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Everything New in Safari in iOS 16: Shared Tab Groups, Extension Syncing, Web Push Notifications and More

The iOS 16 Safari update builds on the Tab Groups feature introduced in iOS 16, plus it adds some much-needed quality of life improvements and security enhancements.

Tab Group Updates

Introduced in iOS 15, Tab Groups let you organize and save your tabs into different segments that you can swap between. So, for example, if you're planning a trip, you can save all your tabs into a "Trip" group. In iOS 16, Apple takes Tab Groups even further with new features.

Pinned Tabs

Pinned tabs are now available in iOS 16 and iPadOS 16, and they can be used in Tab Groups. If you have tabs in your Tab Group that you want to have open all the time, pinning is an option. To pin a tab to a Tab Group in iOS 16, open up the Tab Group then long press on the URL bar in Safari and choose the "Pin Tab" option.

• How to Pin Tabs in Safari on iPhone and iPad

Tab Group Start Pages

Every Tab Group has its own separate Start Page in iOS 16, so you can have different favorites, frequently visited sites, and other options that are exclusive to each group of tabs.

• How to Create Favorites Within a Safari Tab Group

Shared Tab Groups

Any Tab Group you've created can now be shared with friends and family, allowing multiple people to contribute links and work together. Everyone can add tabs and see the Tab Group update instantly.

• How to Share Safari Tab Groups

Passkeys are meant to replace traditional passwords when signing into websites or apps, and Apple is aiming to roll out Passkeys starting in iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura.

Passkeys rely on iCloud Keychain, which in turn requires two-factor authentication for further protection. Passkeys sync across all of a user's devices through ‌iCloud‌ Keychain, which is end-to-end encrypted with its own cryptographic keys.

Passkeys will work on all Apple devices, but Apple is also working with companies like Microsoft and Google to ensure that Passkeys can also be used with non-Apple devices.

Extension Syncing

If you've downloaded an extension on another device, you can see it in the Safari preferences on your ‌iPhone‌ thanks to Extensions syncing, a new iOS 16 feature.

If you don't want to share extensions across devices, you can toggle off the option in the same Settings section.

Web Push Notifications

Website push notifications have been available through Safari on the Mac for some time now, but in iOS 16, these push notifications are also going to be available on the ‌iPhone‌ and iPad .

Support for web push notifications won't be available when iOS 16 launches, with the feature coming in an update later this year.

As on the Mac, web notifications will be available on an opt-in basis, and you will be able to choose websites to receive notifications for.

Website Settings Sync

Your website settings like page zoom, automatic Reader view, and more, will now sync across devices so you only need to set your preferences once. If you don't want to share settings for websites across devices, you can toggle it off in the Safari section of the Settings app.

Strong Password Editing

When you're creating a website account using Safari, Safari will suggest a strong password for you to use, which syncs with ‌iCloud‌ Keychain. Unfortunately, some websites have specific requirements like a certain number of symbols or capital letters that strong passwords don't always fulfill.

• How to Customize Suggested Strong Passwords

Focus Filters

Apple in iOS 16 added a new Focus option called Filters. Filters are designed to allow users to filter out content within apps, displaying a specific Safari Tab Group or Mail account. When you use a Focus with a filter set, the app with the filter will only show what you've selected, hiding everything else.

Lift Subject From Background

iOS 16 has a fun feature that lets you drag subjects right out of images, and it works in the Safari app. Open up a webpage with any image, long press on the image, and then choose the "Copy Subject" option.

• How to Lift Subjects From Images on the Web

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Does the new iCloud Password Editing feature allow you to change easily the already set passwords? Because many times we need to change the password and using iCloud Keychain used to be a bit difficult or clunky (or I’m doing it wrong). Also I’m really wishing passkeys are broadly implemented soon.

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Want to know how to share Tab Groups in iOS 16? Here's how

The ability to share Tab Groups in iOS 16 builds upon last year's iOS update, which added a Tab Groups feature to the mobile Safari app. The iOS 16 update now takes the feature to the next level, meaning you can not only group together tabs on a related topic, but share those groups with other people too.

This isn't just an iPhone feature. Shared Tab Groups work across Apple's different devices, with the feature also coming to iPadOS 16 and macOS Ventura . All three of those software updates ship in the fall, but you can experience the changes first-hand when you download the iOS 16 public beta onto your iPhone.

Shared Tab Groups has the potential to be a vital tool for group research projects, study groups and families looking to share information. Apple intends for you to use the Shared Tab Groups feature to collaborate with other people, and Tab Groups are fairly easy to manage — once you know how to share a Tab Group, that is. Here, we'll show you the ropes, using the Safari app on iOS 16 .

How to share Tab Groups in iOS 16 Safari: create a Tab Group

Before you can share any Tab Groups you've assembled, you need to know how to create them in the first place. We've got an extensive guide on how to use tab groups in iOS 15 , and the process for creating one hasn't changed in the iOS 16 beta. 

Here's a quick reminder on how to create a Tab Group.

1. In Safari, tap the tab button in the right corner of the location bar. 

2. Tap the middle of the bar , where it lists the number of open tabs. You can also tap and hold on the number of open tabs and create your Tab Group from the pop-menu that appears. 

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3. Tap New Empty Tab Group to create a new blank tab group or, if you want to group all the tabs you currently have open, tap New Tab Group from X Tabs (where X is the number of tabs you currently have open). Since all the tabs I have open are related to researching a Berlin trip, and that's what I want my Tab Group to be about, I'm going to pick New Tab Group from X Tabs.

4. Enter the name you'd like to use for the Tab Group and tap Save .

You're now the proud owner of a Tab Group. You can add additional tabs to your group, switch to other Tab Groups or, as of iOS 16, share this Tab Group with someone else. Let's learn how to do the latter.

How to share a Tab Group in iOS 16 Safari

Let's start from an entirely different web page.

1. Tap the tab button in right corner of the location bar in Safari. 

2. Tap and hold on the center of the location bar , where you see "Start Page" or the number of open tabs. On the ensuing pop-up menu, select the Tab Group you want to share . (If you're already in the Tab Group you want to share, just skip to Step 3 below.)

3. I've picked my Berlin Research Tab Group. Just to the right of the name at the top of the screen, there's a Share Sheet Icon. Tap it.

4. On the following menu, pick the people or app you want to share the Tab Group with . In this case, I've picked my wife, and I'm sending her the link through Messages.

5. The icons of anyone you're sharing a Tab Group with will appear at the top of the page. Tap their picture and then Manage Shared Tap Group to add or delete people.

The best part of Shared Tab Groups is the interactive nature of the feature. You can see which tab someone's looking at — their icon appears on the tab. And changes and updates to the Tab Group are visible to everyone. 

You can also text, call or FaceTime with members of the Shared Tab Group by tapping their picture and using the Message, Audio or Video icons to initiate the conversation of your choice. It's all about making Safari a more collaborative tool.

Shared Tab Groups is just one of the big changes that's available in iOS 16. We can also show you how to edit text messages or even unsend texts in the Messages app . If you want the latest sports scores and news for your favorite teams, follow our tips on how to set up My Sports on the iOS 16 News app while our guide to setting up an iCloud Shared Photo Library can help you share important photos with family members. For more general iPhone tips, why not start by checking out how to turn off Shake to Undo on iPhone .

Philip Michaels is a Managing Editor at Tom's Guide. He's been covering personal technology since 1999 and was in the building when Steve Jobs showed off the iPhone for the first time. He's been evaluating smartphones since that first iPhone debuted in 2007, and he's been following phone carriers and smartphone plans since 2015. He has strong opinions about Apple, the Oakland Athletics, old movies and proper butchery techniques. Follow him at @PhilipMichaels.

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How to Customize Safari Start Pages for Each Tab Group in iOS 16

With the advent of iOS 16, there are now more options than ever for customizing your Safari browsing experience with Tab Groups. I’ll walk you through how to pin tabs in groups and how to set unique Start Page backgrounds and favorites.

While Tab Groups are not new to iOS 16 (and if you've never used the feature before, I'd suggest checking out our guide on creating Tab Groups in Safari first) the big update to iOS does bring some new options for customizing them to your personal tastes and give us some new ways to help make them visually distinct from one another. For more guides like on utilizing the various features of your Apple devices, be sure to sign up for our free Tip of the Day newsletter .

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How to pin tabs in a group, how to customize tab groups start page backgrounds.

The first thing I did when when customizing my various Tab Groups was try to make them instantly recognizable visually. This is pretty easy to do, but the menu for doing it is in a spot that is a little hard to find.

Favorites is also a crucial part of a Tab Group, and they are added in almost the exact same way as you would add a favorite normally.

With iOS 16, you can also now pin tabs to specific Tab Groups.  You can use this feature to make sure that certain page you use all the time stay open, but only within the Tab Group they're relevant to.

For now, these are the only ways to customize your Tab Groups Start Pages individually and while these are still useful, personally I'm hoping we'll be able to do more in the future, such as having unique sets of options for each Start Page.

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How to Find Missing Safari Icon on iPhone or iPad

By: Waseem Patwegar | Filed Under: iOS

When the Safari Icon goes missing from the Home screen of iPhone, most users start thinking about the possibility of Safari App being accidentally deleted by them or by someone with access to their device.

However, this is never the case as Apple prevents users from deleting native apps and Safari happens to be one of the most essential native Apps that cannot be deleted from an Apple device.

In most cases, the problem of missing Safari Icon ends up being due to the Safari App being accidentally moved to another Home Screen or becoming hidden in a Folder on the App Library screen.

A less common reason for Safari Icon missing or disappearing from the Home screen on iPhone is due to the Safari App being restricted by Screen Time Settings .

What to Do If Safari Icon is Missing on iPhone?

It can be quite frustrating to find Safari Icon missing on iPhone. Fortunately, in most cases, you should be able to fix this problem using the following steps.

1. Check All Home Screens & Folders

As mentioned above, the most common reason for Safari Icon missing on iPhone is due to the Safari App being accidentally moved to another Home Screen or a Folder.

Hence, the first step would be to carefully go through all the Home screens on your iPhone and look for the Safari App.

Also, go through all Folders and make sure that Safari Icon is not hiding in a Folder on your device.

2. Search For Safari Browser On iPhone

Follow the steps below to make your iPhone look for the missing Safari app.

1. Bring up the Search bar on the Home screen of your iPhone ( Swipe down or Swipe left , depending on the model of your iPhone).

2.  Type Safari in the Search bar and this should bring up Safari App in the search results.

3. Tap & Hold on the Safari Icon , drag it upwards slightly and release the finger to place Safari Icon back on the Home Screen of your iPhone.

Note: Even if the Safari App is hidden in a Folder, you will see the name of the Folder in which the Safari App Icon is hidden on your device.

3. Look For Safari in App Library

If you had accidentally removed Safari from the Home screen, it should be available in the App Library on your iPhone.

1. Swipe Left on the Home screen of your iPhone, until you reach the App Library screen.

2. On App Library screen, type Safari in the Search bar and you should find Safari appearing in the Search results.

3. Once Safari appears in the search results, tap and hold on Safari Icon and select Add to Home Screen option.

This should immediately bring the Safari Icon back on the Home Screen of your device.

4. Unhide Home Screen

Another possibility is that you may have accidentally moved Safari to another Home screen and also hidden that Home Screen.

1. Tap & Hold on the Dots located on the Home Screen of your iPhone.

2. Look for Safari Icon in the Thumbnails and tap below the Thumbnail that contains the Safari Icon (if it does not have the check mark).

3. This will unhide the Screen containing Safari Icon and you will find Safari back on the Home screen of your iPhone.

5. Reset Home Screen

An easy way to get native Apps like Safari back to their default position on the Home screen of your iPhone is to Reset the Home Screen.

1. Go to Settings > General > Transfer or Reset iPhone > Reset .

2. On the Reset Screen, select Reset Home Screen Layout option.

As mentioned above, resetting the Home Screen should bring back the Safari Icon to its usual position on the Home screen of your iPhone or iPad.

6. Disable Restrictions on Safari App

You may have accidentally or intentionally placed restrictions on Safari App, in order to prevent the possibility of your children accessing the internet and using up all your data.

1. Open Settings > Go to Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions and tap on Allowed Apps .

2. On Allowed Apps screen, move the toggle next to Safari to  ON  position.

Note: If you are using Screen Time Passcode , you will be prompted to enter Screen Time Passcode.

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The top 50 features in iOS 16 that will make your iPhone better

Every year, Apple refreshes its operating systems with new features, and while some arrive as part of periodic updates, the bulk of headline add-ons arrive as part of the milestone release.

Sometimes the changes are to modernize or refine something already existing in iOS . Others bring new elements to the operating system for the first time, adding new options and ways to get the most out of the iPhone .

For 2022, Apple's primary focus is on increasing the personalization options within iOS 16, but it still added many more features that cover other important areas of the operating system.

Here are 50 of the best features that iOS 16 will be bringing to users, as chosen by the AppleInsider editorial team.

1 - Mail: Send Later

Send Later is the new ability to schedule when an email you've written will be sent. It's a feature that has long been in third-party email clients, but it's a small thing that proves unexpectedly helpful once you've tried it.

It means that if you get one of those late-evening emails that will ruin your night unless you reply, you can reply — but tell Mail to send it in the morning. That way, it's off your mind, off your plate, and yet you don't spend the rest of the evening locked in a back-and-forth email conversation.

It would be better if Apple kept these scheduled messages on iCloud because, as it is, they stay on your iPhone — and if you shut down your iPhone or turn on AirPlane mode, they don't get sent.

2 - Mail: Remind Me

Mail's new Remind Me feature in iOS 16 and macOS Ventura is potentially one of the best new features of iOS 16, but it won't be until it gets some refinements. Right now, if you send an email and you do not get a reply within a few days, Mail puts your message back in your inbox.

It's confusing at first because this is your inbox and yet the email being shown is from you instead of to you. You do get used to that, though, and it is genuinely useful to be reminded to chase important emails.

Only, you don't get to decide what's important or not.

Say someone emails to ask you whether you've completed the work for the Acme company, and you reply yes. That's the end of the conversation, and neither you nor your recipient needs to continue emailing about it, but Mail may pop your "yes" email back into your inbox later.

There must be a reason why Apple doesn't make this an option, why it doesn't let us decide, but we may never know.

3 - Messages: Edit and unsend

Typos and accidental messages should be a thing of the past, thanks to iOS 16. Users can edit and unsend an iMessage when every person involved is running the latest update.

Editing a sent iMessage creates an interactive widget within the chat interface. The sender and recipient can tap to see the edit history, and up to five edits can be made to a message in 15 minutes.

Deleting a sent message is a little more permanent. Both users will see a message showing that a previously sent message was deleted, but no history or evidence is available otherwise.

Due to the potential for abuse of this feature, Apple has made the "unsend" time limit only two minutes . Messages the recipient has seen can still be deleted if it is done within the time limit.

4 - Continuity Camera makes the iPhone a Mac webcam

Continuity Camera is a combined feature for iOS and macOS that enables the iPhone camera to be used for Mac functions. Previously, it acted as a simple document scanner or photo tool.

With macOS Ventura and iOS 16, users will be able to use their iPhone camera as a dedicated webcam — no setup necessary. The camera and microphone selection tools in apps like Skype, FaceTime , and others will automatically show the iPhone as an option if it is nearby and on the same WiFi network.

Thanks to the Ultra Wide camera on the previous few generations of iPhone, another webcam-specific feature is available. Desk Mode uses this wide-angle lens to show the desktop below the iPhone and the speaker simultaneously.

5 - Quick Notes comes to iPhone

In iPadOS 15 and macOS Monterey , Quick Notes was the excellent addition of a speedy and convenient way to jot down a note or to build up one with ever more detail. Whatever you were doing on an iPad or Mac, you could swipe up from the bottom right corner to get a new Quick Note, write what you need and then just push the note away.

It's also context-aware, so if you made a new Quick Note while you were on a website, you could be offered the same note again the next time you go to that site.

Quick Notes are such a good feature, especially on the iPad, that it was frustrating that Apple didn't add it to the iPhone. Now with iOS 16, the iPhone has it - in theory.

In practice, it's not as smooth as the iPad — you can't swipe up from a corner, you have to tap a button that you add to Control Center. And, at least during the beta testing, it didn't seem as good at associating notes with particular websites.

7 - Home app is redesigned and improved

As we've explored in our existing coverage , the Home app is getting a major redesign with this update. It starts from a new whole-home view that breaks down your devices by category, provides a side-scrolling view of all your cameras, and a list of your most oft-used accessories.

Apple also promises the new Home app will be faster when controlling accessories thanks to a re-engineered framework. All devices need to be updated to support this, and in-app icons should quickly show the new status when their state is changed.

Other improvements include new wallpapers, full support for Matter — when it launches, and new accessory icons.

7 - Live Text in video

If you're watching a video in Photos, Quick Look, Safari , and some other apps, you can use the Live Text feature with the footage.

All you have to do is pause the video to see options for things you can do with in-frame text. This includes copy and paste functions, translation, and even using Lookup.

This can be helpful in many ways, such as copying the text of an on-screen caption from a video or retrieving data from a sign that appears in a vacation video.

8 - Lock Screen redesign

One of the biggest user-facing features of iOS 16 is the new Lock Screen. Users can customize the clock, add widgets, and choose how notifications appear in this update.

Up to four square widgets can be added below the clock, while another text-based widget can be added to the date above. Notifications will now slide in from the bottom of the phone and can be hidden away with a toggle in settings.

The clock can be customized with eight different fonts, colors, and gradients. The color chosen will apply to the widgets too.

9 - Assign screens in Focus Modes

Device customization goes even further in iOS 16 thanks to new Focus Mode controls. Assign a Lock Screen, Home Screen, and Apple Watch face to each Focus.

When a Focus is activated, the chosen screens will become active automatically. This allows users to change how their device appears and functions using contexts like location, time of day, or even app launched.

Combine all the new customization options in iOS 16 for a truly personalized device.

10 - Focus Filters

We're used to Focus Mode, which lets you say you don't want to be disturbed by notifications unless they're from certain people or in certain apps. That's still available in iOS 16, and it's been refined with the addition of a quick way to launch a Focus Mode by switching lock screens.

But iOS 16 has also added a subtle extra element to this, which is potentially enormously beneficial. It's called Focus Filters, and it lets you refine specific parts of your Focus Mode to include or exclude certain types of content within apps.

The simplest example is Mail, where you may have multiple email address inboxes. You could set a filter so that when your Work Focus Mode is on, Mail shows you your Acme Corporation mailbox, for instance.

And when that Focus Mode is not on, it will look as if there simply is no such mailbox in Apple Mail.

You can already set a Focus Mode so that you don't get bleeped at every time a new email comes into that Acme mailbox. But you'll still see the unread count if you ever go into Mail to send something else, and focus filters mean you won't get distracted.

11 - Dictation and keyboard in view at same time

Previously on iOS 16, if you wanted to dictate a message, you tapped the microphone icon and started talking. Then when you finished, you tapped the microphone icon again to stop.

And then you'd spend a moment using the keyboard to go back through the dictated text, fixing all the mistakes.

Now when you press the microphone icon, iOS 16 no longer removes the keyboard. You get to dictate while simultaneously using the keyboard to correct errors.

It sounds potentially confusing, as you fix a typo in the last sentence while still dictating the next one. But in practice, it's fast and straightforward.

12 - Passkeys

Passkeys are Apple's solution to eventually killing off the password. It has lofty goals and several improvements over the password-laden world we live in today.

These new passkeys are stored on your device and allow you to authenticate using Face ID or Touch ID instead of typing out a long password. Since they're stored on the device, similar to a hardware authentication key, they can't be phished or stolen as easily as passwords.

Apple will allow passkeys to sync across your devices, too, allowing them to work effortlessly across all your Apple devices, including iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

13 - Photos: iCloud Shared Photo Library

Unlike the existing shared iCloud Photo Album feature, an iCloud Shared Photo Library is a collection of full-sized photos and videos shared between six people. Every member of the shared library has full access to every photo and its data.

It is a separate library that exists alongside the user's personal library. View the personal library, shared library, or both at once.

Every iCloud Shared Photo Library member has full control over editing, deleting, or adding photos.

You can set it to automatically add photos with people's faces, certain face pairs, or at specific locations using filters. Or turn on a toggle in the Camera app to have every image taken go directly to the shared library for a limited time.

14 - Family Sharing setup improvements

Quick Start is added to Family Sharing this year. Instead of setting the device up manually, you can bring a child or family member's device near yours, which can automate much of the setup process.

Quick Start will automatically provide age-appropriate suggestions for media restrictions when setting up a child's device. You can check everything on the new Family Sharing checklist that lets you know all Family Sharing features, such as shared iCloud storage or location sharing.

15 - Memoji improvements

Memoji gets six new sticker poses, 17 new hairstyles, additional headwear, more nose options, and neutral lip colors. Updates to existing customization options have also been made.

Users also get more choices when using a Memoji as a Contact photo. Every Memoji sticker can be used, as well as three custom poses when selecting Memoji in Contacts.

16 - Apple Maps: Multiple Stops

This is a feature that you would imagine should have been there since the start of Apple Maps , but presumably, it's hard to implement because multiple stops are new in iOS 16. They weren't in Google Maps initially either, although Google did add it back in 2016.

All it means is that, yes, you can do the usual thing of setting where you want to drive, walk, cycle, or use public transit to go. But alongside that, you can say that you need to stop at these two, three, or more places.

To do it, Apple has had to rethink how you enter where you want to go and that will take a moment to get used to. But as well as being obviously useful, it's also been done extremely well.

Apple makes it exceptionally simple to add a new stop to your route and drag the stops around to change their order if you need.

17 - Apple Maps: Transit cards integration

While Apple Maps includes a feature showing how much transit fares will cost, it will also offer you information about any transit cards you may own.

After adding transit cards to Wallet, you can see select information within Apple Maps without needing to switch to the Wallet. This includes seeing if you have a low balance on a card, as well as the opportunity to replenish the balance with more credit.

Not only will you know how much the travel will cost, but you'll also be able to know your transit card will cover it.

18 - Apple Watch is no longer required to use the Fitness app

Track steps and other metrics using the iPhone's built-in sensors. This data will contribute to closing the Fitness app rings without an Apple Watch.

Anyone who doesn't own an Apple Watch or prefers not to wear one when working out can now view Fitness+ workouts. The app functions the same, but now it will enable the workout to begin even if an Apple Watch isn't nearby.

19 - Safety Check

Abusers often exert control over their victims in various ways, and in the modern era, this can involve the use of technology. Tracking systems and other sharing-related features are intended to be used for good, but they can also allow an abuser to keep an eye on victims.

Safety Check within Settings provides a way for domestic or intimate partner violence situations to take back some of that control, especially when they may be in danger from abusers.

The section offers the option to users to manage who has access to their information and apps on their devices. Users can then use Safety Check to reset access given to apps and other people, cutting off the flow of information like location data.

The effects of changes to Safety Check aren't limited to just one device, as it can be used to remotely disable messaging on secondary devices the user may be signed into. Doing so means abusers can't use messaging accounts of their victims just by having physical access to a device.

20 - Lockdown Mode

Lockdown Mode alters or disables several features on the iPhone to ensure maximum security. Most users will never need this feature, but anyone in a position of power that could be targeted by state actors now has an option to increase data protection.

Some websites won't function properly with Lockdown Mode active. Also, many sharing features will be disabled, especially when receiving content or indentations from people not found in Contacts.

Apple calls Lockdown Mode an extreme, and optional, protection.

21 - Apple Notes: lock notes with an iPhone's passcode instead setting up new codes

You've long been able to lock a note in Apple Notes on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, and if we had one criticism, it was that you couldn't lock a folder. You still can't.

However, if we had two criticisms, the next one would be that every note you want to lock has to have its own password. You could use the same actual passcode every time, as insecure as that might be, but the issue was that you had to set it up for each note individually.

In iOS 16, you still have to positively say that a specific note should be locked, but you no longer have to enter a password. Instead, you can elect to use your iPhone's passcode — and Face ID .

22 - Mail: search improvements

Mail is getting much better at searching your email with this update. As soon as you start typing your search, rich email results will be displayed, helping you find what you're looking for.

It will also automatically correct likely typos and handle fuzzy searches by using synonyms for your query to return more relevant results.

23 - Battery percentage returns

You really should not spend your days watching your iPhone's battery level, seeing when it drops even 1%. But we do all use our iPhones so much that batteries run down dishearteningly quickly, and it can be good to know precisely what percentage of battery life you have left.

That appeals enough that people were vocally upset when Apple removed the percentage readout. The company never stopped you from seeing the percentage figure if you opened Control Center, but you couldn't see it in your iPhone's menu bar.

Instead, all you could see for a long time now is an icon of a battery. During the day, that icon changes to show lower and lower charge, but it is always approximate.

We're talking about batteries here, so any measure of charge left is at least a bit approximate, but now iOS 16 has brought back the percentage figure to the menu bar.

Go to Settings, Battery, and toggle the percentage figure on or off as you need.

24 - Photos: remove duplicate ones

Perhaps you've inadvertently leaned on the Burst Mode button and taken 30 near-identical shots. Or you've accidentally imported an album of holiday photos twice.

With iOS 16, you can rapidly get rid of these duplicates — or even these near duplicates — within Photos. Open Photos, tap on Albums, then scroll down to the bottom of the screen where there's a Duplicates option.

It won't just say Duplicates, though. Next to that tappable heading, there will be a count of the duplicate images that Photos has already found.

If you tap that Duplicates heading, you see all duplicate images. They will be side by side in pairs, even if there are more than two duplicates.

Next to each pair is a Merge button, which will combine all of the metadata to do with when the photo was taken and will also take the higher resolution of the two.

You can step through every pair choosing to merge or not, or select everything. If you do that, you still have the option to deselect any of them, but with a single tap, you can merge the lot.

25 - Messages: SharePlay

SharePlay sessions can be started from the Messages app. Previously, SharePlay could only be started via an active FaceTime call.

Now, users in a private or group chat can start a SharePlay session with all of the features and benefits but without needing to keep a call connected.

Share device screens, view apps, play games or watch a movie together in perfect sync thanks to SharePlay. Apps capable of performing SharePlay functions will appear in the SharePlay menu in Messages or FaceTime.

26 - Haptic feedback on keyboard

From the first iPhone, the default has been that as you press a key on the virtual keyboard, you hear a click. Some people like this, some find it intensely irritating, and fortunately, you could switch it off.

Yet if it was irritating to you — and people around you — hearing this click, click, clicking, it did have a use. You are more sure that you've pressed a key when you hear a click afterward.

What iOS 16 has done is find a different way to give you that positive feedback without the irritating clicking sounds. Go to Settings, Sounds & Haptics, then Keyboard Feedback.

There's a new Haptic setting. Turn that on, and now you feel a slight haptic vibration every time you tap a key.

27 - Photos: Batch editing

There must be few people who just take one single photograph of something, not since our iPhones make it simple to take shot after shot for coverage. But maybe every image is slightly off in some way, perhaps because the lighting wasn't right.

Photos has long included features for correcting images and editing photos, but now iOS 16 has added something to make the job easier. You still have to make all the corrections and edits to one photo, but then you can copy almost all of those edits.

Say you upped the vibrancy of a shot, toned down the exposure, and played around with the highlights, shadows, and contrast. Once you've saved that one image, you can tap on the ellipses More button and choose Copy Edits.

Then come out of that one photo, tap Select, then choose one, two, or as many other images as you like. With them all selected, that ellipses button gives you an option to Paste Edits.

Every image you've selected will instantly get the same adjustments, all in one go.

Significantly, this excludes any cropping you may have done on the first image. You still have to do that manually if you need all the shots cropped to some specific shape.

28 - Safari: Shared Tab Groups

Either you've never used Safari Tab Groups, or it is an enormously key reason you will never switch to another browser. Once you've used it, Tab Groups are so helpful that it just feels wrong not having them.

The feeling is really out of proportion to what the feature does. It lets you open a bunch of websites in tabs, then give that set a name and save it.

So maybe your work needs you to keep referring to, say, ten websites. And maybe away from work, you're a baseball fan who has six favorite sports sites.

You open all the work sites in tabs, save them as one tab group, then open all the sports ones and save those.

From then on, you can click to see all of the Work tabs, or all of the Sports ones, as you need. The whole set of tabs switches to what you need to do now and is absurdly handy.

What's new in iOS 16 is just a little extension to all of this, but again it's something that sounds small until you use it. From now on, you can have Shared Tab Groups.

So if someone new joins your firm, for instance, you can give them your Work tab group to get them started. And what's more, if they then find some important site they need to add to the group, you get it too.

29 - Contacts: remove duplicate ones

You aren't clear how exactly this happened, but you've ended up with duplicate contacts over the years. Sometimes it's entirely your fault. You forgot you had someone, and you entered them twice,

However it happened, it's much worse than just having someone in your Contacts app twice. What invariably happens is that you have them in there twice — and each occurrence is slightly different.

Now iOS 16 can scan through Contacts and get rid of duplicates. It will compile all of the information from each occurrence and leave you with everybody listed just once.

There's no way for it to know that this cell number was a work one from the firm they left ten years ago. You will always need to do some work to clean up your Contacts list.

But you never do that, and iOS 16's new automatic duplicate contact removal is extremely good.

30 - Accessibility: Door Detection

Announced back in May, the Door Detection accessibility feature sounds like something that should've been an obvious inclusion for the iPhone, given its machine learning capabilities. As part of iOS 16, it's now a reality.

Door Detection, simply put, is a feature of Magnifier that takes advantage of the camera and LiDAR of the iPhone 12 Pro and later models to tell a visually impaired person where there's a door. Crucially, it will also provide vital information to the user about the door's state.

This includes whether the door is open or closed, if it can be opened by pushing or turning a knob, and how far away the user is from the door. It will also read out signs and labels around the door, so users can know where it will lead.

31 - Messages: Collaborate on documents from within the app

Apple's collaboration features have expanded with Messages in iOS 16. A document can be shared to a group Messages thread where everyone will have access to the document.

Work in Pages, Numbers, and other apps in a shared Messages thread where you can discuss the document in question and see as others make edits. Apple has it built into its applications, but developers can also build this functionality into their apps.

32 - Lift Subject From Background

Image recognition in iOS has become powerful enough that subjects in photos are recognized even without depth data. Press and hold on to any photo in the Photos app, Safari, or Files to automatically select the subject.

Perform a drag action to pull the PNG out automatically, or continue pressing to see an option to copy the subject to the clipboard. This new image has a transparent background and can be dropped into image editors or message drafts.

33 - Spatial Audio ear scanning for AirPods

One of the more unusual features of iOS 16 involves AirPods . The Spatial Audio feature that provides a 3D audio effect when listening to content is being upgraded, using a system that scans your head.

Personalized Spatial Audio uses the TrueDepth camera system to scan your face and your ears, which the iPhone then uses to create a 3D map of the user's ear positions, along with things like the shape and size of the ears.

This 3D data is then used to refine the Spatial Audio experience, making it as perfect as possible for that particular user when they use their AirPods next.

34 - Translate Camera

Borrowing a feature from apps like Google Translate, the Translate Camera is a feature of the Translate app that can help you quickly understand the world around you. After pausing a video feed, you'll see translations for words visible to the camera, all overlaid on the image.

It's not just for video, as you can use it with photographs taken in-app and from the user's Photos library. If it's a large amount of text or a very large image with many smaller details, you can also zoom in to check out a section, making it easier to understand.

35 - Safari: Tab Group start pages

Make Safari into a custom productivity tool using new Tab Group features. Users used to be limited to a single custom Start Page, but now, every Tab Group gets its own Start Page.

For example, create a Tab Group for work, make the Start Page wallpaper the work logo, add favorites useful for work production that only appear in that tab, then select what can appear. By doing this, users get a customized experience in Safari based on context.

Attach a Tab Group to a Focus using Focus Filters to take further advantage of this feature.

36 - Siri Shortcuts: automatic app shortcuts

As of iOS 16, app developers can effectively bake in Siri Shortcuts to their app. They've now long been able to be controlled over Shortcuts, but it required you to set up the shortcut.

An app developer can tell iOS 16 that it comes with a ready-built Shortcut. This all depends on the developers taking up the idea, and we'll see over the next months how well it does.

But in principle, they will tell Siri that they have a Shortcut ready and presumably will prompt you within the app to use it. It means that a developer can surface a popular function and make it available for users to ask Siri to do it for them.

37 - Apple Music: Favorite or "star" artists

Users can now identify favorite artists in Apple Music by selecting a star icon on the artist's profile page. This is yet another metric to train the personalized algorithm for music recommendations.

Favoriting an artist adds them to a dedicated section in the Listen Now tab. This list will influence algorithmic playlists like the New Music Mix and Favorites Mix.

New music notifications for albums, songs, interviews, and more will be shared for favorite artists.

38 - Siri offline controls expanded

There are newfound Siri abilities with iOS 16 that can be performed without needing to call Apple's servers. New offline skills include being able to control more Homekit devices, use Intercom, and access your voicemail.

39 - Wallet: receipt and delivery tracking

Get order receipts and delivery notifications right from the Apple Wallet app for qualifying purchases. Merchants who accept Apple Pay and support tracking systems like Shop will automatically populate Apple Wallet with order information.

This dedicated section in Apple Wallet takes some guesswork out of tracking orders. Rather than digging through email, cataloging receipts, and copying complicated delivery tracking codes, users can easily view everything in one place.

Shop is a known partner that is expected to participate in the iOS 16 launch. Other merchants and payment processors will have to opt-in for this system to work.

40 - Wallet: Apple Pay Later

Continuing Apple's growth of financial services, Apple Pay Later is an addition to Apple Pay that lets you split up a larger purchase into smaller installments. Specifically, it splits the cost into four equal payments over six weeks.

After making the purchase, you can track the payments and how much you have left to pay within Wallet. For routine transactions paid on time, users won't need to pay any fees or commissions to use the service.

Not all users will be able to take advantage of Apple Pay Later, with Apple warning it is available for "qualifying applicants in the United States."

41 - Apps with ID support

Only a few states currently support digital IDs stored in Apple Wallet, but that hasn't stopped the iPhone-maker from expanding their functionality. With iOS 16, third-party apps can request ID information for verification purposes.

With this, you could verify your age before ordering alcohol from a local shopping app or your identity when purchasing a plane ticket. Apple has privacy in mind here, and an app will need explicit permission before accessing any of your ID info.

When an app does request access, it can ask for only the info it needs. When buying alcohol, it may just need to verify your birthdate and nothing else, for example.

42 - Matter support for HomeKit

Matter is slated to arrive in the fall of 2022 as the unifier of smart home platforms. Technically, Apple has supported Matter in beta since iOS 15 , but iOS 16 will support the standard with its full release.

Any accessories certified to support Matter will work not just with Apple HomeKit, but Samsung SmartThings, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and more.

This will hopefully lead to less confusion in the smart home and increased adoption among consumers as devices will support all major platforms out of the box.

43 - Health: Medication tracking

Apple has made a series of minor improvements to the Health app to do with sharing your data with family or friends.

But it's also done something for each of us as individuals. It's added medication tracking.

Ultimately all it does is prompt you with a notification that you should take your medication and also then log that you've tapped its sharing your data button.

There is a limitation, though, in that you have to set a specific time to be reminded about the notification. You can't, for instance, just note that you need to take a specific pill with your evening meal, whatever time that is.

44 - New CarPlay

Technically part of iOS 16, the "Next Generation of CarPlay" won't be available at launch. You won't be able to get a vehicle that uses the new experience anytime soon, as the first vehicle announcements will take place in late 2023, around the launch of what will be iOS 17.

Instead, it is more Apple's teasing of what CarPlay could become. And oh boy, what a tease it is.

Deeper integration with vehicle functions like the radio and temperature controls that could be handled by CarPlay. This also includes CarPlay managing all screens used by the driver, including the instrument cluster, so it's one continuous interface at the front of the car's cabin.

It looks very fancy and could be a cutting-edge innovation for driving, but it's still a very far way off from reality.

45 - Face ID in Landscape

The iPad Pro has always been able to perform Face ID verification from any orientation. Until iOS 16, Face ID only worked in portrait mode on iPhone.

Face ID will work in portrait or landscape on supported devices as long as the sensor isn't obscured. Apple did not provide a list of supported devices, but the feature is likely limited to the most recent models.

Authenticating Face ID in landscape works for anything Face ID is used for, like logging into a banking app or making a purchase.

46 - Apple Watch Mirroring

Another accessibility feature of iOS 16, Apple Watch Mirroring is very self-descriptive, allowing you to view your Apple Watch display on your iPhone. Located in Accessibility in the Settings app under Apple Watch Mirroring, the feature shows the Apple Watch display on the linked iPhone's screen and lets you control it remotely.

Taps and swipes of the display and software versions of the Digital Crown and Side Button can be relayed from the mirrored screen on the iPhone to the Apple Watch.

There are a few applications for this, with the primary one being to have a better view of the Apple Watch display when performing tricky functions, simply because the iPhone's screen is bigger. You could also use it in an instructional manner, demonstrating a feature on an Apple Watch worn on someone's wrist by controlling it remotely.

It's also feasible to do demonstrations over a FaceTime call by sharing the iPhone screen.

47 - Apple Books: accessibility options

With this update, Apple has new accessibility features for its first-party eBook application. The Apple Books app will include new theme options to reduce strain on your eyes. Some mimic paper, some are calming, and others have high contrast.

The app is also gaining new customization options for adjusting the line, character, and word spacing to make it easier to read. A new pop-up modal allows you to use sliders to change these settings for your personal theme.

48 - Camera: improved Portrait Mode and Cinematic Mode

Apple's Portrait Mode and Cinematic Mode use computational photography to produce a bokeh, the background blur that can make images and videos feel more professionally made. In iOS 16, the features are getting a boost.

Portrait Mode will finally allow you to blue objects in the foreground, not just the background. This can give you a more realistic depth-of-field effect that you would usually get if you focus on a middle-distance subject that happens to have something in front.

For the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro and later models, the Cinematic Mode is being made more accurate when it comes to profile angles, as well as improving how it handles blurring around the edges of hair and glasses.

49 - FaceTime: Handoff

Handoff has been a feature of Apple's ecosystem for a while, with users able to shift from using an app on one device to another with minimal fuss. While apps including Mail, Maps, Safari, and Pages have offered the feature, it can now be used with FaceTime.

In iOS 16, you can hand off a call from your iPhone to an iPad or Mac, and vice versa. If you have a Bluetooth headset in use with the call, that accessory will also shift over, so you can continue using it in the same call after the Handoff completes.

The apparent use for this is to continue the call on an iPad when your iPhone's battery is about to expire, but it can also be handy for things like shifting the call to a device you will be using for other things.

For example, if you're talking to a client and need to access work-related data, transferring the call to a Mac so you can more easily access the information would be a great idea.

50 - Game Center updates

Apple hasn't brought back the Game Center app. Instead, it has given users the ability to create public profiles that can be shared. These profiles are visible to friends any people interacted with in online multiplayer.

View your friends' play activity and achievements within their Game Center profile. Friends in the Contacts app will have a Game Center profile link within their contact cards.

Games with Game Center multiplayer support also have SharePlay integration. Start playing a multiplayer game with friends on a FaceTime call. This feature will come in a later iOS 16 update.

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I guess even Steve could have made this update feel great or interesting. No reason at all to install this. But I have one reason to forget this update altogether: the Remind me-feature in Mail. Annoying, I think. Nobody should mess with my mail. 

This is a nice summary for those, such as myself, that don't play with the betas. Translate looks nice; I can ditch a few apps for this inbuilt feature. I was wanting Apple Watch Mirroring a few years ago. I ended up buying a Garmin bike computer, but I could see that this feature could replace it for basic info (the Garmin computer does track a lot of info that the current "cycle" workout on the Watch app doesn't include). Between this feature and forthcoming Apple Watch Pro, Apple are slowly encroaching on Garmin's territory.

schmrtzzz said: I guess even Steve could have made this update feel great or interesting. No reason at all to install this. But I have one reason to forget this update altogether: the Remind me-feature in Mail. Annoying, I think. Nobody should mess with my mail.  Nuts. Some great improvements in here, and this article reminded me of several I wasn't aware of.  Editing texts is easily my #1 tho. And Continuity Camera-webcam can't come soon enough (macOS Ventura).

Nice article! Correction should be items “6” then “7” (currently lists “7” twice) 

The Home app has been greatly improved (it took them so long to design it with common sense) but navigating 40+ devices is still cumbersome. Why I can’t freely setup the layout to how I want it to show up is baffling. The whole ‘favorite devices’  doesn’t work at scale. The Remind Me in Mail I haven’t tried, but from the article’s description that sounds poorly implemented. I’m not sure whether Apple was constrained to using standard IMAP features, but in my opinion they should have placed reminded items in a Smart Folder (filter), flag those items in any view with some kind of icon, and allow the user to set an optional, customizable time for these items to ‘expire’ (and therefore leave the Smart Folder, unflagging them as well visually).

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• Look for app folders and search for Safari in the home screen.
• Use App Library to bring Safari back to the home screen.

Fix 1: Unhide Home Screen Page

If the Safari icon has gone missing along with other app icons, you might have hidden a home screen page.

Step 1: On your iPhone’s home screen, touch and hold the page dots at the bottom until you see the thumbnails of your home screen.

Step 2: The pages that have checkmarks under them are enabled. Look for the page with the Safari browser and tap on the selection circle under it to enable it.

That’s it. Now, go to your phone’s home screen, and you should see the Safari icon.

Fix 2: Remove Screen Time Restrictions From iPhone

If you can’t find Safari on your iPhone using the above methods, you must check and remove screen time restrictions from the Safari app.

Step 1: Open Settings on your iPhone > go to Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions .

Step 2: Tap on Allowed Apps . Turn off the toggle next to Safari . It should turn green.

That’s it. Go to your home screen, and you should see the Safari app. If the Safari icon is missing, use the above methods to put it back on the home screen.

Fix 3: Reset Home Screen Layout

Resetting the home screen layout of your iPhone will delete folders that you have created on the home screen and put all the pre-installed Apple apps, including Safari, at their original location. This will help in restoring Safari to the home screen.

To reset the home screen layout, go to Settings > General > Transfer or Reset > Reset > Reset Home Screen Layout .

Once reset, go back to the home screen, and you should see the Safari icon happily sitting over there. If Safari doesn’t work, learn how to fix Safari not working on your iPhone .

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Rename bookmarks: Tap the bookmark, enter a new name, then tap Done.

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Tap Show All (below Apps Using iCloud), then make sure Safari is turned on.

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The Little Known Safari Feature Even Google Chrome Can't Do On iPhone

With every new version of iOS comes a slew of useful upgrades that could change the way you do certain tasks on your iPhone. Most of these updates improve upon the functionality of Apple's slate of built-in apps. In the case of Safari, thanks to the latest version of iOS 17, iPhone's mobile browser now lets you create multiple profiles to keep work-related searches separate from your personal ones. It's also more responsive and does a better job of providing more applicable suggestions that match your original query.

Of the many useful and game-changing Safari features you can take advantage of on your iPhone, one was actually first introduced with iOS 15: the ability to create tab groups. On a computer, this feature is incredibly essential for those who use web browsers regularly and need to organize and consolidate the many pages they have open. Not many mobile browsers offer this functionality. Based on testing, tabs can't be added to groups through Google Chrome on iOS.

If you own an iPhone and happen to have a different default web browser assigned, find out why it may be worth reverting to Safari and make using tab groups one of your mobile browsing habits.

How tab groups work in Safari on iPhone

If you're the sort of person who likes to click on links and read them on Safari, a "tab group" is essentially a feature that lets you compile several webpages currently open on your mobile browser app into collections. Although you can technically add any page to any tab group, the function is more useful as a method for organizing all the links you have yet to read into similar, smaller, more manageable sets and allows you to find the page you need more easily. For instance, you can add recipe pages to a Food tab group, news articles to a Current Events tab group, and Reddit threads to a Random Learning tab group. You get the idea.

To add an open Safari web page to a new tab group using your iPhone:

• Launch the Safari app.
• Tap the Tabs view switcher. It's the two-square icon in the bottom navigation bar.
• Long-press on one of the page tiles you'd like to add to a tab group.
• Select Move to Tab Group.
• Tap New Tab Group.
• Type in your desired name and hit Move.

Once you have several tab groups in place, you can easily switch between them by tapping the Tabs icon and swiping left or right on the tab group name carousel at the bottom of the screen. You can also hit the List icon between "+" and Done to see all the tab groups you created in one go.

Other things you can do to Safari tab groups on an iPhone

To rename a tab group, tap the Tabs icon and then hit the List icon between "+" and Done at the bottom of the screen. Then follow these steps:

• Tap the three-dot icon next to the tab group name you want to update.
• Select Rename.
• Enter a new name.

If you'd like to finetune the theme of your tab groups so that collated pages are more relevant to each other in terms of content, you can opt to move a tab from one group to another:

• Open the tab you'd like to relocate on Safari.
• Long-press on the Tabs icon.
• Pick a group you've already created, or create a new one entirely.

You can also improve organization within tab groups by reordering them according to your preferences: 

• Tap the Tabs icon.
• Swipe on the tab group names at the bottom of the screen till you get to the one you want to rearrange. 
• Long-press on any tab in the group and drag it to your preferred spot. 
• Alternatively, you can long-press on any tab in the group, select Arrange Tabs By from the menu, and pick one of the sorting options.

Finally, you can pin an open tab to prioritize it from other links in the collection:

• Select the tab group you want from the bottom navigation bar.
• Long-press on the tab you want to pin.
• Select Pin Tab from the menu.

This will minimize the tab to a smaller size, but it will always stay at the top of the tab group it belongs to, so it's the first thing you see when you view the collection.