So if you own an iPhone you've probably recently
just seen that Apple has just released iOS 16 for iPhones.
And it's a pretty major update so what i wanted to
share with you all today is some tips & tricks on iOS 16 with some live demos.
Now believe it or not I'm actually filming this on one of Apple's
latest and greatest their iPhone 14 Pro Max...
I'm actually filming this in ProRes in 4K this particular clip at the moment so could you tell?
Normally I film with a DSLR which is just behind me over there so
I think the footage looks pretty incredible!
But I am going to need the phone back to of course show you these tips & tricks
so let me swap these cameras back round again and let's crack on!
There we go camera's swapped back round so
let's have a look at these tips & tricks starting at number one!
So then guys first and foremost is the lock screen so you can now customise
quite a few elements on the lock screen compared to before so you can change the font, you can add
this cool really like kind of depth effect to the time and then you can even add widgets as well.
Basically you just hold on your lock screen and then go in here and customise
all these different elements and even add filters to the photos or photo you might have selected.
So loads of customisation on there!
There's also a focus mode at the very bottom as well that you can control
which I will touch on in a minute, it can even help you become more productive!
So for number two have you ever been in a room before and
had to listen to someone typing on their keyboard like this:
*iPhone Typing
Yes it's really really annoying!
So why don't you give them this tip & trick head over to 'Settings' and go to
'Sounds & Haptics' and then down the page here you'll see a thing called 'Keyboard Feedback'.
In here you can turn off the sound and enable a thing called haptic.
Now traditionally yes you could have done this on previous iOS versions
but you would have needed a third party app.
Now it's built in!
Now I've actually got this off because I don't want to be that guy,
so I've actually got haptic on and of course then you can kind of feel that haptic
just behind the screen as you're typing on the keyboard which I quite like.
So let's move on to number three!
Now for number three is an amazing tool if you want to share
almost like custom stickers with people.
Yes it's actually removing the background from your image!
So if you load up a photo here of these two
basically just pop your finger or thumb on the subject you want to crop out and it will kind of
do this and now you can go to your notes or messages and just drop it in.
Look at that!
Now yes computers have been able to do this for
ages but not that quick, I'm not that skilled in Photoshop but that definitely
would have taken me a lot longer than that and I did that in literally just a few seconds.
So one question someone might ask is if you just want to crop one of them I would
probably just cut the photo or crop it in half and then you'll be able to do that but
yeah look how quick that was! That was ridiculously quick!
Wo what about number four?
Now up next is something you've been able to do
for a while on photos but you can now do on videos as well.
So on photos you can go in zoom on some text and basically highlight and copy that text!
Maybe it's a phone number or a business or something like that
or maybe you just need to copy a load of notes from a photo...pretty cool!
But you can now do this on video as well so if I load up a video of the exact same sign
let's pause it right about there...zoom in...
That'll do and then just hold the same thing and it works exactly the same way
you can take that same text and copy it onto your notepad!
Now next up are focus modes now this is a very very powerful tool of iOS 16!
Focus modes have been around for a little while but now you can link them to your home screen
meaning when a particular focus mode comes on you can have your wallpaper and even your Apple
Watch if you have one as well it can change the wallpaper and content shown on the screen.
So I don't know maybe you've got a focus mode for fitness for example you're going to go for a run
it can adapt and show you the screen maybe you're a running theme or something like that
or maybe you're at work on your 9 - 5 and want to show a more appropriate wallpaper.
When you enter or leave the work area it can basically change so this is quite clever
mainly I use focus modes right now I've got do not disturb because I don't want my phone
ringing or anything like that just while i'm making this video so it's a bit more simple.
But the amount of customisation you can do on these focus modes now and
set on all of these automations is actually quite clever.
Oh guys I'm really excited about this one have you noticed this as well?
You can now enable Battery Percentage again on iPhone so just go to 'Settings'
then 'Battery' and then in here toggle this on and
then you can put that number back in the top right hand corner again.
Now of course you can obviously have this off if you wish and just
swipe down and see it anyway but it's quite nice to see that number there!
So let's move on to the next step & trick which is something that iMessage has never seen before!
So this feature on iMessage then guys is unsend messages.
So basically let's put an example say you sent someone a message
and then you regretted sending it straight away.
You can actually unsend it within 15 minutes.
Now just bear in mind because this is a rolling update across all of Apple's ecosystem
this only works on iOS 16 currently.
So if you send it to someone on I don't know iOS 15 for example you can't unsend it.
It will look like you've been sent at your end but they will still have that message there their end.
Same goes for iPads & Macs as well currently at the time of recording this video those haven't
had updates yet but of course once they do then of course that will be able to do
those same sort of things with the unsend messages.
Also as well you can edit the messages so this is particularly useful if you sent a message
and just wanted to rephrase something again both of these two
separate features are editable and you can unsend it within 15 minutes so obviously factor that in.
Just remember currently at the moment it's only on iOS 16 so if you sent it someone
who also has a mac they will probably see that message or the unedited version anyway.
So all that's well and good let's have a look at number nine!
Right then guys this next one is hugely important if you like to take notes!
So say for example you're on a website and want to save a chunk of information
with a link back to it you can do that really easily now traditionally you had
to select the text and then grab the URL and copy them separately.
But just find the relevant information so some notes on iOS 16 about this particular feature,
highlight it with your finger or thumb so let's do that.
Now you can copy and select all like normal but let's tap on the arrow,
arrow again, 'New Quick Note'.
This basically creates a little shortcut on your phone
with the selection of the text and a link back to the website.
So quite useful if you just need to quickly grab some notes!
Now for those of you that use the Apple mail app on
iOS did you know you can now schedule your email?
So if you don't want the message to go immediately and get it to go I
don't know later that day or sometime in the future you can now do that!
So basically just open up your iPhone write out your email,
hold your finger or thumb on the send button and then you can either send it right now,
send it tonight or even send it later on a specific time or date.
Just make sure that your device is on otherwise it won't send!
And one last email feature before moving on to something else did you know you
can actually undo the send so....you can only do this for a few seconds though so
just in case you've accidentally sent the email before you finished it.
So if i send it immediately have a look at the bottom you can undo
and then it will come straight back up back to editing again.
And just before I move on to the next one which is all about being as productive as possible
Apple CarPlay has also had 7 new features this year as well so click on the pop-up banner up
above and that will take you straight to a separate video I made on Apple CarPlay!
So let's have a look at this productive tip & trick!
Now these days social media & apps and notifications are all
constantly fighting for your attention so why don't you make use of scheduled summary?
This is very similar to the focus modes but it's just for notifications so if you go in here you
can schedule a summary of all the notifications that have happened during that certain time.
So for example if i was working during the day or something like that and i didn't want
to receive any messages from social media you can just enable all of those specific
apps to come through at a set time or even multiple times if you wish!
Now for the people who use Apple Maps you'll absolutely love this!
You can now add stops to Apple Maps directions so for example here I've got location and then
gym and then my final destination is in Bournemouth.
So you can of course add more on here, move them, avoid certain areas, avoid motorways
and that sort of thing so it just gives you a bit more flexibility than before!
Now I will add that of course this does go to Apple CarPlay as well, you can't change the
stops in CarPlay probably to stop unwanted distractions when you're behind the wheel.
But at least it now has that extra feature on Apple Maps!
Now if you've had an iPhone for years you've probably connected to
lots and lots of Wi-Fi networks.
So now all improved on settings on Wi-Fi
you can actually go on here and view all the networks you've connected to in the past.
Traditionally you had to have a Mac to actually access this and it was synced to the iCloud
but now you can do this from the phone and you can even view the password
by clicking on the i and looking at the network password to share it with others.
So that's quite good because traditionally you couldn't do that before
so let's move on to the very next tip & trick!
So then guys up next is duplicates in your phots photos so believe it or not
this photo right here I just literally took over there just where I came from...looks stunning!
However if for some reason it duplicated I'd copied it and it was in my library twice
you can go over to the section on your phone called Albums in your photos app
go down to duplicates and then you can actually go in here and delete these individual duplicates.
And well if you're like me and I've had my phone for quite a while
well iOS and Apple at least there's quite a few in there so
looks like I might have to save that for a rainy day and go through all those duplicates!.
Now up next is a thing called Lockdown Mode now no
this isn't anything to do with lockdowns we've had previously thank goodness!
But Lockdown Mode essentially locks down your phone and stops almost all communication going
in and out of it apart from the essential stuff so who would need to use this?
Well definitely not the average person basically with lockdown mode I would
imagine it's for anyone who's kind of got a high profile image or something
like that maybe world leaders, politicians, people in Parliament or something like that.
I don't know something like that but certainly for me or for anyone else
the average person definitely doesn't need to use it.
But it's very nice to see that Apple are taking privacy
just a little bit further and keeping it at the forefront of everyone's mind!
Up next then guys on No 17 is Apple introducing the hidden and recently
deleted holders but with the ability to lock them so now they're locked!
Which means obviously quite a good thing because if you hide a photo maybe because
you've taken a picture of something confidential or something like that
of course it's now going to be behind closed doors.
Same for recently deleted as well if you delete a photo now that as you can see
there's a little keypad symbol on there make sure they're locked away from prying eyes!
Now this next one's pretty good guys say someone texts you and you didn't want to
reply at that moment in time well you can mark it as unread and come back to it later.
So all you do is just find that message you've accidentally read, swipe it to the right or you
can hold it and mark it as unread meaning you can come back to it at a more convenient time!
So then guys we're on the final two tips & tricks here now if you have
AirPods more specifically some of the new AirPods you can actually 3D scan
and almost like 3D map your ears giving you and improving that spatial audio experience.
Yes it does sound a bit odd but I have actually done it and it does sound really really good
of course just giving you that even more in-depth experience with your AirPods!
Now then guys this final tip & trick today is a thing called 'Prevent lock to end call'.
Now I've done this so many times before where I've basically pressed the power
button to turn the screen off and it ends the call.
So if you don't want it to do that then you can enable this feature.
So to do this just go to 'Settings' then go down to 'Accessibility' then go down to
'Touch' and then just down the page there's the thing called P'revent lock to end call'.
Pop this on and then you're all sorted!
There we have it then guys that is 20 iOS 16 tips & tricks and new features.
Now speaking of new features Apple CarPlay's also had some updates as well so if you want to see
those check this video out right here as there's 7 new features in there and I cannot wait to see the
seventh one when apple and manufacturers work together to make a full screen Apple CarPlay.
Guys thank you so much for watching until the next episode see then!