7 Secret iOS 16 Features Apple Didn’t Tell You About

Perhaps to awe you with the public release

Nikhil Vemu
Mac O’Clock
Published in
5 min readJun 15, 2022

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iPhone on a white table
Photo by Jannis Lucas on Unsplash

The iOS timestamp on the WWDC22 YouTube video lasted for 30 min 13 sec, and Craig tried his best to include the coolest of iOS 16’s features within the span.

However, after I installed its developer beta, I found many other exciting features worth displaying in the video. Sadly, Apple didn’t. Anyways, here they are.

#1. Audio Messages in iMessage

Audio Message in iMessage iOS 16
Screenshot by the author

Apple takes a big stride in setting iMessage at par with other messaging platforms like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger.

Now you can:

  • Tap, hold, speak, and release, or
  • Tap, speak, and tap the button again

to send a voice message.

Also, you can swipe up if you want to edit the recorded message right away with the similar tools the in-built Voice Memos app has.

Bonus feature

iMessage also brings six new Memoji sticker poses. These:

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