This update is 7 days away from the last iOS16.1 beta 5 beta released on October 12, and 40 days away from the last iOS 16 RC version update released on September 8.

Early this morning, Apple released the iOS 16.1 RC candidate update, version number is 20B79. As the previous prediction time, the official version of iOS 16.1 is likely to be released next Wednesday. This update is 7 days away from the last iOS16.1 beta 5 beta released on October 12, and 40 days away from the last iOS 16 RC version update released on September 8.

As the last beta version of iOS 16.1, the RC candidate version is also quite quasi-official. So, what is updated in iOS 16.1 RC version, and is it worth upgrading? Friends, you should have the answer after reading this article. How to upgrade

iOS 16.1 RC version?

For devices that have previously installed " iOS16 beta description file ", you can directly enter the "Settings"-"General"-"Software Update" of 1 iPhone to upgrade online, as shown in the figure below.

For users of the official version of iOS 16 or lower version, if they need to upgrade to the iOS 16.1 RC quasi-official version, they still need to install the description file before they can be updated. iOS16 beta description file is ready. Friends can send a message and reply the number "16 " as shown in the figure below to obtain it. After the description file is installed, restart the iPhone phone, and then enter the setting of the iPhone - software update to upgrade. What has been updated in

iOS 16.1 RC version?

Since iOS 16.1 RC version is equivalent to a quasi-official version, the update package needs to be complete next week, the size is generally around 5GB, or even larger. Before upgrading, you need to make sure that the device has enough space left.

official update log shows that iOS 16.1 RC mainly brings iCloud shared photo gallery, real-time activities of third-party apps, etc., and has also carried out a number of bug fixes.The following is the complete update content given by Apple officially as follows:

iCloud Shared Photo Gallery

Separate gallery allows you to seamlessly share photos and videos with up to five other users

Setting rules allow you to easily provide past photos based on the start date or characters in the photo

You can quickly switch between shared gallery and personal gallery through the library filtering conditions, or view these two galleries

html ml0 share editing and permissions enable everyone to add, edit, collect, delete photos and add instructions

The "share" switch in the "camera" allows you to send the photos you took directly to the shared gallery, or enable automatic sharing of photos when other participants are nearby via Bluetooth detecting that other participants are nearby.

real-time activity

3rd party The real-time activity of the app can now be displayed on the Lingdong Island and lock screen of the iPhone 14 Pro model

Wallet

Key Sharing allows you to use "Information" and WhatsApp and other communications App securely share car keys, hotel room keys and other keys in the "wallet"

Home

Supports the new smart home connection standard Matter, a wide variety of smart home accessories can work together across ecosystems

Books

Reader control will automatically hide

Clean energy charging

New settings, you can try to reduce your carbon footprint by selectively charging when there is low carbon emissions electricity

error fix

Deleted conversations may appear in the "Information" dialogue list

When using convenient access, the content of Lingdong Island is not available

When using VPN application, CarPlay may not be able to connect

1 Lock function optimization

In addition to the changes given above, iOS The 16.1 series version actually brought the highly-watched to bring the battery percentage to the entire iPhone series, and optimized the display of the battery progress bar, fixed the frequent copy-paste pop-up window problem, and fixed WeChat message delay and other issues. These may be more concerned by users.

However, there are still some bugs in iOS 16.1 RC version, such as some games still have frame drops, multi-color dynamic wallpaper home screen blur, etc. These may only be waiting for subsequent version updates to fix them.

It needs a special reminder that according to convention, after the RC version, the official version will be next week. Therefore, the official version of iOS 16.1 is likely to be released around next Wednesday (October 26), and the version number is the same as that of RC version. This means that if is upgraded to iOS 16.1 RC version today, it will not be able to directly upgrade to the official version next week. For users who like the official version, it is not recommended to upgrade today. When the official version is released next week, it will be updated to .

or above is the iOS 16.1 RC experience review. After 1 iOS 16.1 has experienced multiple internal beta versions, the overall user experience has been very complete. The main highlight is that it has fixed many problems for the new iPhone 14 series, brought the battery percentage to the entire iPhone series, fixed frequent copy and paste bugs, fixed WeChat message delay issues, etc. The overall is still worth looking forward to. The official version is about to be released soon, and ordinary users may wish to wait patiently for a week before updating.