Apple iOS 16 Features New Lock Screen Personalization, ‘Safety Check’ to Disable Access for Users Threatened by Domestic Violence
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorApple on Monday took the wraps off iOS 16, its next major smartphone operating system release, detailing a slew of new features and enhancements.The upcoming iOS 16 — which will be generally released this fall for iPhone 8 models and later — includes a new privacy tool: Safety Check, which Apple said is designed for users “whose personal safety is at risk from domestic or intimate partner violence” and can instantly disable information-sharing access to specific users.Safety Check includes an “emergency reset” command that lets users immediately sign out of iCloud on all their other devices, as well as reset privacy permissions and limit messaging to just the device in their physical possession. In addition to providing new tools to people in imminent danger, Safety Check also is designed to let users manage which people and apps they’ve given access to.