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WASHINGTON — Apple’s latest software update gives users a new iMessage feature: a two-minute grace period to delete all butt-texts and autocorrect duds.
IOS 16, Apple’s newest phone operating system, was released Monday and brought big changes across the board, including to how users can text. The biggest new feature in that department is the unsend function, which lets iPhone users edit and delete iMessages that have already been sent.
For up to 15 minutes after sending a text, users can edit their messages up to five times. However, a record of the edits will be made available to the person on the receiving end.
And for the first two minutes of a sent message’s life, it can be recalled as if it had never been sent in the first place.
Like all things, there is a catch. For the feature to work, the other person must have an updated iPhone released in 2017 or later. This means any text exchange with a non-iPhone user, or the green text bubbles, cannot use the feature.
Deleting a message:
Users on the receiving end of the text may be able to see messages if their iPhone is not up to date. Once a message is deleted, the other person is able to see that you’ve “unsent” a text.
Editing a message:
Another new feature in iOS 16 is the ability to easily remove the subject of an image from its background and place it in another app like Messages. It’s part of iOS 16’s Visual Lookup.
For example, if you have a photo of your pet with a background you can tap and hold their image and paste just your pet in a message to a friend.
iOS 16’s Visual Lookup lets you tap and hold a subject in your photo and remove it from the background. pic.twitter.com/4Ud1PkC3NS
The latest software update also introduces a number of improvements to Apple Maps.
Drivers can now create routes with up to 15 stops and automatically sync routes from Macs to iPhones when they’re on their way. According to Apple, transit directions will also now display how much a trip will cost and users can add transit cars without leaving Maps.
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