The iOS 16 features we’re still waiting for. Apple released iOS 16.2 with new features, such as Freeform digital whiteboard, Apple Music Sing, Advanced Data Protection for US users and more. The focus now shifts to the news more or less announced by Apple and not yet present on iOS 16.
How does Apple’s Freeform app for brainstorming and creative collaboration work?
Advanced data protection outside the US
Apple recently introduced an optional Advanced Data Protection feature that expands end-to-end encryption to many other areas of iCloud, including backups, photos, notes, reminders, voice memos, and more. The feature was enabled in iOS 16.2, but only in the US. Apple has promised that it will arrive in other countries in 2023, probably with iOS 16.4.
Apple Pay Later
Announced at WWDC 2022 in June, Apple Pay Later is a financing feature that will allow eligible customers to split a purchase into four equal payments over six weeks, with no interest or fees to pay. The feature will be integrated into the Wallet app and will be available for online and in-app purchases on iPhone and iPad.
On the iOS 16 features page, Apple says that Apple Pay Later is coming in a future software update. Again, we are talking about iOS 16.4 expected in January.
The feature will initially only roll out in the United States.
