Apple plans message edit function and ‘pay later’ feature in IOS update

Apple has unveiled software program updates that may permit iPhone customers to recall or edit textual content messages after they’ve been despatched, together with plans for a “buy now, pay later” feature for buyers with Apple Pay.

The iOS 16 software program options had been previewed on the expertise large’s worldwide developer convention yesterday and an official launch is predicted throughout the autumn.

Updates to the messages function is not going to solely permit customers to vary messages as soon as they’ve been set, beating Twitter to a mooted feature, but additionally allow them to recuperate not too long ago deleted messages and mark conversations as “unread” to allow them to come again to them once more later.

A brand new privateness instrument referred to as Safety Check can even turn out to be obtainable, which the corporate mentioned could possibly be useful to customers whose private security is in danger from home violence by rapidly eradicating all entry they’ve granted to others. It consists of an emergency reset that helps customers to simply signal out of iCloud on all their different units, reset privateness permissions and restrict messaging to simply the system in their hand.

Apple Pay Later will present customers in the US with a technique to break up the price of an Apple Pay buy into 4 equal funds over six weeks, with no curiosity or charges. “IOS 16 is a big release with updates that will change the way you experience iPhone,” Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice-president of software program engineering mentioned.

The firm additionally unveiled plans to higher combine its software program into vehicles, with a brand new automotive dashboard that it mentioned would be capable of show devices similar to velocity and gas mileage.