José Adorno
Apple engineers have finished working on the official iOS 16
release version. As reported by Bloombergs Mark Gurman, in his Power On
newsletter, the upcoming operating system for iPhone is prepared for a
public release as engineers finished the development last week.
Its not unusual for Apple to seed to developers and public beta testers
versions of an operating system they worked on a few weeks ago. As were
already on iOS 16 beta 6 and public beta 4, Apple is finishing its testing
cycle just a few weeks before the rumored September 7 event as also
reported by Bloomberg.
Mark Gurman writes in todays newsletter:
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The iOS 16.0 update, which Apple engineers finished work on this past week,
is due to launch in September alongside watchOS 9. Those updates will
correspond with the new hardware. The macOS Ventura and iPadOS upgrades, on
the other hand, are now scheduled for October (after Stage Manager-related
delays to the iPad software) to match the new hardware lineup.
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With that in mind, after introducing the iPhone 14 series and new Apple
Watch models, Apple will also announce when it will release iOS 16, watchOS
9, and tvOS 16 the latter didnt see major upgrades in this beta cycle.
Whats also interesting is that macOS Ventura and iPadOS 16 will see a
release a month later, when Apple is expected to announce new Macs and
iPads. This will be the perfect time for Apple, once again, to address the
benefits of Stage Manager and other continuity features that will be
available with these releases.
iOS 16 is bringing a new Lock Screen, a deeper Focus Mode integration, new
functions to Messages and FaceTime, etc. But with Apple finishing the
development of iOS 16, it means the company can already move on to iOS 16.1.
For this other operating system, its likely that Apple is planning to
launch Live Activities, a function that will make the Lock Screen even more
useful. Heres how it works:
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Live Activities display and update an apps most current data on the iPhone
Lock Screen. This allows people to see live information they care about the
most at a glance. To offer Live Activities, add code to your existing widget
extension or create a new widget extension if your app doesnt already
include one. Live Activities use WidgetKit functionality and SwiftUI for
their user interface on the Lock Screen. ActivityKits role is to handle the
life cycle of each Live Activity: You use its API to request, update, and
end a Live Activity.
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