If you’re a sports fan and live and breathe sports scores and updated information, you’re going to like this.
One of iOS 16’s new features will be Live Activities, which function as live notifications on the Lock Screen. The new feature will allow users to keep track of things happening in real time, such as the score of a sports game, the progress of an Uber ride, or the status of a food delivery order, right from the Lock Screen.
Live Activities data will be available for NBA, MLB, and Premier League games in select countries. According to the fine print on Apple’s iOS 16 features page, Live Activities for the NBA and Premier League games will be available in the U.S. and Canada, while Live Activities for MLB games will be available in a wider group of countries, including the U.S., Canada, Australia, U.K., Brazil, Mexico, Japan, and South Korea.
Apple also previewed Live Activities for the Uber and Nike Run Club apps, with Apple showing a Live Activity notification for the Starbucks app. For users of the iOS 16 beta, there is also a Live Activity for timers set in the Clock app.
Live Activities will not debut with the initial public release of iOS 16, and Apple has stated that the feature will arrive in an update coming later this year. When the feature launches, developers will be able to submit apps with Live Activities to the App Store.
Last month, Apple released a new ActivityKit framework that allows developers to begin testing Live Activities in their apps. Apps with Live Activities integration can currently only be distributed via TestFlight for testing by iOS 16 beta users.
Apple is expected to release iOS 16 alongside the iPhone 14 models come September. The software update is compatible with the iPhone 8 and newer.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.
Via MacRumors and iOS 16 features