Apple Releases iOS 16.2, What New Features Are There?

Rows of new features on iOS 16.2 (photo: Apple)

JAKARTA - Last September, Apple introduced iOS 16 on the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro devices. Now, Apple released iOS 16.2 as well as introducing many new capabilities for its users.

This 16.2 update introduces Freeform, adds Apple Music Sing, Lockscreen improvements, and other features and bug fixes for your iPhone.

Freeform

Freeform is a new app that allows Apple device users to create with friends or colleagues on Mac, iPad and iPhone. Here, you can draw and sketch anything on the screen of your device.

Apple Music Sing

Apple Music Sing is a new way to karaoke with millions of your favorite songs on Apple Music. Here, you can duet with the original singer or sing solo. Just like in real karaoke, Apple will also show you the lyrics in real-time.

Lockscreen

This new lockscreen setting allows you to hide the wallpaper or notifications when the Always-on screen mode is activated on the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max.

You can also see your latest sleep data on the Sleep Widget, and check your medication schedule with the Medicine Widget.

Game Center

Game Center now provides SharePlay support for co-playing games in multiplayer mode, via FaceTime calls. The Activity Widget will also allow you to see what your friends are playing or up to in games right from the Home Screen.

Home

On the Home side, Apple has made a number of bug fixes and improvements to its messenger service, which will allow you to find photos based on their content, such as dogs, cars, people, or text.

With the Reload and Show IP Address settings, iCloud Private Relay users can temporarily disable the service for specific sites in Safari

Optimized Collision Detection on iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro models and fixed an issue where some notes were not synced with iCloud after an update.