5 iOS 16 Settings to Enable on Your iPhone

Apple has added many features in iOS 16 and there are 5 basic settings that we should all have enabled on our iPhone.

Apple has released many new features in iOS 16, among which the new lock screen stands out above all. However, there are other many hidden settings in the new OS that you need to know and enable. Settings that improve the functionality or increase the security of your iPhone.

In iOS 16 we have many secret settings that need to be enabled

1. Show battery percentage on icon

apple ha battery percentage returned in iPhone status bar in a way that might as well have happened years ago. Now we can change the battery icon so that it doesn’t just go down, it also shows a number with the exact percentage of battery remaining.

1. Enter the Settings from the iPhone.
2. Go down and press the section Drums.
3. Turn the knob battery percentage.

2. Set Mail Send Undo Time

In iOS 16 we have the option to unsend an email from the Mail app. If we made a mistake or if we sent an incomplete email, you can cancel the sending to modify it. However, we only have one time to do so, which we can modify.

1. Come into Settings of you iPhone.
2. Scroll down and tap on the section Mail.
3. Scroll down and go to Deadline to cancel sending.
4. Choose between 10, 20 or 30 secondsor if you want to deactivate the function.

The iPhone Mail application is one of the most used and allows you to unsend an email

3. Change the notification display style

Notifications in iOS have evolved in recent years and in iOS 16 we have a new way to display them on the lock screen, in particular we have 3 different shapes

• Count: only a number will appear at the bottom with the notifications that we have pending, touching them all will appear.
• Band: With this option, notifications will be grouped by applications, appearing one after the other.
• Listing: This is the classic view, all notifications in chronological order.

4. Enable keyboard vibration

The the keyboard can now have vibrations it will make you “feel” when you press a key, which many users may like. These seven confirmation vibrations can be activated by following these steps:

1. Enter the iPhone Settings.
2. Press on sounds and vibrations.
3. Now press keyboard response.
4. turn on the switch Vibration.

iOS 16 introduces a very useful function for the keyboard

5. Protect your activity in Mail

Apple added a new privacy feature for messaging app which hides our IP address and downloads remote content privately, making it difficult to obtain information about your Mail activity.

The “Protect Activity in Mail” feature helps protect your privacy by preventing email senders, including Apple, from learning about your activity in the Mail app.

1. On your iPhone, enter the Settings.
2. Scroll down and tap on the section Mail.
3. Press on privacy protection.
4. Enable the Protect activity switch in Mail.

iOS 16 hides many secrets and tricks and these settings went unnoticed by the vast majority of users. Now you know them and your iPhone will be better and more personal.