The iPhone 7 (and its big brother, the iPhone 7 Plus) were released in 2016.
Like every year, with the introduction of the Apple operating system, the latest version leaves several computers without support and updates. This year, as expected, it was the turn of the iPhone 7 and its older brother, iPhone 7 Plus, that will not receive the blessings of iOS 16.
The iPhone 7 has received five years of new versions since its arrival on the market in 2016 with iOS 10. It will go down in technology history for being the first not to include the controversial analog audio connector.
The OS curtain covers from iPhone 8 onwards. The changes introduced in its applications require a power that older terminals cannot offer, or perhaps can, but at the expense of a decrease in performance.
The new operating system will arrive on windows with the launch of the new iPhone, which leaves in September. From that moment, the updates will begin to be extended to the rest of the terminals.
The iPhone 7, the first without an audio jack. Photo REUTERS
Excluded from the list is the first generation iPhone SE, although it has been replaced by a 2022 model with the same design as the 2016 edition. If the owner likes that form factor, he doesn’t have to forgo the software.
The Apple smartphones with the most updates are the iPhone 6S, from 2015, which reached iOS 15 last year, meaning they had 6 updates from iOS 9 running when it hit the market.
As confirmed by Apple, the developer beta of iOS 16 and iPad OS 16 is now available, although at the moment only for Apple Developer Program members and a public beta will be released next month for all iOS and iPad users. OS in beta .apple.com, as usual.
What’s New in Apple WWDC 2022
During the presentation of the new Apple software. photo EFE.
The most visible change in the software that will come with the iPhone 14 will be the new lock screen, which will offer a multitude of design options and the ability to include “widgets” and updates in real time.
In the case of the messaging app, Apple has decided to respond to repeated requests from its users and allow editing and deletion of messages once sent, as well as mark a conversation as unread to remind you to reply later.
iOS 16 also makes improvements to the voice dictation system, to the maps application – with more details and 3D available in several countries, including Spain – and to Wallet, with a new system called Apple Pay Later that allows you to finance purchases in four no interest rate.
WWDC 2022: Apple showed iOS 16, with a new lock screen and improvements to messages
Apple will also expand the possibilities for parents to control their children’s iPhone use and offer a privacy option designed for people in abusive relationships, who could leave the other person without access to their location or keys. shared, among other things. .
The “Text in real time” function has also been updated, which recognizes and digitizes text in photographs and can now also do so in videos, and the possibility is given to extract elements from images and use them in messages and other contexts.
The event also featured software updates for the rest of Apple’s software for the Apple Watch smartwatch and iPad.
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