This story is a part of Focal Level iPhone 2022, CNET’s assortment of stories, suggestions and recommendation round Apple’s hottest product.
Ditch your previous lock display and enter a brand new period of cellphone customization when iOS 16 arrives on Monday, Sept. 12. Apple revealed the iOS 16 launch date Wednesday as a part of its fall iPhone occasion. This can be a yearly custom for Apple: Announce the following model of iOS within the spring at its WWDC convention, spend the summer season testing the brand new working system with builders and different beta testers, then launch the OS alongside the most recent iPhone within the fall.Â
CNET has been testing the iOS 16 beta for months, so we have already got a good suggestion of what to anticipate. The largest iOS 16 options are a extra customizable lock display, the flexibility to edit and unsend iMessages (with limitations), some modifications to lock display notifications, enhancements to Apple Pockets and the flexibility to make use of SharePlay
 from messages.
The brand new working system can be obtainable on the iPhone 8 and second-generation iPhone SE and all later fashions — X, 11, 12, 13 and 14, together with Professional, Plus and Max fashions.Â
These annual upgrades to iOS are vital probabilities for Apple to make bigger overhauls to its working system, which it has been doing since 2007. Customers can nonetheless count on smaller updates all year long —Â iOS 15.6.1Â is the most recent model, and it contains an vital safety patch — however the September updates that improve iOS by a complete model normally contain the largest modifications.
The iOS 16 launch date wasn’t the one factor introduced Wednesday. Apple additionally confirmed off the iPhone 14 and 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Professional and 14 Professional Max, Apple Watch Sequence 8 and the brand new Apple Watch Extremely. For extra on iOS 16, try our favourite hidden iOS 16 options, whether or not your iPhone is suitable with iOS 16 and our information to unsending and enhancing texts.
