**A New Feature is Coming to iMessage: Contact Key Verification**

Apple has announced that iOS 16.6 will bring a new feature to iMessage, contact key verification, which aims to protect users from eavesdropping in conversations. This feature will prevent others from accessing your conversation with another device, ensuring that you're talking to the person you intend to. The feature is expected to arrive in iOS 16.6, but it's not yet available for testing.

**iOS 16.6 and Contact Key Verification**

In settings, users can search for contact key verification, which provides information about the feature. However, the actual feature has not been populated yet, indicating that Apple is still working on its implementation. The release of this feature marks an improvement in iMessage security, allowing users to ensure they're communicating with the intended person.

**Digital Wallet Driver's License Now Available in Georgia**

Residents of Georgia can now add their digital wallet driver's license to their iPhone. The feature was made available after Apple collaborated with local government agencies to bring it to iPhone devices. This is part of a slow rollout, and only four states have been affected so far. As more states are added, users will be able to access this feature.

**Caution: Avoid iOS 16.6 for Now**

The author of the article advises users to avoid installing iOS 16.6 until further notice due to various issues reported with the update. The lock screen has experienced problems, including freezing and becoming unresponsive. Apple apps have also crashed, particularly the camera application, which often freezes before taking a picture. Furthermore, notifications sometimes cause the app to crash when tapped. These issues suggest that iOS 16.6 may not be stable.

**Battery Life on iOS 16.6**

The article notes that battery life on iOS 16.6 has been less stable than expected. Although it's hard to judge the battery without running the beta for an extended period, users can expect a similar performance to their previous iOS versions.

**Upcoming Updates and WWDC**

The next beta, scheduled for release on June 29th (Memorial Day), will likely address some of the issues reported by users. The developer beta 1 for iOS 17 is expected to be released shortly after WWDC, which is anticipated to take place in early June.

**Conclusion**

Users are advised to wait for the next beta or stay on iOS 16.4/16.5 until further notice due to the various issues reported with iOS 16.6. Apple will release more updates and address these problems in future betas.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys in today's video I want to talk about Iowa's 16.6 developer a beta 1 and now the first beta has been out for a little over a week now as of the filming of this video now unfortunately I have some bad news that I'm going to share with you guys in today's follow-up video it's been a while since I've seen a software that's taken a step back since I was 16.4 things have been great 16.5 things have been great on my primary device the iPhone 14 pro Max but unfortunately with 16.6 I do have some bad news to share with you guys now yes this software is still in beta but there's a few things here that shouldn't be happening so let's just Dive Right into this one now as always if you would like to stay up to date with the latest IOS news and applesauce for updates of course and don't forget to subscribe and make sure you turn on those notifications so that you don't miss another episode okay so before I get to some of the details of my personal experience with the software and why I personally believe you should probably stay away from this one until further notice I want to talk about a major feature coming to iMessage with iOS 16.6 and that is contact key verification so iMessage contact key verification is a feature that protects you from someone trying to ease drop into your conversation so if someone grabs your friend's Apple ID and logs in from another device and tries to talk to you from another device your iPhone will give you a warning that that Apple ID from that person that you continue to talk to has now been assigned to another device so make sure that you're talking to the person you're talking to so yeah a warning pops up here with the contact key verification preventing any eavesdropping in conversations in iMessage this is a feature coming with iOS 16.6 it's made its debut already in appearance in settings but it doesn't populate properly so if I go into the settings search here and I go ahead and search for contact key verification I get the information right here but I don't get the actual feature so yeah the feature is in the software code but it isn't populated just yet yeah something that I'm looking forward to definitely with 16.6 now for those of you in Georgia and this has nothing to do with iOS 16.6 I just wanted to mention this one you can go into the wallet application go into the plus icon here and go into driver's license and you guys now have the ability to add the digital wallet driver's license in Georgia I can't wait here for Florida so Apple continues to work with local government agencies to bring this to iPhone and it's been a slow rollout but yeah we have about four states here in the US so far and hopefully soon we'll see more States being added to the list and now I want to talk about why you should probably stay away from IOS 16.6 based on my personal experience keep in mind of course your experience may be different maybe your device is performing a lot better than mine but let me go ahead and start with the lock screen with an iOS 16.6 I've had so many issues with the lock screen overnight the screen goes completely dark unresponsive I tap on it the iPhone just doesn't respond to the tab the lock screen has been a complete issue on responsive complete Black out even when I have the always on display enabled just goes completely dark so yeah on the iPhone 14 pro Max my primary device I've been having issues with the lock screen every single day just freezing all the time now I've also encountered some issues with Apple apps freezing and crashing on me as well so the camera application that sometimes will just freeze and then it won't take the picture for some reason I click on the shutter and the shutter will have a massive lag again the new iPhone iPhone 14 pro Max this is something I never encounter on any other beta just keep that in mind so that is definitely a step backwards iMessage sometimes having issues here as well crashing on me as well when I get a notification on the lock screen I tap on the notification the app opens and crashes automatically not sure why that is of course I've been reporting a lot of these issues to Apple of course now when it comes to battery of course beta software I don't really like to judge the battery on this one but I have to say that the battery also just sort of stabilize I don't want to say is worse but it isn't better on iOS 16.6 so just keep that in mind if you're running iOS 16.4 or IO 16.5 I recommend you stay there until further notice the next beta should be right around the corner and hopefully we'll address a lot of these issues now when can we expect beta 2 hopefully to address some of the issues and by the way if you're having any issues I would like to hear those issues in the comments down below and maybe everyone can sort of get an understanding on how things are working you can also leave your device my iPhone 14 pro Max of course your device may be working better than mine now the next beta okay so here in the US on the 29th right here you see Memorial Day so it's going to be a holiday right a Federal holiday here so Apple will most likely not be releasing any betas then we can expect the next beta on the week of the 30th into the first week of June for beta 2 iOS 16.6 beta 2 should be available now keep in mind we're about a week away from WWDC which I'm super excited about we're also going to get ios 17 developer beta 1 on June 5th so a lot to talk about in the upcoming days unfortunately iOS 16.6 stay away from this one as of right now until further notice let me know your thoughts in those comments down below thank you for watching guys have a great day I'll see you guys on the next one peacehey guys in today's video I want to talk about Iowa's 16.6 developer a beta 1 and now the first beta has been out for a little over a week now as of the filming of this video now unfortunately I have some bad news that I'm going to share with you guys in today's follow-up video it's been a while since I've seen a software that's taken a step back since I was 16.4 things have been great 16.5 things have been great on my primary device the iPhone 14 pro Max but unfortunately with 16.6 I do have some bad news to share with you guys now yes this software is still in beta but there's a few things here that shouldn't be happening so let's just Dive Right into this one now as always if you would like to stay up to date with the latest IOS news and applesauce for updates of course and don't forget to subscribe and make sure you turn on those notifications so that you don't miss another episode okay so before I get to some of the details of my personal experience with the software and why I personally believe you should probably stay away from this one until further notice I want to talk about a major feature coming to iMessage with iOS 16.6 and that is contact key verification so iMessage contact key verification is a feature that protects you from someone trying to ease drop into your conversation so if someone grabs your friend's Apple ID and logs in from another device and tries to talk to you from another device your iPhone will give you a warning that that Apple ID from that person that you continue to talk to has now been assigned to another device so make sure that you're talking to the person you're talking to so yeah a warning pops up here with the contact key verification preventing any eavesdropping in conversations in iMessage this is a feature coming with iOS 16.6 it's made its debut already in appearance in settings but it doesn't populate properly so if I go into the settings search here and I go ahead and search for contact key verification I get the information right here but I don't get the actual feature so yeah the feature is in the software code but it isn't populated just yet yeah something that I'm looking forward to definitely with 16.6 now for those of you in Georgia and this has nothing to do with iOS 16.6 I just wanted to mention this one you can go into the wallet application go into the plus icon here and go into driver's license and you guys now have the ability to add the digital wallet driver's license in Georgia I can't wait here for Florida so Apple continues to work with local government agencies to bring this to iPhone and it's been a slow rollout but yeah we have about four states here in the US so far and hopefully soon we'll see more States being added to the list and now I want to talk about why you should probably stay away from IOS 16.6 based on my personal experience keep in mind of course your experience may be different maybe your device is performing a lot better than mine but let me go ahead and start with the lock screen with an iOS 16.6 I've had so many issues with the lock screen overnight the screen goes completely dark unresponsive I tap on it the iPhone just doesn't respond to the tab the lock screen has been a complete issue on responsive complete Black out even when I have the always on display enabled just goes completely dark so yeah on the iPhone 14 pro Max my primary device I've been having issues with the lock screen every single day just freezing all the time now I've also encountered some issues with Apple apps freezing and crashing on me as well so the camera application that sometimes will just freeze and then it won't take the picture for some reason I click on the shutter and the shutter will have a massive lag again the new iPhone iPhone 14 pro Max this is something I never encounter on any other beta just keep that in mind so that is definitely a step backwards iMessage sometimes having issues here as well crashing on me as well when I get a notification on the lock screen I tap on the notification the app opens and crashes automatically not sure why that is of course I've been reporting a lot of these issues to Apple of course now when it comes to battery of course beta software I don't really like to judge the battery on this one but I have to say that the battery also just sort of stabilize I don't want to say is worse but it isn't better on iOS 16.6 so just keep that in mind if you're running iOS 16.4 or IO 16.5 I recommend you stay there until further notice the next beta should be right around the corner and hopefully we'll address a lot of these issues now when can we expect beta 2 hopefully to address some of the issues and by the way if you're having any issues I would like to hear those issues in the comments down below and maybe everyone can sort of get an understanding on how things are working you can also leave your device my iPhone 14 pro Max of course your device may be working better than mine now the next beta okay so here in the US on the 29th right here you see Memorial Day so it's going to be a holiday right a Federal holiday here so Apple will most likely not be releasing any betas then we can expect the next beta on the week of the 30th into the first week of June for beta 2 iOS 16.6 beta 2 should be available now keep in mind we're about a week away from WWDC which I'm super excited about we're also going to get ios 17 developer beta 1 on June 5th so a lot to talk about in the upcoming days unfortunately iOS 16.6 stay away from this one as of right now until further notice let me know your thoughts in those comments down below thank you for watching guys have a great day I'll see you guys on the next one peace\n"