Coming with iOS 10 is voice mail transcription made in Phone and calling apps

Not many of us send voice messages anymore, and most folks sure hate checking them. Apple's trying to solve that with voicemail transcription, a new beta feature on iOS 10 revealed at WWDC 2016. Instead of listening to the mother in law gossip on for 10 minutes, you can get the gist by scanning a transcript of the message in text form. At the same time, you can still listen to the message visual voicemail-style, call her back or delete the message.

Another related feature is an API for VoIP apps, which will help developers like Cicsco incorporate their apps into favorites, recents and the lockscreen. So if someone calls on a VoIP app when your iPhone is locked, for instance, you'll see their picture on the lockscreen. Other than mentioning Cisco, Apple hasn't said which, if any, apps will support it yet, but developers will soon get their hands on the API.