How to Fix the Most Annoying iPhone Features in iOS 16 - Lifehacker
iOS 16 replaced the Home Screen page dots with a Search icon, and if you don’t like it (you aren’t alone here), Apple has a setting to go back to the old ways.
Go to Settings > Home Screen, and from the Search section, disable “Show on Home Screen.”.
Apple has fundamentally changed the Lock Screen with iOS 16, including the notification system, which now shows up at the bottom of the screen.Apple is leaning into the Featured Photos stuff: Your iPhone shows photos of you, your family, and your pets everywhere across iOS, including in widgets, the For You page in Photos, Spotlight Search, and even when you’re creating a new Lock Screen