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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> idevices@groups.io <idevices@groups.io> <b>On Behalf Of </b>leonard morris<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 20, 2022 9:26 AM<br><b>To:</b> Accessible Phone <idevices@groups.io><br><b>Subject:</b> [iDevices] Why iOS 16's New Edit Text Message Feature Isn't as Sneaky as You Thought - CNET<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><a href="https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/why-ios-16s-new-edit-text-message-feature-isnt-as-sneaky-as-you-thought/?ftag=CAD3c77551">https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/why-ios-16s-new-edit-text-message-feature-isnt-as-sneaky-as-you-thought/?ftag=CAD3c77551</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div id=article><div><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-line-height-alt:14.55pt'><span style='font-size:25.5pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>Why iOS 16's New Edit Text Message Feature Isn't as Sneaky as You Thought<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h2 style='margin-top:0in;mso-line-height-alt:15.25pt;text-align:start;color:rgba(27, 27, 27, 0.65);max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:19.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif;font-weight:normal'>There's a pretty obvious reason to never edit text messages on your iPhone -- and a better alternative.<o:p></o:p></span></h2><div style='margin-bottom:17.4pt;text-align:start;max-width:100%'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'><a href="/profiles/naguilar/"><span style='color:#416ED2'>See full bio</span></a>Oct. 19, 2022 2:15 p.m. PT<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'><img border=0 width=1200 height=675 style='width:12.5in;height:7.0312in' id="_x0000_i1035" src="https://www.cnet.com/a/img/resize/8aa032987077903f8ee110feb7323ea4df61d0dd/hub/2022/10/13/383cce3b-5757-436a-8bdb-2665aaafd56a/imessage-text-messages.jpg?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200" alt="Text messages on a mobile phone"></span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.8pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>Fortunately, there's a better alternative to editing texts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.8pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>James Martin/CNET <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>Apple recently introduced the ability to <a href="/tech/services-and-software/ios-16-how-to-unsend-and-edit-text-messages-on-your-iphone/"><span style='color:#416ED2'>edit your texts on iOS 16</span></a>, allowing you to fix grammatical mistakes or incorrect information in already sent messages. It's a feature I've wanted for years -- and I know I'm not alone in that.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'><img border=0 width=1200 height=1200 style='width:12.5in;height:12.5in' id="_x0000_i1034" src="https://www.cnet.com/a/img/resize/044185202f3f2351ca6fd9529adfb1d1cda76a58/hub/2022/06/27/cc01f410-d3fd-4b99-b86f-0550082fe9f1/tech-tips-logo-final.png?auto=webp&width=1200" alt="CNET Tech Tips logo"></span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'><img src="<a href="https://www.cnet.com/a/img/resize/044185202f3f2351ca6fd9529adfb1d1cda76a58/hub/2022/06/27/cc01f410-d3fd-4b99-b86f-0550082fe9f1/tech-tips-logo-final.png?auto=webp&amp;width=1200">https://www.cnet.com/a/img/resize/044185202f3f2351ca6fd9529adfb1d1cda76a58/hub/2022/06/27/cc01f410-d3fd-4b99-b86f-0550082fe9f1/tech-tips-logo-final.png?auto=webp&amp;width=1200</a>" class="" alt="CNET Tech Tips logo" height="1200" width="1200"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'><a href="/news/social-media/twitter-edit-button-rolls-out-for-us-subscribers/"><span style='color:#416ED2'>Twitter recently added an editing option for tweets</span></a>, so it only makes sense that Apple would jump on the hype train and release its own version for the iPhone.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>Well, I'm here to say that you shouldn't be using the new editing feature.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>In this story, I'll explain what's wrong with the edit text message feature on iOS 16, and show you a much better alternative. Here's what you need to know.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-line-height-alt:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:18.5pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>Why avoid the edit text message feature?<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>The biggest reason why you shouldn't use the edit text message feature is <strong><span style='font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>because of the edit history</span></strong>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>To explain, I'll need to back up a bit.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>When Apple released the first developer beta version back in June, the software included the edit text message feature, but it worked differently. If you edited a text message using the early version of iOS 16, your recipient would be notified that the text message had been edited, with an edit button appearing in the thread, but that's all. They couldn't go back and see what your original message said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>During the development of iOS 16, Apple tweaked the feature so that it includes <strong><span style='font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>a history of all your edits</span></strong>. Now, when you edit a message, the recipient is not only notified but can easily view your original text and all of your subsequent edits.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'><img border=0 width=1200 height=649 style='width:12.5in;height:6.7604in' id="_x0000_i1033" src="https://www.cnet.com/a/img/resize/4d9010b60e6cdf86df525101db99122db0586425/hub/2022/10/17/fc0ea7e4-180c-4046-bd58-410205bda8fb/img-0324.png?auto=webp&width=1200" alt="Edit text history on iOS 16"></span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'><img src="<a href="https://www.cnet.com/a/img/resize/4d9010b60e6cdf86df525101db99122db0586425/hub/2022/10/17/fc0ea7e4-180c-4046-bd58-410205bda8fb/img-0324.png?auto=webp&amp;width=1200">https://www.cnet.com/a/img/resize/4d9010b60e6cdf86df525101db99122db0586425/hub/2022/10/17/fc0ea7e4-180c-4046-bd58-410205bda8fb/img-0324.png?auto=webp&amp;width=1200</a>" class="" alt="Edit text history on iOS 16" height="649" width="1200"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.8pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>Your original text, as well as subsequent edited text messages, appear as faded blue chat bubbles above the most recently edited text.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt'><span class=clear><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>Nelson Aguilar/CNET </span></span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>If a recipient wants to view a message's history, they can tap the <strong><span style='font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>Edited</span></strong> button that appears underneath any edited text message. Above the edited text, all previous messages appear in a faded blue bubble. If you don't want your recipient to see your original message (for whatever reason), that's a big problem.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>So what's the alternative?<o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-line-height-alt:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:18.5pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>What you should do instead of editing text messages<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>The answer lies in another new iOS 16 text messaging feature -- unsending messages. Instead of editing a text message to correct or erase something you don't want the recipient to see, <strong><span style='font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>simply</span></strong> <strong><span style='font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>unsend it, rewrite it and send it again as a new text message.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>You have less time to unsend a message (2 minutes) than to edit one (15 minutes), but you should always choose to unsend a message if you have the opportunity. To unsend a text message, press your finger down on the text message you want to take back and hit the <strong><span style='font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>Unsend</span></strong> option.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'><img border=0 width=1200 height=1301 style='width:12.5in;height:13.552in' id="_x0000_i1032" src="https://www.cnet.com/a/img/resize/69aff6ae85d52d1aceb878bf5e5466084714b7bf/hub/2022/10/17/c2a4783a-f4f9-4edb-8247-17cbb6f0b6c3/img-0325.png?auto=webp&width=1200" alt="Unsending a text message on iOS 16"></span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'><img src="<a href="https://www.cnet.com/a/img/resize/69aff6ae85d52d1aceb878bf5e5466084714b7bf/hub/2022/10/17/c2a4783a-f4f9-4edb-8247-17cbb6f0b6c3/img-0325.png?auto=webp&amp;width=1200">https://www.cnet.com/a/img/resize/69aff6ae85d52d1aceb878bf5e5466084714b7bf/hub/2022/10/17/c2a4783a-f4f9-4edb-8247-17cbb6f0b6c3/img-0325.png?auto=webp&amp;width=1200</a>" class="" alt="Unsending a text message on iOS 16" height="1301" width="1200"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.8pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>If you unsend a text message, the recipient won't have a history to go through and read it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt'><span class=clear><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>Nelson Aguilar/CNET </span></span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>When you unsend a text message, there's no history left behind in that message. The recipient will see that you've unsent a message, but they won't be able to read what your original message said. And if they have text notifications on, those will disappear when a message is unsent.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>There's always the chance that someone will read a message before you're able to retract it, but unsending it improves the chances of your text never being read. It's a much better bet than editing, which leaves behind a record of your original message for the recipient to see.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>If you don't want your original text message to be recorded and seen, and you can act quickly within the allotted 2 minutes, always unsend a text message and then just write it again.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=p1><span class=s1>Every country has an identity, history, custom, and culture. 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