iOS 16 Hidden Features: 100+ Changes Apple Didn't Tell Us About by Taimur Asad RedMontie.com June 9, 2022
Here are iOS 16 hidden features with over 100+ changes on both iPhone and iPad (iPadOS 16) that Apple didn't tell us are coming to your devices. As you may already know by now, Apple has announced both iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 with first beta already available to developers and public beta coming sometime next month. We have been fortunate enough to have both iOS 16 beta 1 on an iPhone, and iPadOS 16 beta 1 on an iPad, installed on our test devices so that we could explore all the features that Apple didn't get time to cover on stage during opening keynote of WWDC 2022 and tell you about it all here without having to have you go through the trouble. With both iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 currently only available in first beta form and to developers only, we will not encourage anyone to give these a go on their primary devices as yet as that can result in a huge headache due to bugs and issues that are still present in these early interactions of the development cycle. If you have a test device lying around though, feel free to give it a go just to get a feel and taste of what is to come to your iPhone or iPad come this fall when Apple will finally launch iOS 16, iPadOS 16, watchOS 9, tvOS 16 and macOS 13 to everyone and anyone having and iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV or a Mac respectively. With that said and without further ado, here are 100+ features that we have discovered so far that Apple didn't tell us about but are coming to an iPhone or iPad near you running iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 respectively. Ready? Here we go. iOS 16 / iPadOS 16 Hidden Features 1. Apple Photos app is getting undo and redo abilities in editing mode 2. Spotlight Search shortcut on home screen 3. Built-in live currency converter in Camera app 4. Built-in live translation in Camera app 5. Face ID now works in Landscape 6. Copy and paste your edits from one photo to another in Photos app 7. Redesigned Apple Books app 8. Handoff for FaceTime between iPhone, iPad, Mac 9. Digital Driver's Licenses from Wallet app can now be used in third-party apps 10. New Memoji options 11. Support for Nintendo Switch controllers 12. iPadOS 16 adds handwriting straightening feature 13. Find and fix duplicate contacts 14. Unsend an email 10 seconds after it's sent in Mail app 15. Always-on display coming to iPhone 14 as indicated by code in iOS 16 16. Playlist sorting and ability to add favorite artists in Apple Music 17. Safari gets Extension syncing across devices and web image translation with Live Text 18. Push web notifications in Safari 19. Focus mode gets filters, linked lock screens and more enhancements 20. Isolate, copy and share subjects in Photos 21. Live Lock Screen notifications from third-party apps 22. Built-in packages tracker in Wallet app 23. Medications Tracker 24. iPhone 13 and later gets new camera features for Portraits and Cinematic Mode 25. Edit and Unsend in iMessage works up to 15 minutes after sending a message 26. Easier way to manage AirPods in Settings.app 27. Find and fix duplicate photos in Apple Photos 28. Face ID/Touch ID lock for Hidden and Recently Deleted albums in Photos app 29. You can now see your WiFi network password 30. Notifications on Lock Screen now appear from bottom of screen instead of top 31. Ability to undo accidental deleted messages thread in Apple Messages app 32. Enable or disable ability to 'lock the phone to end call' feature 33. Use third-party two-factor authentication apps with built-in passwords feature 34. Security fixes won't require full iOS update in iOS 16 35. Security fixes will be installed OTA automatically 36. Siri can now hang up calls, add emojis to texts and more 37. Apps will be required to ask user for permission to access the clipboard 38. Keyboard haptics for vibrations as your type option 39. New personalized Spatial Audio feature that uses TrueDepth camera on iPhone 40. Weather app comes to iPad 41. Freeform app to work collaboratively coming to iPhone, iPad and Mac later 42. iOS 16 includes Fitness app on iPhone without requiring Apple Watch 43. New UI for voice messages in Apple Messages app 44. New Memoji stickers in Messages app 45. Ability create alarms right from Spotlight Search 46. Ability to create wallpapers from emojis 47. Blur or unblur wallpaper background on home screen 48. Lock Screen widgets also act as quick app launcher for the app the widget is designed for 49. Ability to do Fitness app activity tracking without needing Apple Watch by using iPhone's sensors 50. Redesigned video player 51. "Face too far away" - lock screen shows suggestions when Face ID can't quite scan your face, kinda like on the iPads Pro 52. Redesigned Timer app widget for the Lock Screen 53. iMessage and FaceTime login from other devices now show as notification instead of popup 54. You can now search for text in photos within the Photos app. You no longer need to rely on solely on Spotlight Search 55. New Status bar icons for indicating no cellular service 56. New eSIM Transfer using another device Nearby 57. iCloud Backups can now easily get managed from the Backup menu 58. System-wide closed captioning feature 59. More details in Health app for Sleep information 60. New way to customize HomeKit scenes as well as new icons for accessories in all-new Home app 61. Tapping on a number with units allows you to do several direct conversions 62. You can now type in the number of copies you need in the print dialog 63. The new AirPods section in Settings remembers and displays what the last charge level of the case was before taking the buds out 64. Music app now hides the song progress bar when viewing the queue 65. Focus modes now support either whitelisting or blacklisting for people and apps 66. While listening to a song, Spotlight Search recommends information about the artist 67. System crash notification, after tapping on it, it populates an Apple feedback form, allowing you to quickly submit feedback as to what happened prior to the crash 68. You can now see the network activity of each app (and the domain they asked for 69. You can turn off Show Time on your Lock Screen in Sleep focus 70. You can change watch-faces with Focus 71. New UI for Emergency SOS 72. Long pressing on Stage Manager gets you more iPad real estate 73. Safari can now be used upside down if you flip your iPhone 74. Automatic playlist to play when you start a workout 75. Ability to copy and paste events in Calendar app 76. Add a song in Apple Music to multiple playlists at once 77. External Display support in iPadOS 16 now requires a mouse and keyboard to be connected to work 78. Updated UI for Contact Haptic/3D Touch menu 79. New Face ID icon animation on the Lock Screen 80. Multiple destination routing in Maps 81. Favorite artists in Apple Music 82. Text box to add text in PDF file in Files App 83. Redesigned Apple TV remote UI 84. Siri can now do intercom, HomeKit, voicemails and more offline 85. Stream to non-AirPlay devices without Bluetooth or local network access permission 86. HDR10+ support in Apple TV app 87. Pinch notifications to change between stacks and list view on Lock Screen 88. Notification Center now works in Landscape as well on iPhone 89. New Bluetooth sorting 90. New notification when charging: If iPhone is warm, it will pause charging 91. When your phone is in silent mode, your videos in Photos will be also muted 92. More detailed weather information in Weather app 93. Contacts widget will now alert you of missed FaceTime calls and most likely other missed calls 94. See which app used which privacy related function in Control Center 95. Swiping down on Lock Screen will hide notifications and swipe up brings them back 96. Cut/Copy/Paste get new animations 97. Native Chromecast support coming to iOS 6 devices 98. Ability to rename screenshots 99. New list view in Shortcuts app 100. New button style for shortcuts in Shortcuts app 101. You can now swipe on native video player to skip forward/backward 102. Photo options have been moved from the Share Sheet into their own menu 103. New UI for saving to Files app from Safari 104. View Yelp photos in Maps app without Yelp app installed 105. CarPlay in-route estimated arrival time changed from "ETA" to "arrival" 106. Files app can now remove local iCloud downloads without deleting the file 107. New UI style for Shortcuts alerts 108. Option for playback speed in the TV app 109. Categories in iPhone Storage section in Settings app have a new color 110. Messages app now has Recently Deleted section 111. Redesigned volume and playback scrubbers in Music app 112. You can easily download Safari extensions from other devices in the Settings app 113. There's now an option to use your device passcode to manage locked notes in the Notes app 114. On a white background Home Screen, now there is a shadow effect on the letters instead of the letters turning black 115. List view of all WiFi networks you have ever connected to and ability to edit or remove them 116. Album artwork in Music app now has rounded corners 117. Date and other formatting settings in Settings app separated from Region setting 118. Apple Books widget 119. Custom email domains for iCloud Mail can now be configured in Settings instead of iCloud.com. You can also buy a domain through Cloudflare 120. Pinned tabs in Safari iOS 121. Apple Watch Mirroring 122. Ability to mark messages and read or unread 123. New UI when tapping on iOS version in Settings > General 124. All-new Developer Mode 125. New "Continue Watching" screen in TV app when an episode is finishing 126. New context menu options in Photos app for selected photos 127. iPhone can automatically share your medical ID if you contact emergency 128. Stocks app can have watchlists now 129. New Quick Actions feature in Files app 130. iOS 16 allows customization of "measurement system", "first day of week", and "date format" independently of region 131. New field test interface 132. Quick Note available in Control Center 133. Ability to view changelog for the currently installed iOS version in Settings > General > About 134. New search engine option added for Safari That's it for now. We will update the post if and when we discover more features in iOS 16 throughout its beta cycle. If you have found a feature not listed above, share it with us in comments section below and we will add them in the list. You may also like to check out: . Jailbreak iOS 15.5 On iPhone And iPad Status Update . 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