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Meta commences Apple rolls out

Community Chats testing for iOS 16 update with features

Groups in FB Messenger including editable iMessages

ark Zuckerberg has an- waiting for people to comment on a merican tech giant Apple has is sent and to undo it up to two min-
nounced that Meta is post”. released its latest iOS 16 op- utes after sending it.
Mstarting to test Commu- The person who creates the Aerating system update and it A “mark as unread” feature has
nity Chats for Facebook Groups in- Community Chat can organize it includes a new lock screen with wid- also been added and audio messag-
side the Messenger app. According into categories, so group members gets, unsend and edit for iMessage, es on iOS 16 now have the ability to
to GSM Arena, it’s probably easiest are easily able to find what’s most new keyboard haptics, a new Home fast-forward or rewind while being
to think of Community Chats as Me- interesting to them. As an admin, app, and much more. listened, reported The Verge.
ta’s own interpretation of Discord. users can start a chat for group However, according to The Further, Apple’s built-in Mail
These will be available for Face- members around a specific topic, an Verge, the iPadOS won’t be updat- app will get a new scheduled send
book Groups, and users will be able event chat for an outing or a meet- ed to version 16 today, as that will option in iOS 16 alongside the ability
to join and partake from Facebook up, a view-only broadcast chat to an- ship later as an iPadOS 16.1 release. to quickly unsend an email right after
Messenger. nounce group-wide updates, and an Meanwhile, in iOS 16, the lock it was sent. One of the best improve-
To quote the horse’s mouth, admin-only chat to collaborate with screen has received most of the obvi- ments to iOS 16 is built-in keyboard
“with Community Chats, people can other admins and moderators. ous improvements as users can now haptics as it helps in feeling the vibra-
connect with their communities in Users can also make audio chan- add widgets to it and these widgets tions while typing. Previously it was
real time around the topics they care nels, and participants then have the can act as a way of presenting noti- available inside apps or when activat-
about on both Facebook and Mes- option to enable video once they’re fications. ing features like the flashlight from
senger via text, audio, and video. The in the audio channel. These widgets on iPhone 14 the lock screen.
experience seamlessly blends Mes- As heavily implied so far, Com- Pro models will even appear when iOS 16 also includes a redesigned
senger and Facebook Groups”. munity Chats are only accessible to the device is off thanks to a new al- Home app with new camera views
This gives a more immediate members of a group. Facebook is ways-on display. For regular users of and widgets on the lock screen and
vibe and “admins can now start a providing a variety of moderation iMessage, there are a variety of im- the ability to control an Apple Watch
conversation about a topic and get tools to ensure that the experience provements, like the ability to edit a from an iPhone. Users will also be
in-the-moment responses instead of isn’t bad, as per GSM Arena. message for up to 15 minutes after it able to copy text from videos now.

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