By now, most iPhone users are probably aware of the latest update: iOS 10. I, for one, had quite the struggle when learning how to use my phone. Let's be realistic, downloading a new iPhone update is like getting a new phone -- it's frustrating when you don't know how to use it! These are my thoughts on the iOS 10 update:

I have to press the home button to open?

What is this sorcery? For as long as iPhones have been around, it has always been "slide to unlock." Heck, there are lock screen pictures that are funny because of the "slide to unlock" feature. Now, you simply press the home button, while sliding (as I have done about a thousand times since getting the update) will result in the weather, Siri's app suggestions, and top news stories.

Messages...You've changed.

It took me a while to figure out all the new abilities of Messages (we'll get to that later), but aside from all that, the app itself is set up differently than ever before. Contact pictures are across the top, you have the ability to flip between images and attachments in "Details," and most importantly, you can send balloons and confetti! How cool is that? Seriously, Apple is getting less and less practical and more and more fun.

On that note, emojis are weird.

Is it just me, or do the people emojis look more like actual people? There are female options for the "career" emojis, the bride has curly hair, and they added single-parent families to the lineup -- way to go Apple! That being said, they took away the gun emoji and replaced it with a water gun! Come on Apple, if you're gonna take that away, you might as well take away the bomb, the sword, the knife, the pickax, and the cigarette.

The animated drawings in Messages?

When trying to figure out the fancy new heartbeat and fireball, I accidentally sent about 15 animated drawings to the poor soul whose Message thread I was in. I get that it's fun, and it's effective once you figure out how to only send one at a time, but what's the purpose? Again, less practical, more fun.

So what's your favorite aspect of iOS 10? If there are just too many for you to remember, Apple was kind enough to release a video that shows off all the iPhone's new capabilities. So update your phone, and remember to press home to open!