Apple just released a major update for your iPhone — here's what's new and how to get it

Apple released its large caller iOS 16 bundle update for iPhones connected Monday. It has lots of caller features and is disposable to anyone with an iPhone 8 oregon newer.

Apple releases large bundle updates each twelvemonth to assistance support the iPhone fresh. And, dissimilar Google's Android, it's disposable for each supported devices astatine the aforesaid time. This year's update is simply a large one, with a full caller fastener surface that tin beryllium customized with fonts and widgets, which were antecedently relegated to the location screen.

There are a batch of changes, but present are immoderate of the highlights you request to cognize about.

• Edit and unsend iMessages. Users tin edit oregon unsend a connection successful iMessage wrong 15 minutes aft sending it. The different idiosyncratic volition beryllium capable to spot that the connection has been edited oregon removed.
• Schedule emails up of time. The built-in Mail app connected iPhones volition let users to docket emails to nonstop later. It besides has a new, much functional hunt diagnostic that Apple says offers "more close and implicit results." It besides has a caller undo nonstop option.
• Better radical texting with Android users. Android users volition yet spot the Tapback reactions from iMessage users, similar laughs, hearts and more, wrong substance chains. That means you won't get the reactions sent arsenic abstracted messages. It should beryllium a immense betterment for iPhone users who substance with Android users.
• Smarter Dictation. Smarter Dictation lets you talk texts and automatically punctuates them with commas, periods, question marks and adjacent emoji — accidental thing similar "happy look emoji" and it'll get added.

• Safety Check. This allows users to rapidly crook disconnected each services and apps, specified arsenic location, being shared with others, specified arsenic household members. Apple said Safety Check was designed successful concern with women's groups and volition marque it easier for users to enactment backstage oregon support idiosyncratic information and information erstwhile leaving abusive relationships.
• Control notifications successful caller ways. Notifications present look astatine the bottommost of the surface erstwhile your telephone is locked, and you tin easy fell them to support them retired of the way. Likewise, you tin alteration your Focus mode, to soundlessness definite notifications erstwhile you're asleep, astatine enactment oregon connected vacation, by tapping and holding the fastener screen.
• Customizable fastener screens. Users volition beryllium capable to adhd smaller widgets with real-time information to their fastener screen. 

• Add aggregate stops successful Apple Maps. Users tin present adhd antithetic stops to a way successful Apple Maps, which means you tin adhd a pitstop astatine the java store connected your mode to work. It's a diagnostic that's already disposable successful Google Maps but volition beryllium invited to iPhone users. Maps besides has a caller Transit paper diagnostic that volition fto you replenish your card, spot the outgo of your travel and more.

• Medication and slumber tracking successful the wellness app. Apple's Health app present allows users to input their medications and notify them erstwhile it's clip to instrumentality medicine. Apple Watch owners volition besides beryllium capable to show their slumber and heartbeat successful the iPhone wellness app.

• Artificial Intelligence automatically sorts, edits and translates photos. Apple is utilizing artificial quality to construe substance successful photos oregon videos that the idiosyncratic takes. You tin besides chopped retired a taxable from a picture, similar a person, and spot it into images oregon different apps arsenic a sticker. In a aboriginal update, iOS 16 volition besides automatically stock pictures with radical it recognizes successful the picture, specified arsenic friends oregon household members.

• Apple Pay Later. This diagnostic allows users to wage disconnected purchases made with Apple Pay done 4 payments implicit six weeks. Apple Wallet successful iOS 16 volition besides marque it easier to stock integer cards oregon location keys done messaging.
• Updated Apple Home app. Apple redesigned the Home app to amended amusement things specified arsenic aggregate cameras successful and astir your house. The institution said it's besides supporting Matter, an unfastened modular for astute location hardware specified arsenic locks, lights and blinds.

• Use your iPhone arsenic a webcam. Users tin present usage their iPhone arsenic a webcam successful a diagnostic called Continuity Camera with the close laptop equine and the caller mentation of macOS. The caller mentation of macOS is acceptable to debut aboriginal this fall, however, truthful this diagnostic won't enactment until that's out.
• "Hey Siri, bent up." Siri volition bent up a FaceTime oregon telephone telephone for you. You conscionable person to say, "Hey Siri, bent up."
• Fitness+ connected iPhone. You won't request an Apple Watch to usage Apple's premium Apple Fitness+ subscription, which costs $9.99 per month. It offers tons of workout and meditation videos, including cycling classes, high-intensity interval grooming and more.
• Handoff with FaceTime. This diagnostic lets you determination your FaceTime telephone from your iPhone to different device, specified arsenic your Mac oregon your iPad, without having to bent up. It'll besides automatically power immoderate Bluetooth headphones you person connected to your iPhone to the caller device. It'll necessitate the latest updates to Mac and iPad, however, which are coming aboriginal this fall.
• Coming later: Live Activities. This feature, which lets you spot widgets connected your location screen, volition spell unrecorded successful a smaller iOS 16 update coming aboriginal this year. You'll beryllium capable to bash things specified arsenic spot precisely erstwhile your nutrient bid is coming oregon cheque the existent people for a squad you're pursuing without unlocking your phone.

• Open Settings connected your iPhone.
• Tap "General."
• Choose "Software Update." The update volition download, and your iPhone volition automatically restart erstwhile it's ready.

— CNBC's Kif Leswing contributed to this report.