Features to come with iOS 16.1 have been announced:

The iPhone 14 family, introduced last month, attracted attention with both its features and price. The accident detection feature on the newly introduced phones has been talked about a lot.

Apple recently introduced the new MacOS and announced new features to be offered to Mac users. Today, all the features that will come with iOS 16.1 have been shared with users. Let’s take a closer look at all the features that will be released with iOS 16.1 together.

Matter accessories can now be used with Apple Home

Thanks to this feature, which is especially relevant for those who use smart lighting and accessories at home, Matter products of the Eve Home brand will now be able to work fully integrated with the Apple Home application. It should be noted that Apple Home already supports products of brands such as Bang & Olufsen, Denon, JBL and Pioneer.

However, in order to use Matter products, in addition to the Apple Home application, you must have an Apple HomePod, HomePod mini, Apple TV 4K or Apple TV HD and Siri must be turned on.

Apple Card “Savings Account”

Thanks to this feature, which will be useful for those who actively use the Apple Card, which is still in use only in the USA, users will be able to open an investment account at Goldman Sachs, one of the largest investment banks in the world, through the Apple Card application. There will be no restrictions such as minimum investment fee, deposit and withdrawal fees, and minimum balance in this account, which will work depending on the Apple Card.

You will have much easier access to Dynamic Island

The accessibility feature, which has been available on iOS devices for a long time, was activated when you double-tapped the home button on iPhones with a home button, and when you swiped your finger down from the bottom edge of the iPhone X and later, it moved the top of the screen down and allowed you to easily access the above apps and the notification bar.

However, when you activate this feature on the iPhone 14 family, Dynamic Island could not be used. Thanks to the new iOS 16.1 update, when you use this feature, you will now be able to use Dynamic Island easily.

You will be able to share iCloud photos with your family and friends

When you wanted to send multiple photos on iCloud to your friends, you usually had to download each photo individually or in bulk and send them to your friends somehow. But with iOS 16.1, you no longer have to send photos to friends or family.

Thanks to the new public folder feature, you can add 5 people to a public folder you created in iCloud and let them add their own photos, edit and delete existing photos.

Your lock screen is now much more capable

The lock screen customization, which comes with iOS 16 and is one of the most striking features, made many users happy. In this feature, you could instantly view the progress in applications such as the Maps application.

Thanks to the new development that comes with iOS 16.1, you will now be able to use this live tracking feature in 3rd party applications. You will be able to instantly see when the vehicle you call from the Uber application will arrive or the live score of a match you want to follow on the lock screen.

Your phone will leave a less carbon footprint while charging

Another feature that came with iOS 16.1 was the feature called “Clean energy charging”. This feature prevents your phone from waiting in vain for charging overnight. When you activate the feature, your phone learns what time you unplugged your phone in the morning and started using it, and slowly charges your phone before this time. For example, if you go to bed at 11:00 am and wake up at 7:00 am every night, your iPhone knows this and slowly charges your phone until 6:50 am.

This feature has been around for a while on various Android phones, and users who have tested the feature say it works just as well on iPhone as it does on Android.

You no longer need an Apple Watch to use Apple Fitness+

Fitness+, one of the most used features of Apple Watch, helped users in fitness and sports and allowed them to track data such as heart rate and calories both instantly and retrospectively.

Thanks to the new feature that comes with iOS 16.1, iPhone users who do not use Apple Watch will now be able to benefit from the blessings of Fitness +.

You will be able to share your keys with your friends

Thanks to the wallet feature that came to iOS in the latest updates, you can digitally store your hotel card, keys of some cars, access keys of some home systems and door locks on your phone. Thanks to the new iOS 16.1 update, you will be able to share your keys with your friends.

Thanks to this feature, you will be able to send your house or car keys to your friends on platforms such as iMessage, WhatsApp and Telegram. You will also be able to choose how long these keys can be actively used.

So how many of these features will you use?