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Today is a big day for Apple users. The company has begun rolling out iPadOS 16 and macOS Ventura, bringing major new features to Apple tablets, laptops, and desktop computers. If you have an iPhone, there’s a new update for you too. All iPhones that support iOS 16 can download iOS 16.1 with iCloud Photo Library Sharing, Live Activities, Fitness+, Clean Power Charging, and more.
You can find out what’s new in iOS 16 in our dedicated coverage.
What’s new in iOS 16.1?
This is how Apple describes iOS 16.1:
This update introduces iCloud Shared Photo Library, making it easy to keep your family photos up to date. This version 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.
And here is the full changelog:
- iCloud Shared Photo Library (also available on iPadOS 16 and macOS Ventura) lets you add five people to share photos and videos with, set permissions to add, edit, and delete photos, and set the Camera app to add every photo you take to the Shared Library.
- live activities Data from third-party apps is now available in Dynamic Island on iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max.
- Fitness+ is now available for iPhone users without an Apple Watch.
- Wallet improvements Allow sharing cars, hotel rooms and other keys with other people using various messaging apps. In addition, Apple Card customers can open new “high-yield” savings accounts.
- stuff at home– The Home app now supports the new standard of smart home connectivity available across all ecosystems and platforms.
- clean power charging: iPhone users in the United States can enable the new Clean Power Charging feature that tries to reduce their carbon emissions by charging when the grid uses cleaner power.
iOS 16.1 also includes fixes for the following bugs:
- Deleted conversations can appear in the conversation list in Messages
- Dynamic Island content is not available when using Accessibility
- CarPlay may fail to connect when using a VPN app
You can download iOS 16.1 by navigating to Settings > General > Software update.
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