iOS 16 will make it harder to see your hidden or deleted photos.

iOS 16 appears to include a number of new features in the Photos app that may have gone unnoticed by many users as the company barely mentioned them during the announcement of this new version of the operating system for iPhone. Now the two most private folders in the iPhone Gallery provide additional protection and will only be available via Face ID or through the unlock code.

Apple specifically blocked by default Album “Hidden”‘. That is, the one where those images are stored that we do not want to show in the “recent” section or in the rest of the albums. Also Album “Removed”, which retains previously deleted images for up to 30 days before completely erasing them from iPhone. To access them in iOS 16, you will need to use Face ID and, if it is not available, through Touch ID or an unlock code.

Hidden and recently deleted albums are locked by default and can be unlocked using your iPhone’s authentication method: Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode.

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New iOS 16 feature, also present in iPadOS 16 and macOS Ventura, can be disabled in system settings, in the Photos section. It also adds the ability to hide the “Hidden” album from within the app; a feature the company introduced in iOS 15. Interestingly, Apple doesn’t show the number of images stored in both albums. The number is replaced by a lock icon, indicating that both folders are protected by Face ID. Once unlocked, you can check how many images or videos are in those albums by swiping down.

iOS 16 includes significant improvements to the Photos app.

In addition to the ability to access Hidden and Deleted Albums via Face ID, iOS 16 adds other important new features to the Photos app. Currently you can remove an object from the background only by pressing and holding on a person, animal or object. Apple darkens the image and cuts out, using an AI-based system, the main subject. Thus, it will be possible, for example, to share an image via iMessage or any other messaging application, as if it were a sticker.

Photos in iOS 16 now also share a photo library with up to five people. In it, users can add or remove images in real time. Also let the application itself include them in the shared album if he finds that the face of a person who is part of this album appears in a photo or video.

Keep in mind that iOS 16 will be available for iPhone 8 or later in the fall. The public beta will be available in July.