The secret features of iOS 16 that you should know

iOS 16 had its own presentation during WWDC 2022. In addition, we have recently shown you how you can install iOS 16 in the easiest way without even connecting iPhone to computer, However, there is still much more to know about the latest mobile operating system from the Cupertino company.

We show you some of the most interesting secrets of iOS 16 that will allow you to perform tasks much faster and enjoy your iPhone. This is the easiest way to get the most out of your device without having to learn difficult things, as always, the best tips and tricks on Actualidad iPhone.

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Add vibration to the keyboard

This functionality has been present on many Android devices for years. As you well know, on the sister website Actualidad Gadget we analyze Android devices continuously, and personally it is a functionality that I almost always end up deactivating because vibration on Android is usually pretty coarse. However, the iPhone has Taptic Engine, an advanced vibration system that delights its users.

In this way, Apple has been able to implement the vibration of the keyboard in an outrageously pleasant way, and that emits an indescribable sensation of pressing on the keys. For this reason, turning on keyboard vibration in iOS 16 becomes a real option. To do this, simply We're going to Settings > Sound and vibration > Keyboard feedback > Vibration.

Needless to say, Android fans will be quick and quick to say that this feature has been copied by iOS from Android, and they're not lying either.

Remove native apps

We know that the removal of native applications in iOS is something that has been around for quite a few years, so in principle this should not be a very relevant novelty. But nothing could be further from the truth, and that is that Apple has added two new ones to the list of applications that can be removed, in this case we are talking about Health and Clock.

These native iOS apps can now be completely removed from the system as easily as any other app. In this way, the Cupertino company leaves a selection of native applications that act by default in the increasingly shorter system. Be that as it may, now you can choose whether or not you want to have the Clock app and the Health app installed.

Fitness app without Apple Watch

Some time ago the Activity app was renamed Fitness for good. This application, until the arrival of iOS 16, has been restricted only to those users who have an Apple Watch. And as you have been able to read, we refer to this novelty as "until the arrival of iOS 16".

As you could imagine, now the Fitness app will appear for all users, regardless of whether they use an Apple Watch or not. It has not been clear if its functionalities will be integrated with other wearables of different brands beyond the Apple Watch.

At the moment it feeds on the iPhone's sensors to show us this data, and nothing else. Although honestly, we doubt that Apple will open the Fitness application to Xiaomi bracelets and other derivatives whose accuracy is somewhat in question if we compare it precisely with the Apple Watch. The price has something to do with it...

Protect your photos with Face ID

Face ID has been one of Apple's most relevant implementations in recent years, and it continues to grow in functionality. In this case, we will now natively see how the “hidden” and “deleted” albums will be marked in the application with a padlock on the side.

This means that if we enter these folders we will have to identify ourselves with Face ID, at least in case we intend to check its content.

To protect with Face ID a photo will be just press the icon (…) in the upper right corner of the photo and send it to the hidden photo album. It will automatically require us to identify ourselves with Face ID if we want to see the content of said album, which is undoubtedly a good layer of protection.

New spotlight location

Although it is now called "Look for", has always been called "Spotlight" to the function of the iPhone that allows us to enter text to obtain results within the applications. This functionality, until now, required swiping on the Springboard from the top down.

The Spotlight feature will now appear directly in the bottom center, where it is displayed with a magnifying glass icon and the text “search”. It will open a keyboard and a text box so that we can easily interact.

Send a website as a PDF

We could say that this functionality has always been present, however, as has happened with other features of iOS 16, now Apple has decided to implement it in a slightly friendlier way. 

When we click on the “share” button while on a web page” we An “options” button will appear and entering it will give us three possibilities:

• Automatic
• In PDF
• in web format

In this way if we share in PDF A full capture will arrive in that format to the user with whom we have decided to share the content.

See WiFi passwords on iPhone

This functionality, as we have said before, turns out to have been available on Android for a long time. The possibility of accessing the password of a WiFi network that we already have saved is much easier now with iOS 16.

To do this, simply go to Settings > WiFi > Press the (i) button and inside we can check and copy the WiFi password to share it with whoever we want. Don't say you haven't been waiting years to use this feature on your iPhone.