an upgrade — a very simple upgrade that’ll affect many people. Now in the messenger, Apple has enabled the ability to resend messages. You can long press the message you sent for up to 15 minutes after you sent something, you can edit and type what you actually meant to send. Or, if you are so disgusted with what you originally sent, you can actually unsend the message completely. Note: if you do both things mentioned above, the other person will see that it was edited but won’t see the edit history.

Feature 2: New Customizable Lock Screens

Apple took a long and long time to offer customizable lock screens, and now, it’s on the list of iOS 16 new features. If you press and hold on to the lock screen, it will take you to the editor mode for the lock screen.

In the lock screen editor mode, you can change the text's colors and the filter by swiping left and right. If you don't have the automatic settings that Apple chose for you - you can change them just by tapping on the individual elements on the lock screen. There’s a new look to the widgets plus a new and bigger album art that changes the color of the background of your lock screen depending on the color scheme of the album art.

Feature 3: Transit Fare Cards on Apple Maps

There’s also an added functionality called transit fare that’ll let you know how much your journey would cost you with transit fares. There are a lot more changes that Apple has made to the maps application.

With the iOS 16 beta update, Apple has completely changed the maps UI of the direction page. It’s a new User Interface with a few more features that’ll make your commute convenient. For example, you can see your transit cards in the maps application and balances without leaving the maps app.

Feature 4: iOS 16 New Focus Filters and Focus Mode

If you go into the settings >> focus mode, you’ll note that the whole UI of the focus mode has been changed. There are new focus filters that you can customize and select apps notified when the focus mode turns on or off. There’s also an automation section on the Focus mode page.

Feature 5: iOS 16 Visual Lookup

Visual lookup is a feature that Apple added to the photos. With a long press, the objects or any person in the photos can be copied. Apple’s intelligent AI will do the outlining of the object and copy and paste it anywhere.

Feature 6: New Notification System

In the iOS 16 beta, notifications now appear from the screen's bottom instead of near the top. In addition, the new notification system now shows the activity-based notification on the screen and puts them into a separate live activity section.

Feature 7: Other iOS 16 Features You May Know

The other iOS 16 new features include a new wallpapers section where you would be able to see new wallpapers. Plus, new live wallpapers features were added in the iOS 16 that Androids had for a decade.

Part 5 Bonus Tip: Choose UltFone iOS System Repair if You Want to Remove/Uninstall iOS 16 Beta from iPhone

If you have installed an iOS 16 beta on your iPhone for the iOS 16 new features but can’t live with it, probably because your iPhone has become sluggish, apps are crashing or causing other OS problems. You might want to switch to previous stable iOS versions.

UltFone iOS System Repair is computer-based software. So whether you want to downgrade to the desired iOS version, or have any OS problems on your iPhone, just download the UltFone system repair software, connect your iPhone to the computer with a power cable and follow the instructions on the UltFone iOS system repair User interface.

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• Step 1Download the software from your computer. Install and run it. After that, use an USB cable to connect your iPhone to the computer. Once the iPhone is detected, click “Start”.

  

• Step 2Now, you should tap on "Deep Repair". Take notice of the appearing instruction before proceeding. Then choose the “Deep Repair” option.

  

• Step 3With device detected, you click the “Download” button to get the newest firmware file. At first, you should back up your data, then you can tap "Repair" button. Wait for a while and Deep Repair will remove all iOS 16 beta components. And you can see that we are now in iOS 15 version.

  

Concluding Thoughts

Apple released iOS 16 public beta that common users would be able to run on their iPhones. However, Apple announced some of the features on the stage, and some did not. We discussed some best iOS 16 new features. The beta software update often contains glitches and bugs. UltFone iOS system repair is the best tool to downgrade to stable iOS versions.