In June 2022 Apple iPhone’s new version of the operating system iOS 16 was previewed. iOS brings improved features like redesigned, facetime, live activities, and some more. We can predict that iOS 16 is going to be released to the public in September 2022 after the annual iPhone event.
To run iOS 16 and its later version you need an iPhone 8 because of some new updates, like for new Live options accessibility feature is available on iPhone 11 and later, while Door Detection and People Detection require the LiDAR scanner on the iPhone 12 Pro and later.
Features of iOS 16:
Lock Screen is fully redesigned:
- In this, you customized the lock screen on your own, search from the gallery, can make a unique design and stylized view of date and time, and see data at a glance.
Widgets:
- You can select a group of widgets to show on your Lock screen like Date, time, calendar, weather, date, battery levels, upcoming calendar events, alarms, time zones, and Activity ring progress.
Live Activities:
- It can make available in real-time through your Lock Screen.
Focus Filters: It set boundaries within Apple apps like Calendar, Mail, Messages, and Safari to draw boundaries for each Focus you enable.
Edit or delete messages, mark messages as unread:
- You can edit a message after sending it in up to 15 minutes. Mark messages as unread and responds to them later.
Handoff FaceTime calls:
- Move FaceTime calls seamlessly to your Mac, iPad, and supported devices.
Schedule emails, cancel delivery and Follow-up reminders:
Medications:
- It enables you to track your medications, set reminders for medications, medications records, and invitations for Health Sharing data of your loved ones.
Passkeys and Shared Tab Groups:
- It provides a way to replace your passwords with Passkeys with the safer sign-in method.
Multi-stop routing:
- You can plan a route with multiple stops on your Mac and it syncs to your iPhone.
iCloud Shared Photo Library:
- You can share your iCloud photo library with up to five other people.
Android 13 is the new version of the Android operating system with the internally code-name Tiramisu. It brings new features and upgrades to Android phones and tablets.
It’s currently in beta, we can predict that it will come out last week of August and starting of September. You can download and install the latest beta release as an over-the-air (OTA) update, but beware—beta releases can be unstable and glitchy.
Features of Android 13:
More Customization:
- It will more focus on “Material You” to enable personalization and it supports more colors in the theme options.
Improved Privacy:
- The Privacy dashboard (accessed via Settings>Privacy>Privacy dashboard), displays all the apps that have accessed the camera, microphone, location, and other permissions.
Enhance Copy and Paste:
- In this, you can see the content of the clipboard. Google set that after a while clipboard can be cleared.
Fewer Notifications:
- Newly installed apps would not be sending any notifications without your permission.
Compatible with Tablet:
- Android 13 redesigned interfaces that make use of larger screen sizes. In this, you can access phone data on a laptop or tablet.
Fast QR Code Scanner:
- Pull down the notification shade in Android 13 and tap edit (the pencil icon) to tweak your Quick Settings tiles, and you can drag the QR Code Scanner onto your panel.
Upgraded Media Player:
- The audio output picker is redesigned too, enabling you to switch to linked speakers or headphones easily.
From the Lock Screen controls Smart-Home:
- No need to unlock your phone, just go to the settings > Display > Lock screen > Control from the locked device, and you have slightly quicker and easier access to your smart lights, cameras, and other smart-home gadgets via the home icon at the bottom left of the lock screen.
Turn On Flashlight by Double Tap:
- It provides an easy way to access flashlights like going to System> Gestures > Quick Tap > Toggle flashlight to try it.
Bluetooth support over low energy:
- Android 13 will have Bluetooth LE (low energy) Audio and Low Complexity Communications Codec (LC3) support. In a nutshell, that means reduced power consumption and better audio quality for wireless headphones, earbuds, and other devices that support it.
Enables Group chats encrypted:
- Android 13 enables your chats end-to-end encryption for groups, and it’s already supported for one-to-one chats.
Apps can different languages:
- You can change the language as you want by this, Settings > System > Languages, and input and tap on App languages to set languages for specific apps.
Google Wallet:
- It just acts like your physical wallet with security, Google Wallet will be integrated across Google’s other apps and work in conjunction with Google Pay.
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