You Can Unsend Embarrassing iMessages With the Next iPhone Update

    
    Apple’s Delete and Edit feature shown off at WWDC 2022.
    Apple/Screenshot by James Martin/CNET
    

    This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference.
    

    Apple’s?Messages app will offer a new Delete and Edit feature in its upcoming?iOS 16, the company said at its WWDC 2022 conference on Monday.?
    The feature allows you to edit and unsend already-sent iMessages, potentially preventing embarrassing situations. The update also lets you mark threads and individual messages as unread, so you can remember to go back and respond to them later.
    A public beta version of iOS 16 will likely arrive over the summer. Apple took the wraps off a host of new features for iOS 16 during the keynote at its annual developers conference. The new features: highly customizable lock screens, an?Apple Maps makeover?and Safety Check, a feature for people facing domestic violence.
    WWDC runs through Friday. Here’s our coverage of all the new products and features Apple has announced so far.?