FEATURE iOS 16 superguide
The best of the rest
There’s much more to iOS than the headline acts. Here’s a look at what else is new
What’s new in Notes
Quick Note, launched on Mac and iPad last year, now comes to iPhone in iOS 16. You can also encrypt notes with your iPhone’s passcode.
Notes in list and gallery views are grouped chronologically, using categories such as Today and Yesterday, to make them easier to find. And there are new filters in Smart Folders, enabling you to group notes based on criteria like date created or modified, attachments, and mentions.
As with every update to iOS, the main features aren’t the whole story. There are a ton of smaller features and updates that should make using your iPhone more productive and more fun.
Photos
We covered the new shared libraries in Photos already, but there are a few more additions to that app. The new duplicate detection feature automatically identifies two of the same image in albums, making it easier to clean up your library. There’s also a batch-editing feature that enables you to make changes to one photo and apply those changes to other photos in your library. You can also undo or redo multiple edits.