iOS 16 will launch this Monday. Previewed during the WWDC 2022 keynote, it’s been three months since Apple began beta testing the new iPhone operating system. Unfortunately, some of its core features won’t be available at launch.
Last year, the same thing happened with several features, whether they were delayed during beta cycles or Apple simply decided they weren’t ready yet. With that in mind, here are the features you shouldn’t expect to see until later this year.
iOS 16’s redesigned lock screen is certainly one of the coolest features arriving with this new operating system later this fall, but not everything Apple previews with it will be available in a few months. According to the company, these two features will arrive later this year:
- Live Activities: Live Activities help you keep up with things happening in real time, right from your lock screen;
- Live Activity API: Follow an ongoing sports game or track the progress of your trip or errand with just a glance. See live activity from your favorite third-party apps with the new developer API.
Without Live Activities arriving with the first public release of iOS 16, App Clips won’t support it when the new OS launches, though it will feature an increased size limit and accurate location suggestions in the Spotlight and Siri Suggestions widgets.
Expected for iOS 16, iPadOS 16 and macOS Ventura, Freeform – a new flexible canvas – will also launch later this year.
With the Freeform app, users will have a canvas to diagram new projects and collaborate in real-time while chatting via iMessage or FaceTime. This whiteboard has enough space for many people to work together by writing or drawing.
Game Center will also lack features at launch on iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura, as these two features will need a little more time:
- SharePlay Support: Games that use Game Center multiplayer support have SharePlay integration. You can automatically start playing with friends in a FaceTime conversation;
- Contacts integration: Contacts shows your friends’ Game Center profiles. Tap to see what they are playing and achieving in games.
For iOS 16 and tvOS 16, Matter support won’t launch until later this year. Matter is a new standard for smart home connectivity that will allow compatible accessories to work seamlessly together across platforms. Matter will let you choose from even more compatible smart home accessories and control them with the Home app and Siri on Apple devices.
For iPadOS 16, the focus filter, which will be the ability to set borders in Apple apps like Calendar, Mail, Messages, and Safari to draw borders for each activated focus, will not launch with the first release of iPadOS 16.
Last but not least, a few days after announcing the release date of iOS 16, Apple said that iCloud Shared Photo Library will not be available at launch – most likely due to the delay of iPadOS 16 and macOS 13 Ventura. Here’s how Apple describes the feature:
“iCloud Shared Photo Library gives families a new way to seamlessly share photos with a separate iCloud library that up to six users can collaborate on, contribute to, and enjoy. Users can choose to share existing photos from their personal libraries or share based on start date or people in the photos. The user can also choose to automatically send photos to the Shared Library using a new toggle in the Camera app. Additionally, users will receive smart suggestions for sharing a photo that includes participants in the Shared Photo Library. Each user in the shared photo library has access to add, delete, edit or prefer the shared photos or videos that will appear in each user’s memories and featured photos, so that everyone can experience fuller family moments.”
iPadOS 16 and macOS 13 Ventura will also be delayed
According to Bloomberg, Apple will delay the release of iPadOS 16 and macOS 13 Ventura by a month. Journalist Mark Gurman reports that the company is aiming for an October release alongside macOS 13 Ventura.
While Apple usually releases updates for macOS after other operating systems, it looks like the same will happen with iPadOS this year to make sure Stage Manager and other new features run more smoothly.
Wrap it up
Since we’re just days away from the release of iOS 16, we’ll likely learn more about the delayed features before the beta cycle ends. We’ll be sure to update this article once we learn what other features will be delayed — hopefully not as much as iOS 15.
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