An Insiders report took a first look at Apple’s next generation of iPhone software that will change the way we interact with our devices, as iOS 16 brings features that previously required additional in-house apps.
Here are the iOS 16 features:
iLock screen
Apple Insider reported that only select apps produced by Apple have lock screen widgets ready for beta testing and early trials.
Confirmed widgets for News, Home, Batteries, Clock, Fitness, Reminders, Stocks, and Weather.
Van Straaten believes that widgets made by top developers will raise the level of the iPhone’s surrounding computing power.
“It’s going to be a very clean and seamless experience with live tools,” said Niels van Straten, an Apple expert.
He gave the example that live widgets would allow you to track Uber from the lock screen as an example, without having to unlock the device.
All the information that was required to unlock the phone and choose the application will come at a glance.
Notifications have also been modified in the form of smudges – they will appear at the bottom of the lock screen instead of in the middle.
background remover
“iOS offers more than just a basic software package,” Van Straten said. “The background removal tool was shown at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference and has already been praised by tech magazines as an important addition.
Background Remover is based on the same technology that powers the Visual Search feature, which can provide information about objects in images.
Using machine learning, a device can “see” and search for objects, give directions to landmarks in images, or cut out the background.
Snippets can be copied and sent via iMessage or saved for later use.
It works well with portraits and food,” Van Straten said. He added that the feature can even remove background from screenshots of videos.
Delete duplicate photos
Creativity has been at the cutting edge of iOS 16 and there’s nothing more innovative than a device that moves slowly because storage is limited, Van Straten said.
The user knows that there are hundreds of duplicate photos that take up a lot of space, and the program is smart enough to recognize the photos as copies.
In iOS 16, users will be able to delete duplicate photos in bulk with just a few clicks.
The software gives the iPhone a better understanding of itself and what it can do to improve its performance for an enhanced user experience.
Application Barons
New Apple software features provide more in-house utilities and eliminate the need for additional applications.
There are dozens of apps on the App Store that upload images from their wallpapers — and once iOS 16 rolls out, there will be limited reasons to keep any of them.
Third-party developers are starting to eat up Apple’s expanding capabilities – Van Straten can personally testify.
He expects PixelMagic, a background removal app that he developed and ran for profit, to be a victim of Apple’s software improvements.
If Apple’s tools are better than those provided by third-party developers, companies using Apple’s software will be able to do better and achieve their goals — as long as it doesn’t interrupt Apple’s own goals.
Van Straten gained access to a beta version of iOS 16 through a paid developer account, according to the report.