Top Stories: New iOS 16.1 Features, USB-C iPhone Confirmed, and More - MacRumors

October is drafting to a adjacent with plentifulness to speech astir successful presumption of caller hardware and bundle releases from Apple, portion we're besides looking up with iOS 16.2 and aboriginal hardware.

Read connected beneath for each of the details connected everything Apple released this week, including our aboriginal hands-on look astatine Apple's caller iPads, positive a rumor astir Apple's biggest-ever iPad and more!

iOS 16.1 Released: Here's Everything New

It was a engaged week for Apple successful presumption of software, arsenic the institution released iOS 16.1, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura with a agelong database of caller features for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

We've rounded up everything caller successful iOS 16.1, including enactment for Live Activities successful third-party apps (check retired our database of apps), iCloud Shared Photo Library, enactment for Matter accessories, and more.

As for hardware, caller iPad Pro models and a redesigned 10th-generation iPad launched this week aft being announced past week. We shared a hands-on look astatine some devices connected our YouTube channel. The caller Apple TV 4K launches adjacent Friday, November 4.

Apple Releases iPadOS 16 With Stage Manager and More

iPadOS 16 was yet released to the nationalist this week pursuing implicit 4 months of beta testing. One of the update's cardinal caller features is Stage Manager, which allows aggregate apps to beryllium utilized successful overlapping windows for improved multitasking.

Unfortunately, Stage Manager has been criticized arsenic a "poorly tested" feature with a "muddled constellation of missing features, bugs, and confusing interactions."

macOS Ventura: 50 New Features and Changes Worth Checking Out

Following the merchandise of macOS Ventura, we person shared a database of 50 caller features and changes worthy checking out successful the bundle update.

macOS Ventura‌ is simply a large update that introduces a caller multitasking acquisition connected the Mac with Stage Manager, overhauls aggregate banal apps similar Mail and Messages, adds enactment for utilizing an iPhone arsenic a Mac's webcam with a newly released Belkin accessory, and more.

Apple Rumored to Release Larger 16-Inch iPad Next Year

Apple is developing a larger 16-inch iPad that it hopes to merchandise successful the 4th fourth of 2023, according to a study this week. This would beryllium the largest-ever iPad model, topping the 12.9-inch iPad Pro.

The supersized iPad would person the aforesaid surface size arsenic the 16-inch MacBook Pro, providing users with a overmuch larger canvas to enactment with. It was antecedently rumored that Apple is also readying a 14-inch iPad Pro.

Apple Admits It Will Have to Comply With EU and Switch iPhone to USB-C

In an interrogation this week with tech newsman Joanna Stern, Apple's selling main Greg Joswiak admitted that the institution will "have to comply" with an EU law requiring devices similar the iPhone to follow USB-C arsenic a communal charging larboard starting successful 2024.

Apple's bundle engineering main Craig Federighi besides participated successful the discussion, which touched connected the deficiency of iMessage connected Android and galore different topics.

Everything New successful iOS 16.2 Beta: Freeform App and More

Shortly aft releasing iOS 16.1, Apple made the archetypal beta of iOS 16.2 disposable to developers and nationalist beta testers with even much caller features.

iOS 16.2 volition see Apple's caller integer whiteboard app Freeform, unintentional Emergency SOS telephone reporting, a caller Sleep widget for the Lock Screen, caller Home app architecture, Live Activities integration for prime sports games successful the Apple TV app, and more.

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