iOS 16 Features Coming to Your iPhone in 2023 - MacRumors

Apple precocious released iOS 16.2 with galore caller features. Now, attraction turns to further features coming to the iPhone successful 2023.

We've recapped 5 iPhone features that Apple has antecedently promised to motorboat oregon expand, specified arsenic an Apple Pay Later financing enactment and an Apple Card savings relationship for earning involvement connected Daily Cash. At slightest 1 diagnostic listed beneath volition beryllium portion of iOS 16.3, portion immoderate mightiness not motorboat until iOS 16.4 oregon later.

Advanced Data Protection successful More Countries

Apple precocious introduced an optional Advanced Data Protection feature that expands end-to-end encryption to galore further areas of iCloud erstwhile enabled, including iCloud Backups, Photos, Notes, Reminders, Voice Memos, and more. The diagnostic was enabled successful iOS 16.2, macOS 13.1, and different caller bundle updates for U.S. users lone and volition commencement rolling retired to the remainder of the satellite successful aboriginal 2023, according to Apple.

It's unclear precisely erstwhile Advanced Data Protection volition beryllium disposable successful further countries, but fixed the aboriginal 2023 timeframe, it's imaginable that the diagnostic volition beryllium enabled successful upcoming betas, specified arsenic iOS 16.3 oregon iOS 16.4.

Apple Pay Later

Announced astatine WWDC 2022 successful June, Apple Pay Later is simply a financing diagnostic that volition fto qualifying customers successful the U.S. divided a acquisition into 4 adjacent payments implicit six weeks, with nary involvement oregon fees to pay. The diagnostic volition beryllium built into the Wallet app and volition beryllium disposable for purchases online and successful apps connected the iPhone and iPad.

Apple says the diagnostic is coming successful a aboriginal bundle update for qualifying applicants successful the U.S. and whitethorn not beryllium disposable successful each states. Apple Pay Later is not disposable with iOS 16.2 and is not contiguous successful the archetypal beta of iOS 16.3. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has suggested that the diagnostic might not motorboat until iOS 16.4 adjacent year.

Security Keys for Apple ID

iOS 16.3 enables a caller Security Keys for Apple ID feature that Apple said volition beryllium disposable globally successful aboriginal 2023. The diagnostic gives users the enactment to usage hardware information keys to further support their account. For users who alteration this feature, Security Keys strengthens Apple's two-factor authentication by requiring a hardware information cardinal arsenic 1 of the 2 factors alternatively of a verification codification from different Apple device.

Apple does not program to merchandise its ain hardware information keys. The diagnostic volition trust connected third-party information keys disposable from brands similar Yubico.

Apple Card Savings Account

In October, Apple announced that Apple Card users would soon beryllium capable to unfastened a caller high-yield savings relationship from Goldman Sachs and person their Daily Cash cashback rewards automatically deposited into it, with nary fees, nary minimum deposits, and nary minimum equilibrium requirements. The relationship would beryllium managed done the Wallet app connected the iPhone.

Once the relationship is acceptable up, each Daily Cash received from that constituent connected would beryllium automatically deposited into it and commencement earning interest, unless a idiosyncratic opts to proceed having Daily Cash added to their Apple Cash balance. Apple Card provides 2-3% Daily Cash connected purchases made with Apple Pay and 1% connected purchases made with the carnal card.

The savings relationship was listed successful the release notes for the iOS 16.1 Release Candidate, but it did not extremity up launching with that update. It's inactive not disposable arsenic of the archetypal beta of iOS 16.3, truthful it's unclear erstwhile it volition beryllium available.

Apple's recognition paper remains disposable successful the U.S. only.

Emergency SOS via Satellite successful More Countries

Apple precocious announced that the iPhone 14's life-saving Emergency SOS via Satellite diagnostic volition beryllium supported successful further countries adjacent year. However, Apple did not supply a database of countries wherever the diagnostic volition beryllium expanding to next.

Emergency SOS via Satellite archetypal launched successful November successful the U.S. and Canada and requires an iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, oregon iPhone 14 Pro Max moving iOS 16.1 oregon later. The work became disposable in France, Germany, Ireland, and the UK earlier this month, with iOS 16.2 required for immoderate section exigency work numbers. The work is escaped for 2 years starting astatine the clip of activation of an iPhone 14 model.

The diagnostic allows iPhone 14 users to nonstop substance messages to exigency services via outer erstwhile extracurricular the scope of cellular and Wi-Fi coverage.