Apple rolls out iOS 16.1 with Live Activities expansion, Clean Energy Charging, iCloud Shared Photo Library, and more

Apple has today rolled out iOS 16.1, expanding Live Activities to third-party apps, introducing Clean Energy Charging to iPhone in the US, adding iCloud Shared Photo Library support, and more, with the update now available to all devices that support iOS 16.

iOS 16.1 is Apple’s first major software update since the release of iOS 16 in September, bringing with it various bug fixes, improvements and new features.

“This update introduces iCloud Shared Photo Library making it easy to keep your family photos up to date,” says Apple. “This release also adds support for third party apps in Live Activities, support for Apple Fitness+ on iPhone even if you don’t have an Apple Watch, and includes other features and bug fixes for your iPhone.”

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To update to iOS 16.1, open the Settings app, tap General, then select Software Update and tap Install Now. If you see Download and Install instead, tap it to download the update, enter your passcode, then tap Install Now.

Here’s what’s new with iOS 16.1

• Apple Fitness+ now available for iPhone users
• iOS 16.1 brings new Clean Energy Charging feature to iPhone in the US
• Apple Card Savings account feature now available with iOS 16.1
• iCloud Shared Photo Library now available with iOS 16.1
• Live Activities come to iPhone with iOS 16.1
• iOS 16.1 adds Reachability support for Dynamic Island
• Apple adds Matter support with iOS 16.1
• Apple adds digital key sharing with iOS 16.1

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