Apple iOS 16.1 lock screen will bring real-time sports scores to iPhone 14 / Plus and older models, and support iPhone 14 Pro / Max "Smart Island"
CTOnews.com, September 18 (Xinhua)-- Apple recently announced that iOS 16.1 will enable a new real-time event feature that allows iPhone users to learn in real time what is happening, such as sporting events or food delivery orders, directly from the lock screen.
In the iOS 16.1 Beta beta, available to developers and public testers this week, Apple is testing the integration of real-time events with sports through the TV app.
CTOnews.com learned that in the TV app, clicking the follow button for a sports game displays real-time activity on the game's lock screen, including real-time updated scoreboards and game-by-game actions, such as baseball players striking out. As shown in the picture below, a short summary of the game also shows the score below.
Real-time activity is displayed on iPhone 13 and earlier models, as well as at the bottom of the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus lock screens. On iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max, real-time activity will appear at the top of the lock screen of Smart Island, a pill-shaped area of new drugs around Face ID sensors and front cameras that can expand and display system alerts and other content at a glance.
IOS 16. 1 will be released later this year to bring real-time events to the masses, Apple said. For sports, this feature will apply to MLB games for users in the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Mexico, Japan and South Korea, as well as NBA and Premier League games for users in the United States and Canada only at launch.
Real-time activities also support timers set in clock applications, which will also be supported by third-party applications. Once the iOS 16.1 RC preview is available, Apple says developers will be able to submit applications that support real-time activities to the App Store Store.
