These are the novelties that the next software version of iOS 16 has in store for us.
Apple released the first beta of iOS 16.3 in mid-December 2022 and the second beta just a week ago. A priori, no major changes are planned with the arrival of this new update, but there are some news very interesting for your iPhone.
Of course, as usual in this type of updatesApple will also focus its development efforts on bug fixes, bugs and stability issuesincluding some security patches that protect against possible vulnerabilities.
Keep reading to find out all the new features that iOS 16.3 has in store for usthe next big software update for your iPhone’s operating system.
New features present in iOS 16.3 for iPhone
The new iOS 16.3 update should publicly and officially land on the iPhone during the next month of February. Until that happens, we may collect information about any new features and functions that Apple developers implement in their software.
Security keys for your Apple ID
The first beta of iOS 16.3 introduced a feature called “Apple ID Security Keys”. This novelty, according to Apple, will be available internationally in early 2023.
These security keys will allow users to use security keys to protect their accounts. They are responsible for providing additional protection to Apple’s two-factor authentication and replaces the verification system with a code sent to another device from Apple.
As we were able to discover on MacRumors, Apple will not implement its own hardware system for security keys, but will offer support for other third-party companies.
Support transfer between iPhone and HomePod
The iOS 16.3 update will also integrate a new method of activating the Handoff feature between iPhone and Apple HomePod, so that users have the ability to transfer music from one device to another. To use this function, simply bring the iPhone closer to the HomePod.
New in 16.3 pic.twitter.com/ahBeOnawT3
— Max Weinbach (@MaxWinebach) December 14, 2022
New changes in SOS emergencies
Apple has made small changes to the SOS emergency feature. Now the iPhone emergency service description says that to activate an emergency call you need to press and hold the side button and the volume button and free them. The description has also been changed in the case of activation by five button presses.
New Typography in Books
The arrival of iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 brought many visual innovations in the functions of the operating systems. One of them consisted of a renewal of the format options and a new typography. Now, with the arrival of iOS 16.3 and iPadOS 16.3, users will have the ability to restore original font of the candidacy.
Architecture of the Home application
With iOS 16.2, the signature bitten apple logo included a new architecture for your HomeKit home automation platform. However, this novelty began to cause a lot of problems for users. So much so that Apple had to remove the feature from the operating system.
Now, with iOS 16.3, one of the new features will be to recover or relaunch the new architecture of the Casa application with all the necessary corrections.
New in Shortcuts
Another novelty of iOS 16.3 will bring a new drop-down menu with variable options in the Shortcuts app. Now users will be able to choose an option from a series of variables in a list. This new feature will include variables for contact details, calendar event details, app details, weather details, and more.
New Apple Music app or section
Clues to a hidden classical music app were recently found in the ins and outs of iOS 16.3. Apple has been working on this for a long time since acquiring the start Primephonic in 2021. More details about the contents of this app are unknown or if it will finally be released in iOS 16.3. It is likely that Apple will present it as a new classical music section in Apple Music or maybe as a new App Store app.
With iOS 16.3 RC, Apple changed and added a few strings in the Music app about the now renamed Apple Music Classical (it was just Apple Classical until 16.3 beta 2). It looks like they are still working on it pic.twitter.com/TCJwlFTGye
— iSoftware Updates (@iSWUpdates) January 19, 2023
This new update of iOS 16.3 is in beta phase and in principle its launch was not going to take place until February 2023. But according to Apple the new version of the software would be available next week. The update will implement many small details, stability improvements and other minor changes. We recently reported that iOS 16 still has too many errors and bugs, so Apple will focus its efforts on this kind of fix for iOS 16.3 as well.
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