Once Again…This Is Why You Don’t Date Someone You Work With
Nathan called us up looking for our help for our Second Date Update. Nathan went on a date with his co-worker, Michelle, and sometimes it makes things worse at work when you date someone you work with. We called up Michelle to find out what happened and it got very interesting.
iOS 16 Lock Screen Overhaul Among Big Announcements from Apple
iPhone iOS 16
The operating system for your Apple iPhone gets a nice upgrade every year, but this year’s comes with some huge functionality improvements.
Lock Screen
The lock screen on your phone is being completely reimagined. No longer just a spot for your clock and photo, there will be huge upgrades to customize personal styles, and add interactive widgets.
A new editor will allow you to play with colors, backgrounds, fonts and more… all built around YOUR photo. It’s pretty wild and cool.
The widget gallery is similar to what you get on the widgets on your unlocked phone. But now you’ll be able to get many of those without even having to unlock it.
You can also add multiple photos to rotate through, and even multiple lock screens with different widgets. So it’s like the rest of your unlocked phone.
Notifications will also roll into your lower lock screen, rather than covering your whole screen. Live Activities is a new notification system for things like sporting events, Uber rides, workouts or more.
Apple Focus
Last year’s big Focus update that allows you to reduce notifications during certain times, etc., is getting a major upgrade.
You’ll be able to build new focus functions into your lock screen, and into multiple web tabs and more.
So if you want to just see web browser tabs, you can set a “work” Focus and it’ll show just those assigned to it.
Dictation
You’re about to use your phone a whole lot more with this program. Dictation tools will let you dictate an audio message to text, while keeping the keyboard open for you to switch to on the fly. Plus, automatic punctuation and emojis have been added to Dictation.
There will also be some new tools to use Siri in supported apps.
Digital Key Sharing
You can share a digital hotel key with others, including Android users.
Apple Pay
Apple Pay Later is coming. This has been a huge feature for PayPal users, allowing for four payments to be split up for a large purchase.
Budgeting tools within Apple Pay will show you how much you’ve spent and more.
You can also now track any orders that you used Apple Pay on, so long as they build into the platform.
Apple Maps
Redesigned Maps are coming to additional countries. And you can now store up to 15 stops in a map, giving you lots of flexibility in the app natively. You can even ask Siri to add stops for you on the fly.
You can see transit maps and routes in many markets, and even build in your payment systems for transit cards.
Family Sharing
Additional abilities to Family Sharing are coming, especially for subscription tools.
You can now share many of the subscriptions for music, tv and more across your family sharing.
iCloud Shared Photo Library
Photos can be shared among family members, so you can put your family photos in just that folder. You can choose which ones you want to share, including ones with just certain individuals.
There will be tools added that allow them to be shared right away, based on who is in the photo you are taking. But there are also tools to protect from sending photos you don’t want in there – like for gifts, or… other stuff.
“Users can choose to share existing photos from their personal libraries, or share based on a start date or people in the photos. A user can also choose to send photos to the Shared Library automatically using a new toggle in the Camera app.”
Safety Check
A new tool is coming to allow you to turn off specific things, like location sharing, in the case of emergency. Apple uses the example of abusive relationships, and is highlighting partnerships with key organizations.
Safety Check will give you ability to get out, lock others out of your shared tools and devices, and protect your location, messages and other tools. You can use this for a lot of specific situations.
CarPlay Tools
With 98 percent of new cars having CarPlay availability now, this will be huge going forward.
Apple has worked with automakers to complete reinvent the car experience. Lots of really cool things coming in the next generation of CarPlay, including fully integrated dash systems. Be ready for your gauge cluster on your car to be powered by your iPhone. That means a fully customizable dash experience for everything on your car. This is wild.
Apple says the first vehicles with this will be announced late next year.
Apple Watch Upgrades
WatchOS 9 will also have some new functions, including new watch faces, notification tools and podcast tools.
Medication Tracker
A huge new update will allow you to track medications, supplements and more. It’ll build in notifications to remind you to take medicine. It will warn you of drug interactions on medications you’ve added to your list. This will all be available in the Health app, even without an Apple Watch as well. You can also share medication information with others, like a loved one.
Mac Computers
Two new computers, as well as a new chip, and some major upgrades are in the works.
iPad Upgrades
With its big brother computer, and little brother phone getting major upgrades, it made sense that iPad would as well. Most of the features announced for iPhone and macOS are also coming to iPad.
