When iOS 16 releases this fall, it will change the way hundreds of millions of people use their iPhones. No, there are no massive changes to the entire iPhone interface, so you don’t suddenly have to forget the past 10 years of iPhone interface evolution. But there are plenty of new features, some big and some pretty small, that come into play almost every time you pick up your phone.

These five features in particular will become part of how millions of people use their iPhones every day. They’re so useful, or just so integrated into the core iPhone experience, that they’re likely to quickly become a staple of the iPhone experience—something we’ve just begun to associate with the platform.

Custom lock screens

After updating to iOS 16, you will face this huge change every time you pick up your iPhone. Even before you unlock it.

The new lock screen is customizable, attractive and contains more useful information than ever. And with stunning photo enhancements, linked focus modes and Shuffle Photo, it will also change dynamically throughout the day.

Previously, everyone with an iPhone had the same lock screen, only with different wallpapers, which were usually hidden behind a huge list of notifications. Your lock screen as truly personalizable, useful part of the smartphone’s real estate is a sea of ​​change. Check out all the ways to customize your lock screen before you install it on your iPhone, and trust us, you’ll never want to go back.

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Editing and unsending messages

These “blue bubbles” iMessages will soon become even more valuable. In iOS 16, you can edit an iMessage for up to 15 minutes after sending it (it will be marked as “edited” on their screen). Ideal for correcting typos or cleaning up a message that may have been a little too much brief.

Of course, if you can edit a post, you can just edit it. all, effectively removing it. So Apple also allows you to simply “unsend” iMessages. Again, you only have 15 minutes to do this, but it’s a great opportunity if you’ve ever posted in the wrong thread before.

There were some concerns that these features could be abused, so we wouldn’t be surprised if the time window gets a little narrower or something you can opt out of. Even if these changes come, this long overdue feature will still be very useful for almost everyone. Before you get this feature on your phone, learn how to edit and cancel iMessages.

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Tactile keyboard

It’s a small thing… a barely visible new toggle switch hidden in Sound and tactile sensations menu in settings. But the new keyboard tactile experience in iOS 16 makes a big difference in the way you type on your iPhone.

When you get an update this fall, you’ll want to turn it on (assuming Apple doesn’t turn it on by default) and try it out for a few days. Then try turning it off to feel the difference. It makes your iPhone feel so clunky and lifeless! It’s one of those things that Android phones have had for centuries, and even some third-party iPhone keyboards, but this change to Apple’s built-in keyboard will make your iPhone more enjoyable every time you touch the keyboard.

Dictation with voice and keyboard

Speaking of the typing experience, the new dictation in iOS 16 is really something else. Many people already use iPhone dictation all the time, others never touch it, but when iOS 16 arrives on your iPhone, everyone will want to use it.

First, Dictation is faster and more accurate and automatically adds punctuation marks (commas, periods and question marks anyway). You can also add many different dictation emoticons. But what really changes the game is that the keyboard stays visible and active while you’re dictating. You can speak, switch to typing, return to a conversation, all without delay.

Will it make mistakes? Yes, all the time (although less frequently than in iOS 15). But now you can quickly tap on an incorrectly dictated word and correct it with your voice or keyboard, then tap at the end of the text to continue the conversation.

The full name of the dictation game: does it take less time to fix dictation mistakes and flaws than just typing everything? In iOS 16, this ratio becomes a lot of better, and it will make dictation a great typing experience for a lot more people.

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Extracting objects from images

This feature is so convenient and simple that it can be used all the time in social networks and messages. Just touch the photo –Any photo – and drag the object out of it, leaving the background behind. Seriously, that’s all you need to do.

Sometimes there can be a few nuances, especially if you’re trying to save an image for later. And while it works on any image, it does need a clear distinction between the subject and the background to work at its best.

However, it’s one of those “like magic” things that, although not something special for Apple. inventedwill be so carefully built into the operating system that Feel like an Apple thing.

This requires at least an iPhone with an A12 Bionic processor, which means iPhone XS or newer. But by the time iOS 16 is released this fall, that will mean it will be supported on the iPhone for up to four years.

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