More iOS 16 Changes, iOS 15.6.1 LIES, Apple Employee Threatened over TikTok & More!
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### Welcome to Apple Weekly: Latest Updates on iOS 16, iPhone 14, and More
Hello, everyone! My name is Brandon, and welcome back to *Apple Weekly*. This week has been packed with software releases and some exciting (and sometimes crazy) iPhone leaks. That’s why we’re diving into another fun episode of *Apple Weekly*. Let’s explore the latest updates on iOS 16 beta, the new features it brings, the recent iOS 15.6.1 update, some intriguing iPhone 14 leaks, and more. So, let’s get started!
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### Exploring New Features in iOS 16 Beta 6
This week, we’re focusing on the latest updates in **iOS 16 beta 6** and some additional features that I haven’t covered before.
#### Fixing the Tap-to-Wake Bug
One of the most significant improvements in this beta is the fix for the *tap-to-wake* feature. If you own an iPhone with a notch, you know how frustrating it was when this feature broke in **beta 5**. However, in **beta 6**, it’s working as intended again. Every time you tap your screen to wake your device, it lights up immediately—no more waiting or multiple taps needed.
#### Safari and Notification Center Bugs
While exploring **Safari** in landscape mode, I noticed a bug that might go unnoticed by most users. The time display in the notification center is now shifted to the left, which is part of a new layout redesign for both the lock screen and notification center. However, there’s another issue with the control center toggles, which are misaligned and have awkward spacing.
#### Fitness Activity Widget Bug
Another bug I’ve encountered is related to the fitness activity widget on the lock screen. Sometimes, it doesn’t display any data, which can be frustrating. Additionally, when you tap on album artwork in the *Now Playing* section of the lock screen, the artwork appears slightly smaller than before. While Apple has been tweaking its size, I think it’s now just right.
#### Shared Library Splash Screen
In the **Photos** app, there’s a new splash screen for the shared library feature. It prompts you to choose between sharing photos automatically or manually. Previously, this was just a banner at the top of the app, but beta 6 adds more options and customization.
#### Fitness App Update and Wallpaper Bug
Beta 6 brings some exciting changes, including a dedicated spot for the **Fitness** app on the default home screen layout—thanks to Reddit for pointing that out! Apple has also improved the way soft line breaks are recognized when extracting text from photos in **iPod/iPad OS**.
One feature I’m thrilled about is the fix for the *Set Wallpaper* action in the **Shortcuts** app. If you’ve followed my channel, you know how frustrating it was that this feature didn’t work in previous iOS 16 betas. Now, it finally works as intended. However, there’s a catch: it only changes your lock screen wallpaper and not your home screen.
#### Haptic Keyboard Update
If you’re a fan of the haptic feedback on the keyboard, beta 6 brings some good news. The taptic engine now provides less intense vibrations when typing. While I always found the previous strength too distracting, this toned-down version feels much better to me.
#### Podcast App Update
Lastly, in the **Podcast** app, there are two new sections under the browse tab: *Top Subscribed Channels* and *Top Subscribed Shows*. These updates are server-side changes, so they’ll be available on both **iOS 15** and **iOS 16**.
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### iOS 15.6.1 Update: What You Need to Know
While we’re deep into the beta testing of **iOS 16**, Apple also released **iOS 15.6.1** this week, along with **watchOS 8.7.1**. Here’s what you need to know:
#### watchOS 8.7.1: A Critical Update
For owners of the **Apple Watch Series 3**, this update is crucial. It fixes a bug that caused unexpected reboots. Make sure to update your device as soon as possible.
#### iOS 15.6.1: Media Hype and Security Fixes
You might have noticed the media buzz surrounding this update. Headlines warned users to update their devices immediately or risk being hacked remotely. While it’s always a good idea to install updates, especially security patches, the hype was blown out of proportion. This update fixes two vulnerabilities that were actively exploited but isn’t any more critical than previous updates.
Don’t feel pressured to rush; just install it when you have the chance.
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### What’s Next for Apple?
With **iOS 16** still in beta testing, we’re expecting **beta 7** next week. The final public release is rumored to coincide with an Apple event on **September 7**, followed by the iPhone 14 launch on **September 16**.
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### iPhone 14 Leaks: Release Date, Price Hikes, and Colors
The excitement for the new **iPhone 14** is building as leaks become more frequent. Here’s what we know:
#### New Release Dates
According to Mark Gurman, Apple’s event will take place on **September 7**, with the iPhone 14 expected to launch on **September 16**. This year, Apple is moving up its release schedule by a week, possibly due to concerns about the global recession impacting demand.
#### Price Increases
The base model of the iPhone 14 will stay at its current price, but the **Pro** and **Pro Max** are expected to see a $100 increase. Additionally, the starting storage for the Pro models may jump from 128GB to 256GB.
#### New Colors: Purple Takes Over
Leaked images of Chinese clone cases suggest eight new colors for the iPhone 14 lineup. The standout color this year is purple, which will replace pink on the standard model and Sierra Blue on the Pro models.
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### TikTok Privacy Scandal and Apple Employee Incident
This week also brought some concerning news about privacy and Apple’s internal policies.
#### TikTok Keylogging: A New Threat
Security researcher Felix Krause revealed that **TikTok** can monitor all keyboard inputs when users open links in its in-app browser. This means any sensitive information you enter while browsing within the app could be tracked. To stay safe, avoid using in-app browsers and always open links in **Safari**.
#### Apple Employee Threatened Over TikTok Video
In a viral story, an anonymous Apple employee faced threats of termination after posting a TikTok video to help someone who lost their iPhone at Coachella. The employee’s video provided helpful guidance on recovering from such a situation but was reprimanded for identifying herself as an Apple employee.
The controversy sparked debates about whether Apple is overstepping with its policies or if employees should avoid discussing work-related topics publicly. Let me know your thoughts in the comments!
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### Conclusion
That’s all the news and updates for this week. If you enjoyed the video, don’t forget to give it a thumbs up and subscribe for more **iOS 16** content in the coming weeks.
Thanks for watching, and I’ll see you soon!
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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up guys my name is brandon and welcome back to apple weekly this week was full of software releases and crazy iphone leaks so that's how you know it's gonna be another fun apple weekly episode so in this video we're gonna discuss the latest ios 16 beta and some additional new features in it the new ios 15.6.1 update and why the media is lying to you about it some iphone 14 leaks about the release date prices and colors how tick tock could be key logging you and tracking everything you type why an apple employee got threatened over a tick tock video and more and as always if you guys want to stay updated with all things apple make sure to click that subscribe button down below so you don't miss next week's apple weekly episode alright so as always let's start off with some of the latest ios 16 features and changes some additional ones that i did not cover in my previous video so first off i want to talk about the tap to wake so if you have an iphone with a notch of course you tap the screen of course to unlock your device and wake your device that was completely broken in beta 5. but now in beta 6 it's working as expected and i wanted to mention this first because i did talk about that quite a bit as being a bug but now every time you tap your device it actually comes on it wakes up right away as intended and it doesn't just do nothing or take a couple of taps to wake up your device now something else i noticed here in ios 16 beta 6 is that if you go into let's just go into safari here for example i don't know why i searched for eight core but if we go into landscape mode here and we pull down our notification center you will see that i'm actually seeing a bug here i didn't even notice this before i never checked it at a time that had two digits right here but anyways you could see that the time is now over to the left so that is a new layout there for the landscape mode for the lock screen or notification center so i'm not sure why that bug is there like that but that is also a bug and there's another one as well so if we scroll down or if we swipe down for the control center you can see there's a bug here as well you can see all of my control center toggles over here on the far right it's just like really weird spacing so bug right there and then also a bug for the notification center and then going back to the lock screen if we tap on the album artwork on our now playing platter right there it pulls up the album artwork right here and you will notice that it is slightly smaller than it was in beta 5. so apple's been doing a lot of tweaking with the sizing of the album artwork here on the lock screen and now it seems like the perfect size in my opinion so before it was just a little bit bigger a little bit too big in my opinion but now it's like the perfect size on the lock screen in the photos application there's a new splash screen for shared library so this is a new one right here it says share from camera and then you also get the options down here to share automatically or to share manually only so it's a splash screen but also with some options down there to choose what you would like to do for the shared library it was actually a banner in the photos application just stayed up top until i tapped on it beta 6 also adjusts the default home screen layout so the fitness application now has a dedicated spot on the default home screen layout and shout out to reddit for bringing this to my attention along with this one right here where ios and ipad os can now recognize soft line breaks when you extract text from photos now something else i'm really pleased to see has been fixed here in beta 6 is inside of the shortcuts application the set wallpaper action now works as intended so you guys will know i've made several videos here on the channel about how to change your wallpaper every day or every hour whatever you want to do and it never worked if you did it through the shortcuts in ios 16 until now now it actually works you can actually set your home screen wallpaper so if i run this for example right now you can see that is the home screen it actually changed it worked you can see it changed it to the lock screen but not to the home screen so that's pretty interesting i'm going to do that again one more time it's going to choose another random one and you can see this time it shows this wallpaper so if we go to our lock screen you can see it sets that as our lock screen now what's weird is like i said it does not change the home screen it only changes the lock screen but nonetheless that feature that set wallpaper action is now working properly in beta 6. so we also have a change to the haptic keyboard and it's not something you can visually see but if you go to your sounds and haptics right here and then go down to your keyboard feedback and set that to haptic when you go to type now you will notice that the haptic feedback the taptic engine there is much less like obvious it's not as harsh in my opinion as it was in previous versions which i like much better i never liked this feature from the beginning i thought it was cool to have but i never really liked it because it just felt too strong in my opinion but now the haptic feedback is much less you know toned down and it feels better when i'm typing and not as distracting as it was previously and if we head into the podcast application and go to the browse tab right here we have two new sections and this is actually a server side update so you will see this on ios 15 and ios 16 but you will see right here we now have the charts for top subscriber channels and top subscriber shows and if we go into the top subscriber shows you can see these are the shows with of course the most subscribers so that's pretty interesting and you can now see that again on ios 15 and ios 16 since it was a server side update now as far as bugs go i have had a few bugs here on this latest version of ios 16 and the first one i want to talk about has to do with your lock screen and focus modes so if you have a focus mode linked to a specific lock screen like for example if i go into sleep you will see it changes my lock screen and my home screen wallpaper so if i press lock right here you can see my lock screen is different now now if i go out of sleep mode you can see that sometimes it will actually take me back to my very first wallpaper right here instead of taking me back to the one i was previously on so it worked this time it's not something that happens every single time but i've noticed on multiple occasions it would set me back to my first lock screen that i have set up right here like the first one in my lock screen setup instead of the one i was on previously and it gets quite annoying because i have to go in there and change it back if i go all the way down here and tap on that and you know to get back to the home screen lock screen i had previously so that is a bug i've not noticed until this sixth beta now there's also a bug in the wallet application if you have an american express card added to your wallet you might have noticed that it got automatically removed for no reason and the only way to get it back was to re-add it to your wallet so that is also a bug here in beta six i'm expecting that to be fixed though in the next beta because apple did also mention it and at the release notes another thing i wanted to mention on the lock screen is that sometimes your fitness activity would not show up it would not work at all on the lock screen so i'm going to go ahead and do this also i wish you didn't have to customize the screen every time you change a widget that's also something i kind of see as a bug because just because you change a widget doesn't mean you want to change your home screen i really don't like that that's there i think it's very redundant but you can see here my activity is showing that right now so i do have activity to show because see the fitness widget is not showing any data right there also the double media player bug appears to be fixed so you know the bug where it would show a media player platter on top of another media player platter it would just show both of them right there that appears to be fixed in beta 6 because i've not been able to reproduce that and i've also not seen any of you guys mention that again also the apple music bug appears to be fixed as well where it would randomly stop or randomly pause and it had nothing to do with my connection so that appears to be fixed here in beta 6 as well and then as far as performance goes performance has actually been really good so far here on this sixth beta i've had no random resprings whatsoever i've had no you know alerts to report something in feedback because something crashed in the background i've had no issues with my lock screen like changing lock screens changing wallpapers adding widgets i've really had no hiccups or no stutter at all on this latest beta which is really good to see now of course we are still you know a few weeks away from seeing ios 16 so there are still betas to go but right now it's looking pretty good in my opinion for the performance and then as far as battery life goes battery life is also pretty good here on the six beta but unfortunately i'm not seeing a big improvement over beta 5. i was comparing my charts on my main device over here but i was not really seeing a big difference from the previous build so don't expect anything crazy of course you're probably using beta 6 right now so you know you'll probably attest to this as well but battery life not a huge increase and i honestly would not expect any more major increases to battery life until like the rc build or the final build and even by then it's not going to be as good as ios 15 that's not going to come until like an ios 16 point x update you know it's going to get gradually better over time it's not going to be as good as i was 15 even after the public release now i do also want to give you guys an update on the other software that was released earlier this week which is ios 15.6.1 and watch os 8.7.1 because there are some important things to note here so first off watchos 8.7.1 was an update that was only available for the apple watch series 3 and it fixes a bug that could cause the apple watch series 3 to reboot unexpectedly so definitely an update you want to do if you are still using the series 3. and as for ios 15.6.1 if you saw news headlines this week about an ios update you probably got pretty anxious and ran to your phone to update and the reason i say that is because the media outlets posted several articles and cnn even ran a segment on live tv where they just warned all iphone and ipad users to update their iphone or ipad asap or risk getting hacked remotely yes seriously and this was really funny to me because you know this update is no different than any other ios update with security patches as a matter of fact it's actually you know less patches than normal for apple i mean apple normally patches several security vulnerabilities but this time they patched two of them now yes they were both being actively exploited but the media made it seem like you know if you don't update asap you're going to get hacked all your information is going to be stolen like tonight if you don't update that's basically what all these headlines were saying and i just feel like it was completely blown out of proportion it was really nothing out of the ordinary so it must have been a really slow week in tech you know for news but uh yeah ios 15.6.1 obviously something you should update to but i would not like run to your device and update as soon as possible or risk getting hacked i don't think that's very likely all right so with that being said let's talk about what is next for apple so next up is going to be ios 16 beta 7 and that should come out next week so of course we are now on a weekly release schedule now we don't have a ton of betas to go so it's not going to be a ton of weeks in a row but next week we should see beta 7 along with the next public beta and they should come out on the same day we should see that right there on monday the 22nd that has been apple's favorite day over the past couple of betas so i would expect it to be on monday of course it is also possible to be a tuesday or wednesday but if apple is going to stick to what they've done recently it would be right there on that monday and then as far as the final public release of ios 16 the apple event is rumored to be on september 7th and that is usually when we see the rc build for the next major ios release so if that is the case again this year that means that we should see ios 16 publicly released to everybody on the week of the 12th if not the 12th itself so we should see it then and of course the new iphones will come out later that week on that friday and then ipad of west16 and mac os ventura will come out sometime in october all right so now let's move on to the latest apple news and let's start off with the iphone 14 because now that we are less than one month away the leaks are starting to come in hot and heavy so first off we now have a potential date for the upcoming apple event and the iphone 14 launch as i just mentioned earlier those dates according to mark german are september 7th and september 16th so according to the report this event is expected to be an online only event not a fully in-person event and also employees have already begun recording segments for this presentation over the past few weeks so that september 7th date seems pretty likely for the event german is usually right when he predicts the dates for something like this now as far as the actual release of the iphone 14 retail store employees have also been told to prepare for a quote major new product release on september 16th so that is why the iphone 14 is expected to launch on that day with pre-orders coming the friday before as usual and these dates are actually pretty unusual for apple if you look back in history apple actually usually does these events on like for instance this year it would be the week of the 12th apple usually waits until the second full week of september to host these events and release the iphone 14. so they are doing it a little bit earlier than expected this year and the reasoning behind that may actually come from ming chi kuo who put this on twitter the iphone 14 announcement and shipping date may be earlier than iphone 13 and 12 which could be one of the reasons why apple offered a positive outlook for q3 2022 from the last earnings call the global recession risk is still growing and unpredictable so announcing and shipping the iphone as soon as possible may minimize the impact of recession risk on demand so basically what he's saying is that he doesn't want to risk demand going down because of being in a recession so it's better to announce and release these earlier even if it's only by a week it's better than being you know on time or even later than normal and then speaking of a recession that's another reason why the iphone 14 we'll see a price increase this year but we didn't know exactly how much of a price increase to expect until now now of course nothing is official but wed bush analyst daniel ives just recently put out a new investor note that says quote while the base iphone will stay at the same price we believe a 100 price increase on the iphone 14 pro and pro max is likely in store given component price increases as well as added functionality on this new release and to offset the price increase he does also expect the base storage to be increased from the current 128 gigs on the 13 pro so maybe this will be the first year that we see the pros start at 256 gigabytes and as for the new iphone colors to expect this year majin buu on twitter shared some iphone 14 clone cases that have started being sold in china because of course they have and these have had a history of being like eerily close to the actual cases that apple ends up selling themselves so as you can see here we have eight different case colors that are shown and given this and also past rumors it is definitely looking like apple you know the cool new color this year is going to be purple so it's going to replace pink on the 14 and it's going to replace the sierra blue on the pro models all right enough about the iphone 14 now let's follow up on something that we talked about in last weekend's episode and that is in app web browsers and the dangers of using them and this time tiktok is the culprit so once again according to the same researcher as last weekend at felix cross tiktok can monitor all keyboard inputs and taps on your device so if you clicked on a link on tiktok and you open their in-app browser and logged in to like one of your accounts online and paid for something tech talk would be able to see your exact username and password your credit card number and anything else you enter or tap on while in that in-app web browser so in his post he says this when you open any link on the tick tock ios app it's open inside their in-app browser while you're interacting with the website tick-tock subscribes to all keyboard inputs we can't know what tick-tock uses the subscription for but from a technical perspective this is the equivalent of installing a key logger on third-party websites and that last sentence is very off-putting to me and apparently it was to tick-tock as well because they publicly responded to this report by saying yes these features exist in the code but we're not using them that's basically what they said and if you want to believe that you can that's up to you but i have a hard time believing that something is in place and just not being used but one thing that i will say is that you need to stop using in-app browsers as a whole on any application from now on open every single link in safari there's always a little icon down there that says open in safari or just a little you know safari icon tap on that to prevent any of this crap from affecting you i mean it's really seems to be an issue with ios applications so just use safari and you'll be good and then finally let's talk about a viral story from this past week about a 29 year old apple employee who got threatened to be fired over a tick-tock video response so it all started when an apple employee responded to a user on tick tock who had lost her iphone at coachella and then got threatening text messages telling her to remove the iphone from her apple id so the apple employee made a response video to help this girl out and to tell her what to do in a situation where your iphone gets lost or stolen and it seems simple and helpful right well apple saw this and told her to either remove the tik-tok video or she would be fired so apple told her that she breached company policy by identifying herself as an apple employee and posting about apple related topics online but according to apple's social media policy it does not specifically say that employees are not able to post you know videos about the technology entirely and she even said that you know and she said that the only thing apple says that you can't do is talk badly about the company or share private information which she didn't do either so she's made a few videos after this one talking about the situation but she has not been fired yet as far as i can tell and the videos are still up and they have millions of views so it'll be interesting to see what happens but i also want to know what you guys think of this whole situation i mean is apple in the wrong for threatening her over a seemingly helpful video that doesn't really mention anything that is not publicly available online or is she in the wrong and maybe she shouldn't have posted about apple or the software online since she is an employee after all so and if you want to see the tick tocks you know in reference to this story i will link them down below that may help you know your case if you you know think apple's in the wrong or if you think she's in the wrong you know watch those videos and let me know what you think because i'm kind of conflicted on this one i can see why apple would say that but also i i see this as being something very helpful to help a bunch of people on tiktok you know know what to do if their iphone gets stolen so there you have it guys that is the latest batch of apple news from this past week along with some additional features and changes found in ios 16 beta 6 and also an update on ios 15.6.1 which is a vital update you have to go update right now according to the media output i hope you guys enjoyed this video if you did i would appreciate if you give it a thumbs up also make sure to subscribe for a lot more ios 16 videos coming in the near future but anyways guys thanks again for watching and i'll see you soon youwhat's up guys my name is brandon and welcome back to apple weekly this week was full of software releases and crazy iphone leaks so that's how you know it's gonna be another fun apple weekly episode so in this video we're gonna discuss the latest ios 16 beta and some additional new features in it the new ios 15.6.1 update and why the media is lying to you about it some iphone 14 leaks about the release date prices and colors how tick tock could be key logging you and tracking everything you type why an apple employee got threatened over a tick tock video and more and as always if you guys want to stay updated with all things apple make sure to click that subscribe button down below so you don't miss next week's apple weekly episode alright so as always let's start off with some of the latest ios 16 features and changes some additional ones that i did not cover in my previous video so first off i want to talk about the tap to wake so if you have an iphone with a notch of course you tap the screen of course to unlock your device and wake your device that was completely broken in beta 5. but now in beta 6 it's working as expected and i wanted to mention this first because i did talk about that quite a bit as being a bug but now every time you tap your device it actually comes on it wakes up right away as intended and it doesn't just do nothing or take a couple of taps to wake up your device now something else i noticed here in ios 16 beta 6 is that if you go into let's just go into safari here for example i don't know why i searched for eight core but if we go into landscape mode here and we pull down our notification center you will see that i'm actually seeing a bug here i didn't even notice this before i never checked it at a time that had two digits right here but anyways you could see that the time is now over to the left so that is a new layout there for the landscape mode for the lock screen or notification center so i'm not sure why that bug is there like that but that is also a bug and there's another one as well so if we scroll down or if we swipe down for the control center you can see there's a bug here as well you can see all of my control center toggles over here on the far right it's just like really weird spacing so bug right there and then also a bug for the notification center and then going back to the lock screen if we tap on the album artwork on our now playing platter right there it pulls up the album artwork right here and you will notice that it is slightly smaller than it was in beta 5. so apple's been doing a lot of tweaking with the sizing of the album artwork here on the lock screen and now it seems like the perfect size in my opinion so before it was just a little bit bigger a little bit too big in my opinion but now it's like the perfect size on the lock screen in the photos application there's a new splash screen for shared library so this is a new one right here it says share from camera and then you also get the options down here to share automatically or to share manually only so it's a splash screen but also with some options down there to choose what you would like to do for the shared library it was actually a banner in the photos application just stayed up top until i tapped on it beta 6 also adjusts the default home screen layout so the fitness application now has a dedicated spot on the default home screen layout and shout out to reddit for bringing this to my attention along with this one right here where ios and ipad os can now recognize soft line breaks when you extract text from photos now something else i'm really pleased to see has been fixed here in beta 6 is inside of the shortcuts application the set wallpaper action now works as intended so you guys will know i've made several videos here on the channel about how to change your wallpaper every day or every hour whatever you want to do and it never worked if you did it through the shortcuts in ios 16 until now now it actually works you can actually set your home screen wallpaper so if i run this for example right now you can see that is the home screen it actually changed it worked you can see it changed it to the lock screen but not to the home screen so that's pretty interesting i'm going to do that again one more time it's going to choose another random one and you can see this time it shows this wallpaper so if we go to our lock screen you can see it sets that as our lock screen now what's weird is like i said it does not change the home screen it only changes the lock screen but nonetheless that feature that set wallpaper action is now working properly in beta 6. so we also have a change to the haptic keyboard and it's not something you can visually see but if you go to your sounds and haptics right here and then go down to your keyboard feedback and set that to haptic when you go to type now you will notice that the haptic feedback the taptic engine there is much less like obvious it's not as harsh in my opinion as it was in previous versions which i like much better i never liked this feature from the beginning i thought it was cool to have but i never really liked it because it just felt too strong in my opinion but now the haptic feedback is much less you know toned down and it feels better when i'm typing and not as distracting as it was previously and if we head into the podcast application and go to the browse tab right here we have two new sections and this is actually a server side update so you will see this on ios 15 and ios 16 but you will see right here we now have the charts for top subscriber channels and top subscriber shows and if we go into the top subscriber shows you can see these are the shows with of course the most subscribers so that's pretty interesting and you can now see that again on ios 15 and ios 16 since it was a server side update now as far as bugs go i have had a few bugs here on this latest version of ios 16 and the first one i want to talk about has to do with your lock screen and focus modes so if you have a focus mode linked to a specific lock screen like for example if i go into sleep you will see it changes my lock screen and my home screen wallpaper so if i press lock right here you can see my lock screen is different now now if i go out of sleep mode you can see that sometimes it will actually take me back to my very first wallpaper right here instead of taking me back to the one i was previously on so it worked this time it's not something that happens every single time but i've noticed on multiple occasions it would set me back to my first lock screen that i have set up right here like the first one in my lock screen setup instead of the one i was on previously and it gets quite annoying because i have to go in there and change it back if i go all the way down here and tap on that and you know to get back to the home screen lock screen i had previously so that is a bug i've not noticed until this sixth beta now there's also a bug in the wallet application if you have an american express card added to your wallet you might have noticed that it got automatically removed for no reason and the only way to get it back was to re-add it to your wallet so that is also a bug here in beta six i'm expecting that to be fixed though in the next beta because apple did also mention it and at the release notes another thing i wanted to mention on the lock screen is that sometimes your fitness activity would not show up it would not work at all on the lock screen so i'm going to go ahead and do this also i wish you didn't have to customize the screen every time you change a widget that's also something i kind of see as a bug because just because you change a widget doesn't mean you want to change your home screen i really don't like that that's there i think it's very redundant but you can see here my activity is showing that right now so i do have activity to show because see the fitness widget is not showing any data right there also the double media player bug appears to be fixed so you know the bug where it would show a media player platter on top of another media player platter it would just show both of them right there that appears to be fixed in beta 6 because i've not been able to reproduce that and i've also not seen any of you guys mention that again also the apple music bug appears to be fixed as well where it would randomly stop or randomly pause and it had nothing to do with my connection so that appears to be fixed here in beta 6 as well and then as far as performance goes performance has actually been really good so far here on this sixth beta i've had no random resprings whatsoever i've had no you know alerts to report something in feedback because something crashed in the background i've had no issues with my lock screen like changing lock screens changing wallpapers adding widgets i've really had no hiccups or no stutter at all on this latest beta which is really good to see now of course we are still you know a few weeks away from seeing ios 16 so there are still betas to go but right now it's looking pretty good in my opinion for the performance and then as far as battery life goes battery life is also pretty good here on the six beta but unfortunately i'm not seeing a big improvement over beta 5. i was comparing my charts on my main device over here but i was not really seeing a big difference from the previous build so don't expect anything crazy of course you're probably using beta 6 right now so you know you'll probably attest to this as well but battery life not a huge increase and i honestly would not expect any more major increases to battery life until like the rc build or the final build and even by then it's not going to be as good as ios 15 that's not going to come until like an ios 16 point x update you know it's going to get gradually better over time it's not going to be as good as i was 15 even after the public release now i do also want to give you guys an update on the other software that was released earlier this week which is ios 15.6.1 and watch os 8.7.1 because there are some important things to note here so first off watchos 8.7.1 was an update that was only available for the apple watch series 3 and it fixes a bug that could cause the apple watch series 3 to reboot unexpectedly so definitely an update you want to do if you are still using the series 3. and as for ios 15.6.1 if you saw news headlines this week about an ios update you probably got pretty anxious and ran to your phone to update and the reason i say that is because the media outlets posted several articles and cnn even ran a segment on live tv where they just warned all iphone and ipad users to update their iphone or ipad asap or risk getting hacked remotely yes seriously and this was really funny to me because you know this update is no different than any other ios update with security patches as a matter of fact it's actually you know less patches than normal for apple i mean apple normally patches several security vulnerabilities but this time they patched two of them now yes they were both being actively exploited but the media made it seem like you know if you don't update asap you're going to get hacked all your information is going to be stolen like tonight if you don't update that's basically what all these headlines were saying and i just feel like it was completely blown out of proportion it was really nothing out of the ordinary so it must have been a really slow week in tech you know for news but uh yeah ios 15.6.1 obviously something you should update to but i would not like run to your device and update as soon as possible or risk getting hacked i don't think that's very likely all right so with that being said let's talk about what is next for apple so next up is going to be ios 16 beta 7 and that should come out next week so of course we are now on a weekly release schedule now we don't have a ton of betas to go so it's not going to be a ton of weeks in a row but next week we should see beta 7 along with the next public beta and they should come out on the same day we should see that right there on monday the 22nd that has been apple's favorite day over the past couple of betas so i would expect it to be on monday of course it is also possible to be a tuesday or wednesday but if apple is going to stick to what they've done recently it would be right there on that monday and then as far as the final public release of ios 16 the apple event is rumored to be on september 7th and that is usually when we see the rc build for the next major ios release so if that is the case again this year that means that we should see ios 16 publicly released to everybody on the week of the 12th if not the 12th itself so we should see it then and of course the new iphones will come out later that week on that friday and then ipad of west16 and mac os ventura will come out sometime in october all right so now let's move on to the latest apple news and let's start off with the iphone 14 because now that we are less than one month away the leaks are starting to come in hot and heavy so first off we now have a potential date for the upcoming apple event and the iphone 14 launch as i just mentioned earlier those dates according to mark german are september 7th and september 16th so according to the report this event is expected to be an online only event not a fully in-person event and also employees have already begun recording segments for this presentation over the past few weeks so that september 7th date seems pretty likely for the event german is usually right when he predicts the dates for something like this now as far as the actual release of the iphone 14 retail store employees have also been told to prepare for a quote major new product release on september 16th so that is why the iphone 14 is expected to launch on that day with pre-orders coming the friday before as usual and these dates are actually pretty unusual for apple if you look back in history apple actually usually does these events on like for instance this year it would be the week of the 12th apple usually waits until the second full week of september to host these events and release the iphone 14. so they are doing it a little bit earlier than expected this year and the reasoning behind that may actually come from ming chi kuo who put this on twitter the iphone 14 announcement and shipping date may be earlier than iphone 13 and 12 which could be one of the reasons why apple offered a positive outlook for q3 2022 from the last earnings call the global recession risk is still growing and unpredictable so announcing and shipping the iphone as soon as possible may minimize the impact of recession risk on demand so basically what he's saying is that he doesn't want to risk demand going down because of being in a recession so it's better to announce and release these earlier even if it's only by a week it's better than being you know on time or even later than normal and then speaking of a recession that's another reason why the iphone 14 we'll see a price increase this year but we didn't know exactly how much of a price increase to expect until now now of course nothing is official but wed bush analyst daniel ives just recently put out a new investor note that says quote while the base iphone will stay at the same price we believe a 100 price increase on the iphone 14 pro and pro max is likely in store given component price increases as well as added functionality on this new release and to offset the price increase he does also expect the base storage to be increased from the current 128 gigs on the 13 pro so maybe this will be the first year that we see the pros start at 256 gigabytes and as for the new iphone colors to expect this year majin buu on twitter shared some iphone 14 clone cases that have started being sold in china because of course they have and these have had a history of being like eerily close to the actual cases that apple ends up selling themselves so as you can see here we have eight different case colors that are shown and given this and also past rumors it is definitely looking like apple you know the cool new color this year is going to be purple so it's going to replace pink on the 14 and it's going to replace the sierra blue on the pro models all right enough about the iphone 14 now let's follow up on something that we talked about in last weekend's episode and that is in app web browsers and the dangers of using them and this time tiktok is the culprit so once again according to the same researcher as last weekend at felix cross tiktok can monitor all keyboard inputs and taps on your device so if you clicked on a link on tiktok and you open their in-app browser and logged in to like one of your accounts online and paid for something tech talk would be able to see your exact username and password your credit card number and anything else you enter or tap on while in that in-app web browser so in his post he says this when you open any link on the tick tock ios app it's open inside their in-app browser while you're interacting with the website tick-tock subscribes to all keyboard inputs we can't know what tick-tock uses the subscription for but from a technical perspective this is the equivalent of installing a key logger on third-party websites and that last sentence is very off-putting to me and apparently it was to tick-tock as well because they publicly responded to this report by saying yes these features exist in the code but we're not using them that's basically what they said and if you want to believe that you can that's up to you but i have a hard time believing that something is in place and just not being used but one thing that i will say is that you need to stop using in-app browsers as a whole on any application from now on open every single link in safari there's always a little icon down there that says open in safari or just a little you know safari icon tap on that to prevent any of this crap from affecting you i mean it's really seems to be an issue with ios applications so just use safari and you'll be good and then finally let's talk about a viral story from this past week about a 29 year old apple employee who got threatened to be fired over a tick-tock video response so it all started when an apple employee responded to a user on tick tock who had lost her iphone at coachella and then got threatening text messages telling her to remove the iphone from her apple id so the apple employee made a response video to help this girl out and to tell her what to do in a situation where your iphone gets lost or stolen and it seems simple and helpful right well apple saw this and told her to either remove the tik-tok video or she would be fired so apple told her that she breached company policy by identifying herself as an apple employee and posting about apple related topics online but according to apple's social media policy it does not specifically say that employees are not able to post you know videos about the technology entirely and she even said that you know and she said that the only thing apple says that you can't do is talk badly about the company or share private information which she didn't do either so she's made a few videos after this one talking about the situation but she has not been fired yet as far as i can tell and the videos are still up and they have millions of views so it'll be interesting to see what happens but i also want to know what you guys think of this whole situation i mean is apple in the wrong for threatening her over a seemingly helpful video that doesn't really mention anything that is not publicly available online or is she in the wrong and maybe she shouldn't have posted about apple or the software online since she is an employee after all so and if you want to see the tick tocks you know in reference to this story i will link them down below that may help you know your case if you you know think apple's in the wrong or if you think she's in the wrong you know watch those videos and let me know what you think because i'm kind of conflicted on this one i can see why apple would say that but also i i see this as being something very helpful to help a bunch of people on tiktok you know know what to do if their iphone gets stolen so there you have it guys that is the latest batch of apple news from this past week along with some additional features and changes found in ios 16 beta 6 and also an update on ios 15.6.1 which is a vital update you have to go update right now according to the media output i hope you guys enjoyed this video if you did i would appreciate if you give it a thumbs up also make sure to subscribe for a lot more ios 16 videos coming in the near future but anyways guys thanks again for watching and i'll see you soon you\n"