Should We Update to iOS 16?

Photo of iPhone page post-update

Jade Pichierre, Editor/Staff Reporter

The latest news from Apple is an update unlike any other. The all new iOS 16 presents the user with new opportunities that enhance the iPhone experience. To start off on an exciting path through the new technology, Apple has added a new lock screen customization to allow users to actively shuffle photos, transform their fonts, add widgets, and color patterns to the screen. Along with that, several features have been added to iMessages. The new messages allows for users to edit and un-send messages within a fifteen minute time along with the addition of a few new emojis. This update includes numerous new features that are slowly becoming more apparent to iPhone users. The update has been a major change compared to the numerous smaller ones that have taken place in recent iPhones. The update takes roughly ten to fifteen minutes to download and install automatically. When the phone first turns on, the screen will look almost as if there was a complete factory reset. Will iPhone users experience glitches with this new update? Should users worry about their devices malfunctioning with how many changes have been made to their phone? It is too early to determine the possible outcomes of this update without further testing and active usage.