According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple engineers completed the official development of iOS 16 last week. Mark Guman recently reiterated in the "Power On" communication that iOS 16 and watchOS 9 will be released along with the iPhone 14/Pro series and Apple Watch Series 8.

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According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple engineers completed the official development of iOS 16 last week.

Mark Guman recently reiterated in the "Power On" communication that iOS 16 and watchOS 9 will be released along with the iPhone 14/Pro series and Apple Watch Series 8.

iPhone14 series renderings

while iPadOS 16 and macOS Ventura will release

iPhone lock screen interface

According to a report released by Gurman earlier this week, Apple confirmed that it will be Wednesday, September 7th local time (Beijing time, September 8th, Beijing time In the early morning) held an IPhone 14/Pro series launch conference.

Apple Autumn Press Conference Invitation Letter

According to Gurman, Apple notified some Apple store retail store staff to prepare to launch new products on Friday local time on September 16th.

This suggests that new iPhone and Apple Watch models may be available on this date.

In addition, Tianfeng International analyst Ming-Chi Kuo revealed that the release/shipment date of Apple's iPhone 14/pro series may be faster than that of iPhone 13/12.

This may be one of the reasons why Apple expressed optimism for the third quarter of 22 at the last financial report dialogue.

Apple has launched a new lock screen design for iOS 16, including widgets, notification design, fonts, colors, etc. Users can freely customize and support multiple lock screens.

ios16 lock screen design

In addition, in the exposed content, iOS 16 of iPhone 14 pro and iPhone 14 pro max will usher in the screen display. Press the power button, the wallpaper will switch to the "sliding" version, and display the time and widgets etc.

When the user presses the power button again, the wallpaper will switch back to the original color version.

9to5mac made iPhone 14 pro screen display concept

screen display

IOS 16 official version also includes the following functions:

ios16

Focus mode is easier to adjust than before, and users can directly delete unnecessary content from the application.

users can now edit or withdraw content sent through the information application, or mark the information as unread, and also support SharePlay which is very similar to FaceTime. The

mail application has been improved in search tools and supports operations such as withdrawal.

If the user does not receive a response, the user can also set a reminder to confirm the email.

Additionally, Apple is working to use Passkeys to log in to your account instead of your password. This is a safer way to identify biometrics.

ICloud Photo Gallery allows users to easily share photos with other family members, and real-time text/subtitles are also supported in the video.

also has an interesting new feature where users can extract themes from the background (using Visual Lookup).

has also improved dictation function in other aspects. The map currently supports multi-stop routes. Apple provides users with installments Apple Pay Later, and the home application has also presented a new look.

Apple added the status bar to add battery percentage marker in the iOS 16 Beta5 version, but this display only supports the oled display version of the iPhone series.