12 iOS 10 features you may not know about

The debut of apps that can run inside the iMessage chat system could prove to be one of the most far-reaching changes in iOS 10, provided Apple can get more developers to play along.

The Clock app’s new Bedtime feature encourages you to go to bed and wake up at the same time each day. These three permanent navigation fields are — Featured, Manage, and Categories. It’s much simpler to use, music discovery is paramount and the company is working on adding exclusive and great content all the time (see: Frank Ocean, Carpool Karakoke, etc.). The section basically includes a wide range of apps including diverse genres, like Entertainment, Lifestyle, Shopping, Social Networking, Games, Food & Drink, Photo & Video, Productivity, Travel, and Stickers. Swipe left once more to control lights and other accessories through Apple’s HomeKit automation system. Those widgets join app and news recommendations that were already there.

iPhone users running the latest iOS 10 can now book an Uber using Siri and Apple Maps.

“Let’s clear all the “… actuallys” out of the air by addressing the fact that iOS 10 functions pretty well on iPhone 5 hardware. But US wireless carriers Sprint Corp and T-Mobile US Inc said on Tuesday they received strong pre-orders for the iPhone 7, sending Apple shares up.

Major iOS releases will typically drain the power on your device much faster during the first few days of use. If you want a bigger selection of colours then just press and hold over your selected colour and it will bring up more options. And with iOS 10, Apple’s giving it to them.

· Messages is a lot more like Facebook Messenger.

The OpenTable iMessages app allows you to suggest restaurants, vote on favourites and book a table all from the Messages app.

Thanks to artificial intelligence and machine learning, it’s now easier to find people, places or points of interest in a user’s photos. If you’ve got somebody you’re talking to you’d rather not have that conversation with, tap the “i” at the bottom of the message, and you can shut off read receipts for that conversation alone.

· Oh, and there are 23 hidden features you can access here. The keyboard will automatically highlight a word, the all you need to do is tap on it to replace it with the relevant emoji. Aside from that, Apple was able to revamp Apple maps, homekit and apple music.

But even if you haven’t touched your phone since the iOS update, it’s probably still draining faster than usual.