If you’ve been hankering for iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16.1, they’re here.
Just one month after the release of iOS 16 to the general public, Apple has released iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16.1.
Per iOS 16.1, the new fixes and new features are as follows:
iCloud Shared Photo Library:
- Separate library for seamlessly sharing photos and videos with up to five other people
- Setup rules allow you to easily contribute past photos based on start date or people in the photos when you set up or join a library
- Library filters for quickly switching between viewing the Shared Library, your Personal Library, or both libraries together
- Shared edits and permissions let everyone add, edit, favorite, caption, and delete photos
- Sharing toggle in Camera lets you choose to send photos you take straight to the Shared Library, or enable a setting to share automatically when other participants are detected nearby using Bluetooth
Live Activities:
- Live Activities from third party apps are available in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen for iPhone 14 Pro models
Fitness+:
Apple Fitness+ is supported on iPhone even if you don’t have an Apple Watch
Wallet:
- Key sharing enables you to securely share car, hotel room, and other keys in Wallet using messaging apps such as Messages and WhatsApp
- Savings account enables Apple Card customers to grow their Daily Cash by depositing it in a high yield savings account
Home:
- Matter, the new smart home connectivity standard, is supported enabling a wide variety of smart home accessories to work together across ecosystems
Clean Energy Charging:
- New setting that can try to reduce your carbon footprint by selectively charging when lower carbon emission electricity is available
Books:
- Reader controls are automatically hidden as you start reading
This update also includes bug fixes for your iPhone:
- Deleted conversations may appear in the conversations list in Messages
- Dynamic Island content is not available when using Reachability
- CarPlay may fail to connect when using a VPN app
iPadOS 16.1 includes the following fixes and new features:
- Messages app updates: Editing, undo send, mark as unread, and more
- Mail app updates: Undo send, rich links, scheduled send, and more
- Display scaling: A new display scaling setting increases the pixel density of the display so you can view more in your apps
- Weather app on iPad
- All-new Home app
- “Desktop-Class Apps” with customizable toolbars, new context menus, find and replace, multiselect context menus, and more.
As always, the updates can be found by navigating to Settings, tapping General and then tapping Software Update to check for the new versions.
If you’ve had a chance to try either operating system, please let us know about your experience in the comments.