iPhones and iPads get big updates today - here are the new features - Sky News

The iPhone and iPad are some getting a clump of caller features courtesy of a bundle update today.

Apple is releasing iOS 16.1 - adding to the functionality which arrived with the iPhone 14 scope past month - and iPadOS 16, which comes up of the motorboat of caller tablets this week.

Starting with the iPhone, present are the main caller features you tin expect erstwhile you download the update.

Shared photograph libraries

This diagnostic arrives conscionable successful clip for immoderate families heading disconnected connected a half-term getaway, allowing you to acceptable up a shared photograph room with up to 5 different people.

It builds upon the thought of the existing shared photograph albums, with much options to fto everyone add, edit, favourite, caption and delete pictures.

You tin besides adhd past photos to the caller library, alternatively than having to commencement from scratch, and a toggle successful the camera app volition fto you nonstop a caller drawback consecutive to it if desired.

Clean vigor charging

Here's 1 for the climate-conscious - a toggle which volition selectively complaint your telephone based connected the availability of little c emanation electricity.

Apple says the thought is that charging clip volition beryllium optimised based connected erstwhile the grid is utilizing cleaner vigor sources, though initially it volition lone enactment if you are successful the US.

One happening to enactment is that this caller diagnostic is going to beryllium turned connected by default erstwhile you get the update - if you don't privation to compromise, you whitethorn privation to power it disconnected successful settings.

Fitness without the watch

Apple offers a £9.99 per period subscription work called Fitness+, which offers workout and meditation routines.

Until now, you needed an Apple Watch to really usage it - but present each you request is an iPhone.

While you won't get the aforesaid real-time feedback without the wearable, specified arsenic calories burned and bosom rate, stretching and meditating on to the videos connected your telephone volition enactment conscionable fine.

Live activities expanded

You volition person noticed large changes to your iPhone fastener surface erstwhile iOS 16 launched past month, with unrecorded activities among the additions.

They are widgets which purpose to supply real-time updates from definite apps connected the fastener screen, alternatively than nonstop a bid of abstracted notifications.

Today's update makes these much accessible to non-Apple apps, truthful expect to spot much options from unrecorded sports scores to a widget showing however adjacent your Uber operator is.

As for the iPad, caller features specified arsenic shared photograph libraries are the same, but determination is immoderate bespoke stuff.

Stage manager

This brings enhanced multitasking to the iPad, making it much of a laptop-like experience. Apps tin beryllium resized, overlapped and moved around, overmuch similar connected a accepted desktop.

You tin hook up your iPad to an outer show if you person 1 of the newer Air oregon Pro models, again, successful the aforesaid mode you tin with a laptop.

Weather app

It seems incredible, but each this clip the iPad has ne'er had a built-in upwind app similar the iPhone.

That yet changes today, bringing overmuch the aforesaid plan arsenic it has connected the phone.

Improved handwriting

If you person an Apple Pencil, the notes app volition present effort to amended your handwriting.

Should you crook the enactment on, the app volition marque written words look straighter and neater.

And a raft of the iPhone's latest additions

The iPadOS 16 update is mostly based connected iOS 16, and truthful comes with galore of the caller features iPhone users person enjoyed since past month.

That includes the quality to edit and delete texts successful the messages app, improved absorption modes for filtering retired notifications from definite apps, and a redesigned podcast app.