iOS 16 evaluation: Customization unlocked

The (customized) lock screen in iOS 16.

Enlarge / The (personalized) lock display in iOS 16. (credit score: Samuel Axon)

For the previous couple of years, Apple’s annual iOS updates have laser targeted on one characteristic for an overhaul whereas making smaller tweaks to every little thing else. Final yr, Focus was the, nicely, focus. The yr earlier than that, it was the house display.

This time it’s the lock display. Now you can change fonts, add widgets, customise the knowledge displayed, and decide from a greater variety of wallpaper. Apple has additionally extra deeply built-in the lock display with the Focus modes that had been fleshed out in iOS 15. And it has laid the groundwork for one thing extra than simply notifications that third-party apps can present you earlier than you unlock your telephone.

Given the more and more iterative nature of iOS releases at present—with many key options not arriving till months after the preliminary ship date of a brand new, whole-numbered model—we’re transferring to leaner preliminary iOS critiques, with updates to come back in further articles over time. So at present we’re going to take a look at the primary new characteristic of iOS 16, however we’ll contact on a few different key options and modifications, too.

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