5 Hidden Features of iOS 16 you should know

Nowadays, everyone talking about the iPhone 14 and iOS 16, and currently, this latest phone gets a new software update. The major new feature this phone get is a customizable lock screen, the ability to unsend and edit text messages, and the ability to easily remove people, pets, or objects from your photos. These features just overview what the iOS 16 brings, and you may be more interested in its hidden features. When you know about these features your user experience with the iPhone will change.

Hidden Features of iOS 16 you should know

Pair your iPhone with third-party controllers

  • With this latest release of your phone pair with third-party controllers like the PS5 Sony Dual Sense and Xbox Core Controller, to your iPhone and iPad. You can also play video games for example Apple Arcade library, Minecraft, and Call of Duty. Users also can add the other console controller to that list.
  • If you have the Nintendo Switch, you can pair your iPhone or iPad with Joy-Con controllers running on iOS 16. If you want to start you need to, hold down the little black pairing button on the Joy-Con until the green lights start running back and forth. Now, your device is in pairing mode. Open your phone’s Settings> Bluetooth and select the Joy-Con from the list. This process repeats with the other Joy-con.

Set passwords to the hidden albums and recently deleted files

The hidden files in the phones it’s not fully hidden anyone can access them and see the inside data. Now, Apple offers the features with the iOS 16 through this user can set the password to the hidden album and it is protected even after deletion. You can unlock these files via Face ID or your passcode.

You can view and share saved Wi-Fi passwords

Previously you can share Wi-Fi with Apple devices when they were next to each other. But when you connect your device to other devices like your Android phone, laptop, and computer you need a password. Now, go to the setting app and go to network password and use Face ID or enter your passcode to view it. Now view the Wi-Fi password, copy the password, and copy it into the clipboard, and now you can share it.

Scan and remove duplicate photos and videos

Most of the time our phone Gallery is full of duplicate photos and videos and deleting them it’s very tedious work, but the iOS 16 features do this easily. In Photos> Albums you can find duplicated album, in this Apple scan all data and merge file and save them in high quality, and left move them to the trash. You can also Select>Select All> Merge, this can save only one and remove duplicates from the album.

Highlight your favorite tabs in Safari

When you browse something open so many tabs and find one where you are recently working it’s confusing. So, Apple can resolve this problem with this iOS 16 new feature, in this, you have to open a tab in Safari and press down, and hit the Pin Tab. Then, you can preview your tab in Safari and now you can easily find your pinned tab and view it easily.

These above-all hidden features are amazing, and when you are using them, they will give you a new user experience.

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