A large update is coming to iOS 16 October 24.

The merchandise of iOS 16 successful September brought immoderate large changes to iPhones, including customizable fastener screens that present enactment widgets, caller editing tools for Messages and a caller Fitness app on with updates to galore existing iPhone apps.

But iOS 16.1 is simply a large update, arsenic it offers much than refinements and bug fixes. We're getting features that Apple promised with the iOS 16 preview implicit the summertime but held backmost from the archetypal release.

These see the caller iCloud Shared Photo Library and Live Activities; we're besides getting a caller Clean Energy charging diagnostic that appeared during the iOS 16.1 beta.

iOS 16.1 is launching alongside the releases of iPadOS 16 and MacOS Ventura. Here is an overview of each the caller features and upgrades coming to iPhones with iOS 16.1.

iOS 16.1 brings a caller mode to stock photos with household members and friends. The iCloud Shared Photo Library volition beryllium a abstracted room wherever users tin stock photos and videos with up to 5 much people. Anyone with entree to the shared room tin share, edit, caption and delete photos. In addition, the Camera app present features a toggle that lets you adhd photos to the iCloud Shared Photo Library arsenic they're shot.

iCloud Shared Photo Library was concisely a portion of the iOS 16 nationalist beta this summertime earlier Apple postponed the diagnostic to aboriginal successful the year, presumably to good tune it. We'll soon spot what changes Apple's made to its caller instrumentality connected photograph sharing.

 Live Activities for 3rd enactment apps 

Here's different diagnostic that Apple showed disconnected earlier successful the twelvemonth but kept retired of the iOS 16 merchandise (though its lack was planned each on to springiness app makers clip to enactment connected adding support). Live Activities are interactive notifications that enactment up to day connected the fastener screen. Think sports scores, transportation presumption reports and different activities that you'd show from your phone's fastener screen.

iOS 16.1 opens the diagnostic to third-party apps, truthful expect a batch of app updates connected Monday that see Live Activities alerts.

Live Activities aren't constricted to the fastener surface if you person an iPhone 14 Pro oregon iPhone 14 Pro Max. On those phones, Live Activities volition articulation different alerts and notifications successful the Dynamic Island that replaced the iPhone's notch.

Clean Energy Charging 

Included with the Battery settings successful iOS 16.1, Clean Energy Charging is designed to trim the c footprint of your iPhone by optimizing charging times for erstwhile the vigor grid is utilizing cleaner vigor sources. This diagnostic volition lone beryllium disposable for U.S. users. Apple archetypal promised the diagnostic successful September.

Apple Fitness Plus 

Once iOS 16.1 arrives, Apple Fitness Plus volition present beryllium disposable to iPhones adjacent without an Apple Watch. That's successful keeping with Apple's earlier determination to adhd the Fitness app to iOS 16 careless of whether you owned 1 of the company's watches oregon not.

During workouts, users without the Apple Watch volition not beryllium capable to spot real-time metrics, similar bosom complaint and calories burned. Instead, they'll spot estimated calories burned (based connected accusation provided successful the Fitness app).

Anyone moving iOS 16.1 successful 1 of the 21 countries wherever Apple's fittingness subscription work is offered volition beryllium capable to entree each of Apple Fitness Plus featuring much than 3,000 studio-style workouts and meditations. 

 Apple Card and Wallet changes

Apple Card users volition beryllium capable to unfastened a “high-yield” savings relationship from Goldman Sachs with iOS 16.1. You tin past negociate that relationship from the Wallet app and get Daily Cash cashback rewards automatically deposited into it, with nary fees, nary minimum deposits and nary minimum equilibrium requirements. 

As promised during the iOS 16 preview, Apple’s Wallet app volition besides let radical to safely stock keys similar car, edifice country and others with friends and household utilizing messaging apps similar Messages and adjacent Whatsapp, though that diagnostic requires enactment from car makers and hotels.

Reachability Support for Dynamic Island 

We noted the Dynamic Island connected the iPhone 14 Pro models erstwhile talking astir Live Activities. iOS 16.1 brings different betterment for that circumstantial diagnostic — reachability support. Basically, iOS 16.1 volition marque it easier to entree the Dynamic Island with 1 hand. You tin alteration the diagnostic wrong Settings.