Apple this Monday introduced its new operating system, iOS 16, for the iPhone, which offers a completely overhauled and customizable lock screen. As well as news in the message app, which will allow, among other things, to edit and delete already sent texts.

The most visible change will be the new screen. blockwill offer numerous design options. In addition to the possibility of including “widgets” and updates in real time.

When it comes to the Messages app, Apple has decided to respond to its users’ repeated requests and allow messages to be edited and deleted after they’ve been sent. Likewise, you can mark a conversation as unread to remember to reply later.

Apple shows what’s new in iOS 16

iOS 16 also brings improvements in the voice dictation system, the maps application, which are presented in more detail and in 3D in many countries, and the Wallet application, which allows you to finance your shopping in four interest-free installments with a new system called Apple Pay Later. .

Apple will also expand the possibilities for parents to control their children’s iPhone usage. And it will offer a privacy option designed for people who engage in abusive relationships. In this last option, they will be able to drop the other person without access to their location or shared keys, among other people.

The “Live Text” function, which recognizes and digitizes text in photos and can now do this on videos, has also been updated. Likewise, it provides the option to extract elements from images and use them in messages and other contexts.

The American company also introduced many new features along with the improvements in the operating system of the Apple Watch, especially in the use of sports and in controlling some health problems.

The firm from Cupertino (California, USA) kicked off its annual WWDC developer conference with this announcement, this time with a hybrid model, after two years in virtual format due to the pandemic.