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

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

And in the event you occur to have the edit historical past of a good friend’s message unfurled, any further edits they make will seem as the first one. In the beneath instance, I watched Mitchell’s “No worries!” change to a lighter grey when he edited it to say “Okay I’m just editing this away.”

The edit historical past addresses a significant omission from Apple’s authentic implementation of iMessage enhancing. Without a historical past, the edit function might theoretically be used to alter malicious or imply messages after they had been despatched, like what Mitchell did as a joke within the screenshot above. While Apple’s tiny “Edited” notice would let you know one thing had modified, you wouldn’t have the ability to see what was initially mentioned.

Apple has additionally adjusted the size of time you’ll should unsend a message from quarter-hour to simply two. And starting Wednesday, builders can now take a look at out the Live Activities API to allow them to make the brand new widget-like lock display notifications. Live Activities gained’t be accessible 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 year.”