Apple releases iOS 16 with customizable Lock Screen, iMessage upgrades, Focus improvements, and more

Apple has rolled out iOS 16, featuring an all-new Lock Screen design, upgrades to iMessage, including the ability to undo and edit sent messages, improvements to Maps, Messages, Focus and Live Text, a redesigned Home app, Health app updates, and much more.
Changes to the iPhone Lock Screen are arguably iOS 16’s most major update, bringing new personalization options that allow users to change the look of the date and time with type styles and colour choices, add widgets to their Lock Screen to get information at a glance, such as upcoming calendar events, the weather and battery levels, relocated notifications, and more.
The new update for iPhone includes the ability to recall and edit sent iMessages, schedule mail, collaborate via Messages, improved Focus options, Live Text for video, multi-stop routing in Maps, Apple Pay Later for users in the US, a rebuilt Home app, new accessibility tools, and more.
Here’s everything you need to know about iOS 16

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iOS 16 will come pre-loaded on the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro, which will be delivered beginning this Friday. The update is available to owners of the iPhone 8 and newer, including the following devices:
- iPhone 13
- iPhone 13 mini
- iPhone 13 Pro
- iPhone 13 Pro Max
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 12 mini
- iPhone 12 Pro
- iPhone 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 11
- iPhone 11 Pro
- iPhone 11 Pro Max
- iPhone XS
- iPhone XS Max
- iPhone XR
- iPhone X
- iPhone 8
- iPhone 8 Plus
- iPhone SE (2nd generation or later)
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