iOS 16.4 feature article : While there ’s been a flock of talk about iOS 17 today , Apple is n’t done updating Io 16 yet . iOS 16.4 is available to download now .
The quaternary major update for Io 16 is headlined by the addition of 21 raw emoji characters , which Apple pronounce includes raw animals , handwriting gesture and objects .
Apple is also adding notifications for entanglement apps saved to the Home Screen , so you ’ll know if there ’s a Modern update within a pageboy you ’ve contribute as an picture .
There are stronger tools for detecting twin photos in iCloud partake in photo libraries , while Apple is also beef up voice closing off when making calls with the iPhone . It ’ll isolate your voice and block out the noise around you .
clank Detectionis being optimise on theiPhone 14series ( so hopefully fewer untrue positive moving forward ) , while the young accessibility options include VoiceOver support for maps in the Weather app . Apple has also added a setting that will dim the display when a telecasting feature flashing lights .
“ This update adds Dim Flashing Lights , an handiness option to automatically dim the display of video when flash of luminousness or stroboscope effects are discover , and includes performance and stability improvements , ” the release notes say .
But we ’re sure you ’re slap-up to pick up about those emoji , right ?
Thebeta last monthfeatured a blurry throw off face , a push bridge player gesture ( for the left-hand and good hand ) and new calorie-free blue , grey , and pink hearts . In terms of unexampled living things , there ’s was a European elk , a donkey , a merl , a goose and a Portuguese man-of-war .
There was also a adorable hyacinth flower , an backer ’s wing , a man of ginger stem and some peas in a seedcase . There was a fan , a whisker pick , maraca , and a flute . There was also a Wi - Fi - like emoji and the Khanda symbol .
It ’s not clean yet whether all of those made it in , but we ’ll be delving into iOS 16.4 once it has download and installed to ticket out .
The update is a large one . It have up 1.87 GB of space on my iPhone 12 Pro Max , so you ’ll want to see you’re able to download it over Wi - Fi and you have plenty of battery power allow for . You ’ll find the update at preferences > General > Software update .
