iOS16 makes iPhone even better and smarter, with new features to personalize and ways to communicate and share seamlessly.
Important features and improvements
lock screen
Gallery of lock screens
Find inspiration to personalize your lock screen from a gallery of many options, each with a unique background, stylized date and time view, and information you can see at a glance.
Switch between lock screens
You can change your lock screen throughout the day. All you have to do is tap and hold it and then swipe.
Edit lock screens
You can easily customize the font, color, or placement of items on your lock screen by tapping an item.
Stylized date and time display
Bold font styles and color options let you customize the look of the date and time on your lock screen.
Layered effect for photos
Photo subjects are dynamically displayed ahead of time to make them stand out.1
Suggested photos
iOS intelligently suggests photos from your library that look great on the lock screen.
Random photo playback
Automatically display a collection of photos in random order on your lock screen. Set how often your lock screen updates with a new photo, or let iOS surprise and delight you all day long.
Photo style
Apply styles to photos on lock screen to automatically match color filter, tint and font style.
Widgets on the lock screen
You can display a variety of widgets as part of your lock screen to see information like weather, time, date, battery level, upcoming calendar events, alarms, time zones, and the progress of your activity rings at a glance.
WidgetKitAPI
Check out widgets in your favorite third-party apps. Display widgets in text or in a circular or rectangular format near the time to see info like weather conditions or progress towards your goals.
live activities
With Live Activity, you can follow ongoing activities in real time right on your lock screen.
Live Activities API
Follow an ongoing sporting event or see at a glance when your taxi or order will arrive. With the new developer API you can see live activity in your favorite third-party apps.
Lock screens for focus
iOS suggests a number of relevant lock screens for available focus options, for example a lock screen with different dates if you use the "Work" focus or a lock screen with photos for the "Me time" focus.
Apple Collections
Choose from a range of dynamic, classic and landscape lock screens specially made for iOS16. The Apple collections include lock screens for special cultural moments like Pride and Unity.
Astronomy
Experience the earth, moon or solar system with a range of astronomy-themed lock screens that adapt to the current circumstances.
Wetter
See real-time weather conditions throughout the day on your lock screen.
Emojis
Create patterned lock screens based on your favorite emoji.
Colours
Choose a color gradient for your lock screen with your favorite color combinations.
New design for Now Playing
With Live Activities, you can expand the Now Playing controls to a full-screen display that showcases the album art while you listen.
New design for notifications
Bold text and images visually highlight communications.
Animations for notifications
Notifications and your notification summary now move up from the bottom of your lock screen. This way you can easily see them at a glance when they appear.
View notifications on the lock screen
You can choose to show notifications on the lock screen as an expanded list view, stacked view, or as a count. Pinch to change layout in context.
Focus
Connect lock screen
Connect your lock screen to your focus to change the look and functionality of your iPhone at the same time. To activate a focus, you can swipe to the respective lock screen.
Suggestions on the lock screen
iOS suggests a number of relevant lock screens for available focus options, for example a lock screen with different dates if you use the "Work" focus or a lock screen with photos for the "Me time" focus.
Home screen page suggestions
iOS suggests home screen pages with the apps and widgets best suited to the focus you are setting.
focus filter
For each focus, you can choose what content to show in Apple apps like Calendar, Mail, Messages, and Safari. For example, select a set of tab groups to display in the Work focus in Safari, or hide your work calendar while the TimeonMe focus is active.
FocusfilterAPI
With the new Focus Filter API, developers can leverage the signal you're using to allow focus to block out distracting content.
Set up focus plans
Set a focus to turn on automatically at a specific time, place, or when using a specific app.
Easier setup
Get started with focus with a personalized setup for each option.
Allow and mute list
When you set focus, you can choose which apps and people you want to receive notifications from by allowing or muting them.
Shared iCloud Photo Library
Share your photo library with your family
Share a separate iCloud Photo Library with up to five other people.
Smart setup rules
Share all your photos or use setup tools to add specific photos to the library based on start date or people.
Smart sharing suggestions
Add photos manually or use smart features for seamless sharing, like an in-camera switch, automatic Bluetooth sharing when devices are nearby, and sharing suggestions in ForYou.
Build a collection together
All have equal permissions to add, edit, mark favorites, label and delete.
Experience more complete memories
Reviews, Featured Photos, and the Photos widget show shared photos.
news
Edit a message
You can edit a message up to 15 minutes after it was sent. Recipients can see what changes you've made.2
Undo Send
You can undo sending a message for up to 2 minutes.
To mark as unread
Mark messages as unread if you don't have time to reply to the sender, but definitely want to do so later.
Recover Recently Deleted Messages
You can recover recently deleted messages for up to 30 days.3
SharePlay via Messages
Share synced activities like movies, music, workouts, games and more with friends while you exchange messages with them.
"Shared With You" API
Developers can integrate a “Shared with you” area into their app. So if someone sends you videos or articles and you don't have time for them, you can easily find them the next time you open the app.
Invite to collaborate
Send an invitation to collaborate on a project in Messages. Everyone involved in the conversation is thus added to the document, spreadsheet, or project. Works with Files, Keynote, Numbers, Pages, Notes, Reminders, and Safari, as well as third-party apps.
Collaboration updates
When someone edits something, you'll see updates about the activity at the top of the conversation in Messages. Tap the updates to go back to the shared project.
API for messaging collaboration
Developers can integrate their apps' collaboration capabilities with Messages and FaceTime. So you can start and manage collaboration right where you communicate with the other people on your team.
SMS tapbacks on android
React to SMS with a tapback, and a corresponding emoji reaction will be displayed on the recipients' Android devices.
Dual SIM message filter
Filter conversations in Messages by SIM.
Playback of audio messages
Fast forward or rewind audio messages while listening.
Post
Fixes for smart search
Smart search corrects typos and also searches for synonyms of your search terms to give you better results.4
Smart search suggestions
When you search for emails, you get a better overview of shared content and more.
Missing recipients and attachments
Notifications let you know when you've forgotten important parts of your message, like attachments or recipients.4
Undo Send
Simply retrieve emails you just sent before they reach the recipient's inbox.5
send later
Get an email sent at the perfect time.
follow-up
Drag sent emails up in your inbox so you can quickly send a follow-up message.4
memory
Never forget an email you've opened but haven't answered yet. Set a date and time to have messages appear at the top of your inbox again.
Links with preview
Add preview links to give your email even more context and detail at a glance.
BIMI support
Easily recognize authenticated email messages by branding symbols verified by BIMI (Brand Indicators for Message Identification).
Safari
Shared Tab Groups
Share a series of tabs with friends. Everyone can add their own tabs and instantly see the updated tab group when collaborating.
Home pages for tab groups
Tab groups have their own home pages that you can customize with a background image and favorites.
Pinned tabs in tab groups
Customize your tab groups with pinned tabs for each group.
New APIs for web extensions
Developers can create new types of web extensions for Safari.
Push notifications for the web
More support for consent notifications in iOS. From 2023.
Sync for extensions
See available extensions from your other devices as a list in Safari Preferences. After installation, extensions are synchronized. So you only have to activate it once.
Sync settings for websites
Your settings for specific websites, such as page zoom and automatic reader view, are synced across all your devices.
New Languages
New support for Arabic, Dutch, Indonesian, Korean, Polish, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese when translating web pages in Safari.
Translate images on websites
New support for translating text in images using LiveText.
More support for web technologies
Developers get more power and control over the style and layout of webpages to create more impressive content.
Edit strong passwords
Edit Safari-suggested strong passwords to fit the needs of specific websites.
WiFi passwords in settings
Find and manage your WiFi passwords in Settings. You can look up passwords, share them or delete old passwords.
master key
master key
Passkeys replace passwords with an easier and more secure login method.
Protection against phishing
Passkeys never leave your device and are only valid for the website you created them for. This makes phishing practically impossible.
Protection against website leaks
Your private key is never stored on a web server. That's why you don't have to worry about your accounts being compromised by website leaks.
Sign in on other devices
Use your saved passkey to sign in to websites or apps on other devices, including non-Apple devices. To do this, scan the QR code with your iPhone or iPad and use FaceID or TouchID to authenticate yourself.
Sync across devices
Passkeys are end-to-end encrypted and synced to iCloud Keychain across all your Apple devices.
LiveText6
LiveText in Videos
Text is fully interactive in paused video frames. So you can use functions like copy and paste, lookup and translate. LiveText works in Photos, Overview, Safari and more.
Quick Actions
Data detected in photos and videos is available for actions with one tap. Track flight times or deliveries, translate foreign languages, convert currencies and more.
New languages for LiveText
LiveText now comes with text recognition for Japanese, Korean and Ukrainian.
Siri
Run shortcuts easily
Siri can run shortcuts from your apps without you having to set anything up.7
Send messages automatically
Skip the confirmation step when sending messages. You can activate this feature in the settings.
Emojis im Text
Include emojis when messaging with Siri.8
Hey Siri, what can I do here?
Explore opportunities with Siri on iOS and in apps by asking "Hey Siri, what can I do here?" You can also ask for a specific app, such as "Hey Siri, what can I do with iRobot?"9
end calls
With Siri, you can end a call completely hands-free. Just say "Hey Siri, step up" (your interlocutors can hear you). Simply activate this feature in the settings.10
Extended offline support
Siri handles more types of requests offline without an internet connection, including Home Control (HomeKit), Intercom, and Voicemail.10
dictation function
New dictation experience
When you dictate on your device, you can smoothly switch between voice and typing. Type with the keyboard, type in the text field, move the cursor, and insert QuickType suggestions without stopping dictation.11
Automatic punctuation
Dictation inserts commas, periods, and question marks for you as you dictate.12
Emoji support
Add emojis with your voice while dictating on the device.8
Dictation in text field in messages
In messages, the dictation icon is now available in the text input field.
Dictation pop-up window
Stop dictation by simply tapping in the new cursor overlay.
cards
Routes with multiple stops
Add multiple stops to your driving route in Maps. You can plan a multi-stop route on your Mac and then sync it to your iPhone.
Apple Pay and Wallet
share keys
Securely share your keys in Apple Wallet with anyone you trust via messaging apps like Messages, Mail and WhatsApp.13
Hotel key for multiple stays
You no longer need to add a new hotel key in Wallet for each new booking: with a single key you can check in and unlock your room on your next stays in hotels of the same brand.
Add keys from websites
You can now securely add keys to your iPhone and AppleWatch directly from a website, without having to download an app.
Previous Keys
Easily add your previous keys to your new iPhone or AppleWatch model directly from the wallet.
ApplePay order tracking
With ApplePay Order Tracking, users in Wallet for ApplePay purchases at participating retailers can receive detailed receipts and tracking information.
ApplePay Merchant Token
Merchant tokens allow you to securely set up and complete pre-authorized or recurring ApplePay payments.
Pay multiple merchants with one ApplePay transaction
Now you can submit purchase amounts for multiple merchants on a single ApplePay checkout page. This gives you the flexibility to make a bundled purchase—say, a travel package that includes a flight, car rental, and hotel—and then send the payments to each merchant.
Quick access menu
The quick access menu (available on certain passes and cards) allows users to access many features on the back of the pass with one tap.
Heim
New home app
The Home app has a whole new design that makes it easier to navigate, organize, view and control all your accessories. Improvements to the basic architecture increase the performance of your smart home, making it more efficient and reliable.14
View of your whole home
The redesigned HomeTab lets you see your entire home at a glance. You can find the rooms and the most important accessories in the main tab of the app, so you can easily access the accessories you use most.
categories
With categories for Lights, Air Conditioning, Security, Speakers & TVs, and Water, you can quickly access all your accessories - everything is organized by room and displayed with more detailed status information.
New camera view
Up to four camera views are displayed centrally in the HomeTab, and you can also see other camera views in your home with just one scroll.
Kacheldesign
Accessory tiles have been redesigned to make it easier for you to identify different accessories by shape and color. You can control accessories directly from their tiles by tapping on each tile's icon. Alternatively, you can tap the accessory name to reveal more detailed controls.
Coming later this yearUpdated architecture
Improvements to the underlying architecture allow for faster and more reliable performance, especially when you have a lot of accessories at home. In the Home app, you can now communicate and control connected accessories more efficiently from multiple devices at the same time.14
Widgets on the lock screen
See the status of your home with new widgets on the iPhone lock screen. Plus, you can quickly access your favorite accessories right from the lock screen.
Matter support
Matter is a new smart home connection standard that allows compatible accessories to work together seamlessly and across platforms. With Matter you can choose even more compatible SmartHome accessories and control them via the HomeApp and Siri on Apple devices.fifteen
health
Record medication
Create a medication list to keep track of what medications, vitamins, and supplements you're taking. Add your own pictures that you can easily remember.16
Medication Reminders
Create custom schedules and reminders for each medication, depending on whether you take medication multiple times a day, weekly, or on-demand.
Log medication intake
You can record if you took medication after a reminder. Or enter them directly in the HealthApp. Interactive charts show you when you took your medication and how well you followed the prescription.
Invitation to share health data
Invite your loved ones to securely share their health data with you. When they receive your invitation, they can choose what data they want to share.
Notification of cycle deviation
You can receive a notification if your logged menstrual cycles show a pattern of infrequent periods, irregular periods, longer periods, or persistent spotting.
Fitness
Fitness app for all iPhone users
Track and achieve your fitness goals even if you don't have an AppleWatch. With iPhone motion sensors, you can get an estimate of the energy expenditure of your steps, distance traveled and third-party workouts to count towards your daily motion goal.
family sharing
Improved child account setup
Create accounts for kids with the right parental controls from the start, with simple, age-appropriate media restriction suggestions.
Set up devices for children
Quickstart makes it easy to set up a new iOS or iPadOS device for your child. All suitable child safety devices are already set.
Screen time requests in Messages
You'll now see requests about your kids' screen time in Messages. So you can easily allow or deny them.
family checklist
The family checklist gives you practical tips and suggestions. For example, they help you adjust settings for a child as they get older and turn on location sharing. Or you will be reminded that you can share your iCloud+ subscription with everyone.
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vehicles come
End2023CarPlay
The next generation of CarPlay
The next generation of CarPlay covers all displays in the vehicle for a unified experience. Comprehensive communication with the vehicle systems makes it possible to display driving information on the instrument cluster display and to control the radio and air conditioning. The new version of CarPlay is tailored to the respective vehicle and adapts to the shapes and layouts of the displays. A new level of personalization allows drivers to choose different designs for the displays, including brand-specific options.17
Apps for refueling and driving tasks
Apps for refueling and driving tasks are available in CarPlay. Your favorite apps that help you fill up, give you route and toll information, provide roadside assistance and more can be integrated into CarPlay.
Send messages automatically
Skip the confirmation step when sending messages. You can enable this feature in Siri Settings in CarPlay.
privacy
safety test
This new section of Settings helps people who experience domestic or intimate partner violence quickly revoke the access rights they have granted others. You can also manage the people and apps you've given access to.
Clipboard permission
Apps need your permission before they can access the clipboard and paste content from another app.
Media streaming improvements
Stream video directly from devices that support streaming protocols other than AirPlay without having to approve Bluetooth or access local area networks.
Lock Hidden and Recently Deleted albums in Photos
The Hidden and Recently Deleted albums are locked by default. To unlock them, you can use your iPhone's authentication method: FaceID, TouchID, or your password.
security
Fast security measures
Your devices now get important security improvements even faster. These improvements can be applied automatically between normal software updates.
Face ID in landscape mode
FaceID works in landscape mode on supported iPhone models.
blocking mode
This new security mode offers extreme protection for the few users whose digital security is under serious and targeted threats. It strengthens your device's defense mechanisms and severely restricts certain functions, greatly reducing the attack surface for highly targeted spyware.
Accessibility
Mirroring the AppleWatch
Control AppleWatch completely from iPhone and use Switch Control, voice control or other accessibility features on iPhone to get the most out of your AppleWatch.
Detection mode in the magnifying glass
Get advanced descriptions of your surroundings with a new Magnifying Glass mode that includes door detection, people detection, and image descriptions.18
Door detection in the magnifying glass
Recognize a door, read signs or writing around it, and get instructions on how to open it.18
Partner-Controller
Combine inputs from multiple game controllers into one so your caregivers or friends can help you take your game to the next level.
Siri can hang up
With Siri, you can end a call completely hands-free. Just say "Hey Siri, step up" (your interlocutors can hear you). Simply activate this feature in the settings.10
Hang up calls with voice control
You can now end phone and FaceTime calls using voice control. Simply say the voice command "Hang up" when voice control is activated (your interlocutors can hear you).
New accessibility options in books
Bold text, change spacing of lines, characters, and words with new themes and customization options, and more.
New languages and voices for VoiceOver and Spoken content
VoiceOver and Spoken Content are now available in over 20 additional languages and regions including Bengali (India), Bulgarian, Catalan, Ukrainian and Vietnamese. And you can choose from dozens of new voices optimized for accessibility.
Siri notification notifications for hearing aids
Let Siri iPhone announce notifications on your MadeforiPhone hearing aids.
Siri pause time
Set how long Siri should wait after you've finished speaking before responding to your request.
Siri support to turn auto answer on and off
Ask Siri to turn auto-answer for phone and FaceTime calls on or off.
Start point detection with VoiceOver in maps
Now get automatic audio and haptic feedback with VoiceOver that recognizes the starting point for a walking route in maps.
Activities in magnifying glass
Save your favorite Magnifier controls for recurring tasks and situations, including camera, brightness, contrast, filters and more.
Add audiograms to the Health app
Import your audiograms into the HealthApp on your iPhone.
More customization options for sound detection
Train iPhone to recognize typical sounds around you, like the beeping of a kitchen appliance, the special sound of your doorbell, and more.
Even more
AppClips
Higher size limit
Find and download more impressive AppClips with a 50% higher size limit.
Support for live activities
Use Live Activities with your AppClips.
Precise location suggestions in Spotlight and the Siri Suggestions widget
See suggested nearby AppClips with increased location precision in Spotlight and the Siri Suggestions widget.
Books
Audio book mini player
The audiobook player has been redesigned with revamped playback controls and a mini player so you can easily keep listening while browsing the store. So you can continue listening to any audiobook you're previewing if you buy the book directly in the player.
Individual reading experience
Tailor the reading experience to your needs with the new Reader's options. Choose reading themes for different environments and moods, or change font, spacing, text size, and other settings.
Camera
Blur foreground in portrait photos
Portrait mode lets you blur foreground objects in a photo to create a more realistic depth-of-field effect.19
Improved quality when recording in cinema mode
When recording videos in Cinema mode with the iPhone13 and iPhone13Pro, the depth of field effect is more accurate at profile angles and at the edges of hair and glasses.19
Contact
Status for messages and calls
See unread messages or missed FaceTime and phone calls from friends and family right on your home screen.
dictionary
New Dictionaries
Five new bilingual dictionaries are now available: Bengali-English, Czech-English, Finnish-English, Hungarian-English and Turkish-English.
FaceTime
Handover to FaceTime
Seamlessly transfer FaceTime calls from your iPhone to your Mac or iPad and vice versa. When you transfer a FaceTime call, your connected Bluetooth headset switches to the new device at the same time.
SharePlay app detection
See which of your installed apps support SharePlay and open them from the FaceTime controls or browse the AppStore for new experiences to share with friends.
cooperation
During an active FaceTime call, tap the share button to start collaborating with others in Files, Keynote, Numbers, Pages, Notes, Reminders, Safari, and supported third-party apps.
Coming later this yearFreiform*
Flexible workspace
Freeform's canvas is perfect for designing new projects, gathering important resources, or just brainstorming on a canvas limited only by your imagination.
Everything together
With real-time collaboration, you can see each other's posts as they add and edit content, as if you were in front of a real whiteboard together.
Comprehensive communication
Freeform leverages the Messages Collaboration API so you can see updates from other people on your team right in your Messages conversation. And you can FaceTime them in Freeform with just a tap.
Draw anywhere
Freeform is designed for a great whiteboarding experience, even on the go. You can write or draw anywhere on the canvas and freely select and move text or drawings.
Extensive multimedia support
Embed images, video, audio, PDFs, documents and web links. You can add virtually any type of file to the canvas and preview it directly without leaving the canvas.
game Center
activity
In the redesigned GameCenter dashboard and profile, you can see your friends' gaming activities and achievements in one place.
SharePlay support
Games with GameCenter multiplayer support have SharePlay integration. So you can automatically start playing during a FaceTime call with friends.*
contacts integration
Contacts shows your friends' GameCenter profiles. See what they're playing and achieving in games with just a tap.
iCloud+
Hide email address inApps
Hide Email Address is built right into QuickType Keyboard Suggestions, so your personal email address stays private in third-party apps.
Own email domain
Share your custom domain with people outside of your Family Sharing group, buy a new domain, or enable catch-all aliases right in iCloud Mail settings.
Including language
Choose your salutation
Choose your salutation for French (Canada, Europe), Italian and Portuguese (Brazil) to make your device even more personal. You can now choose how you want to be addressed throughout the system in the Language & Region settings - feminine, masculine or neuter.
Keyboard
New Shuangpin layout
Another layout called Changyong is now available for Shuangpin users.
QuickPath for Traditional Chinese
QuickPath is now supported for Traditional Chinese input with Pinyin.
Cantonese input
Users can now enter Cantonese words and phrases using Jyupting and other phonetic methods.
Support for Sichuan dialect
You can input Sichuan words and phrases more easily on the Simplified Chinese keyboard.
New autocorrect languages
Autocorrect supports three new languages: English (New Zealand), English (South Africa), and Kazakh.
New languages for emoji search
Search emoji in 19 new languages including Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani Turkish, Bengali, Burmese, Estonian, Filipino, Georgian, Icelandic, Khmer, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Marathi, Mongolian, Punjabi, Tamil, Urdu and Uzbek (Latin ).
New languages for keyboard layouts
Keyboard layouts are now available in Apache, Dzongkha, Samoan and Yiddish.
haptics of the keyboard
Enable keyboard haptics so you feel confirmation when you type.
Memojis
New poses for stickers
Memoji stickers have six new expressive poses.
contact sticker
All Memoji stickers can be used as contact pictures, and there are three new contact sticker poses to choose from.
New hairstyles
Choose from 17 new and updated hairstyles, including new styles for curls and small curls, box braids and boxer braids.
New headgear
Have your Memoji wear a hat.
New noses
Customize your Memoji with more nose options.
New neutral lip colors
Customize your Memoji with more neutral lip color options.
Music
Keep track of favorites
Keep track of your favorite artists with new music notifications and improved recommendations.
music recognition
Sync history
Songs you've identified using music recognition in Control Center are now synced to the Shazam app.
Hey Siri, what song is this?
Songs identified with Siri are now synced to the Shazam app and music recognition in Control Center.
notes
Quick note on demiPhone
Do this in any app on your iPhoneSplitmenu a quick note.
Improved smart folders
Automatically organize your notes in a smart folder with powerful new filters. Create rules for creation date, modification date, shared, mentions, checklists, attachments, folders, quick notes, pinned notes, and protected notes.
Protect with code
Encrypt protected notes end-to-end with your iPhone code.
Notes grouped by date
Notes are grouped by chronological categories like Today and Yesterday to make them easy to find in your list and gallery views.
Collaborate via link
Share notes so everyone who has the link can connect.
Filter by any or all criteria
Choose to filter by any or all criteria in a Smart Folder or Tag Browser.
Photos
duplicate detection
Photos detects duplicate photos in Albums > Other so you can quickly clean up your library.
Lock Hidden and Recently Deleted albums
The Hidden and Recently Deleted albums are locked by default. To unlock them, you can use your iPhone's authentication method: FaceID, TouchID, or your password.
Copy and paste changes
Copy the changes you made to one photo and paste them into another photo or a batch of photos.
Sort people alphabetically
Sort your People album alphabetically.
Undo and redo changes
Undo and redo multiple edits in your photos.
Tap to restart a video in Memories
When a video is playing in a recap, tap to restart the video and play from the beginning while the music continues.
New types of flashbacks
New types of flashbacks for This Day Through Time and Children at Play.
Turn off recommended content
Turn off Memories and Featured Photos so they no longer appear in Photos and the Photos widget.
Podcasts
New library in CarPlay
Get faster access to more content in your library in CarPlay. Find downloaded and saved episodes more easily, and see the latest episodes of the shows you follow.
memories
Pinned Lists
Pin your favorite lists for quick access.
templates
Save a list as a template to reuse for routines, packing lists, and more. Create a link to post and share a template, or download templates others have shared.
Smart list "Done"
See all your completed reminders in one place, along with details like the time you completed them.
Improved Scheduled and Today lists
Time and date based groupings make it easier to view and add reminders. The Today list is grouped by morning, afternoon, and evening to help you organize your day. The Planned list has new weekly and monthly groups to help with longer-term organization.
Improved list groups
Tap a group to see a combined view of the lists and reminders it contains.
Notifications in shared lists
Receive notifications when tasks are added or completed in your shared lists.
More extensive notes
Create bullet points and format text as underline, bold, or strikethrough when adding notes to your reminders.
Filter by any or all criteria
Choose to filter by any or all criteria in a custom smart list or in the tag browser.
settings
AirPods settings
Now you can find and adjust AirPods features and settings in one place. When AirPods are connected, you'll see an AirPods menu at the top of Settings.
Edit Known Networks
In the list of known networks in the WLAN settings, you can delete known networks and quickly view network information.
headlight
Search in the home screen
You can access Spotlight right at the bottom of your home screen to easily open apps, find contacts, or get information from the web.
Improved Siri suggestions
Recent searches allow you to quickly return to a result. Siri suggestions now take your context into account, so you can do things faster, like navigate to your next meeting or check the status of your upcoming flight.
Image search in more apps
Spotlight uses information from images. You can search messages, notes, and files for places, people, scenes, or even things in pictures like text, a dog, or a car.20
Quick Actions
Spotlight lets you quickly perform actions. Set an alarm, start a focus, find a song's name with Shazam, use any shortcut, and more. Search for an app's name to see available shortcuts for the app, or create your own with the Shortcuts app.
Start LiveActivities
Launch live activities like watching a sporting event from a Spotlight search result.
Even more extensive search results
Get extensive results when searching for companies, sports leagues and teams.
Shares
quarterly data
Check the date for a company's next quarterly report and enter it in your calendar.
Various stock lists
You can create multiple stock lists and organize all the tickers you follow. Group symbols by any criteria such as sector, asset type, ownership status and more.
New options for widgets
Use a new two-column layout in the medium and large stocks widgets to see even more icons.
System
New Languages
The new system languages include Bulgarian and Kazakh.
tips
collections
Access collections by topic and interest.
To translate
Translate with camera
Translate text around you with the camera in the Translate app. Pause to overlay translations over text in a photo, and zoom in for a closer look. Or translate text on photos in your Photos library.
New Languages
The Translate app and system-wide translations now support Turkish, Thai, Vietnamese, Polish, Indonesian and Dutch.
TV-App
Sports: Live updates on the lock screen
When you can't see your favorite games, Live Activity lets you follow the score and live comments right on your lock screen.
Visual lookup
Detach the subject from the background
You can extract the subject from an image or crop it by removing the background. This works in Photos, Screenshot, Overview, Safari and more.21
New knowledge areas for visual reference
Visual lookup now recognizes birds, insects, spiders, and statues.22
Wetter
Notifications in case of severe weather
Get notified when there's a severe weather report near you.
More details about the weather
Tap on a module in the weather app to see new, more comprehensive data.