After some sources pointed out that the beta was going to be delayed until next week, Apple yesterday released the second beta of iOS 16 and the rest of the operating systems. A second beta that comes with several interesting changes and various improvements.
All the news of iOS 16 Beta 2
The second beta is usually a great time for Apple, listening to developer feedback, to apply changes or finish polishing features it didn’t have all the time for in the first installment of betas. So let’s review all the news.
- The wallpaper customization interface is now clearer. He allows us choose the wallpaper we want to customize tells us that we can pinch to zoom and we can apply two new styles: duotone and chlorination.
- now we can do backup copies of our iPhone or iPad via cellular connectionin addition to the 5G or Wi-Fi network.
- In astronomy wallpaper a the green dot shows us where we are inside the card. This little dot is, for now, only visible when changing the background settings.
- dynamic wallpapers coming to older iPhoneslike the iPhone XS and XR.
- Now we can save screenshot on sticky noteas well as photos and files.
- apple hamimproved SMS filtering this is why the applications dedicated to it can divide them into 12 subcategories, including “Transactions” and “Promotions”.
- If we use more than one SIM card in our iPhone, we can now filter messages by line from which they come.
- The option of report spam by SMS comes to the Messages. Currently only compatible with select carriers in the United States.
- In Apple Cash, not yet available in Europe, the “Send” and “Request” buttons are merged into one while the balance is displayed more clearly. Also added a weekly activities section.
- In iPadOS, Stage Manager appears in Settings under “Home Screen & Dock”. It allows, among other things, the possibility of hide recent apps and dock when we use the visual organizer.
- Video player now supports long press and swipe browse the video.
- changed the way remove lock screensjust swipe up and tap the trash can button.
- Mail, in both iOS 16, iPadOS 16 and macOS Ventura, adds support for BIMI (Brand Indicators for Message Identification). With this system, e-mails from certain companies can display your logo and digitally certify its authenticity.
- It is confirmed that the iPad can no longer be used as a hub for HomeKit with iPadOS 16. Requires HomePod, HomePod mini, or Apple TV.
- In this second beta we see how, with watchOS 9, the Apple Watch Series 5 and Series 6 will recalibrate the maximum capacity of your battery to better estimate this value.
- Now when we edit a message, if our recipient is not running iOS 16, the system forward the message again informing that we have modified it.
As we can see, the the list of news is quite long. A list that was already huge with the first beta and now tweaks various aspects while improving performance and fixing bugs.
