Apple has added an edit historical past to iOS 16’s new iMessage modifying function within the newest developer beta launched on Wednesday (by way of 9to5Mac). You’ll have the ability to examine the edit historical past by tapping on the “Edited” textual content that sits under an edited message, and if you do, all the edits will seem above the newest one. You’re additionally now solely allowed to make 5 edits to a person message.

You will get an concept of what the brand new edit historical past appears like on this screenshot from a message I despatched to Mitchell Clark after which edited as many instances as I might:

And in case you occur to have the edit historical past of a pal’s message unfurled, any further edits they make will seem as the first one. Within the under instance, I watched Mitchell’s “No worries!” change to a lighter grey when he edited it to say “Okay I’m simply modifying this away.”

The edit historical past addresses a significant omission from Apple’s authentic implementation of iMessage modifying. And not using a historical past, the edit function might theoretically be used to vary malicious or imply messages after they have been despatched, like what Mitchell did as a joke within the screenshot above. Whereas Apple’s tiny “Edited” word would inform you one thing had modified, you wouldn’t have the ability to see what was initially stated.

Apple has additionally adjusted the size of time you’ll must unsend a message from 15 minutes to simply two. And starting Wednesday, builders can now check out the Stay Actions API to allow them to make the new widget-like lock display notifications. Stay Actions received’t be out there within the preliminary public model of iOS 16 that launches someday this fall, however Apple says they’ll be coming in an replace “later this yr.”