Something that was highlighted was the addition of shared iCloud photo libraries for families. This feature was not announced as part of the main WWDC keynote. By default, these albums will require Face ID, Touch ID, or your iPhone’s passcode in order to gain access. The Photos app itself will automatically lock the Hidden album and the Recently Deleted album.
With iOS 16, you will no longer need a separate app. Competing manufacturers like Samsung ship Secret Folder apps as stock apps, specifically to address this need.Īpple has finally closed the feature gap with iOS 16. But prying eyes could just tap on it to reveal them.Īn entire ecosystem of third-party ‘secret folder’ apps have cropped up in the meantime to address this shortcoming, allowing secure photos to be protected by Face ID or Touch ID. In previous versions of iOS, marking a photo as Hidden merely removed it from the main camera roll, and put it in a separate bucket available in the albums list. With this feature enabled, someone who has access to your unlocked iPhone won’t be able to see all of your photos anymore, as long as you put them into that hidden album, of course.Catching up to feature request from at least five years ago, the Photos app will finally let you lock your Hidden photos album with your passcode or biometrics. You can quickly check that the lock is enabled by looking for the padlock icon beside each album. You’ll need to authenticate using Face ID/Touch ID the next time you tap the hidden or recently deleted albums, found in the Utilities section in the Photos app, and a prompt to enter your passcode appears if biometric authentication fails.
Toggle the “Use Face ID/Touch ID” switch to the “On” position.Make sure the “Show Hidden Album” switch is toggled “On” to enable it.Open the Settings app on your iPhone running iOS 16.Don’t worry, you can also enter your iPhone’s passcode if you need to. This setting will put a lock on the hidden and recently deleted albums on your iPhone so that you have to use Face ID/Touch ID to unlock them. A pair of toggles is all it takes to keep your most private photos safe from prying eyes.
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