iOS 16.4: The Latest iPhone Update You Can’t Afford to Miss!

Certainly! Apple has released iOS 16.4 as an iPhone software upgrade.Included are a number of updated security measures, bug fixes, and new features. Here are some more details on the main features of iOS 16.4:

31 new emoji

iOS 16.4 includes 31 new emoji that come from Unicode’s September 2022 recommendation list, Emoji 15.0. Some of the new emoji include a new smiley, new animals like a moose and a goose, and new heart colors including pink and light blue.

Voice Isolation

With iOS 16.4, you can use the Voice Isolation feature on your cellular calls. When enabled, Voice Isolation can help the person you’re on a call with hear you more clearly by muffling background sounds, like kids playing in the other room or construction outside your window.

Easily find photo duplicates across shared albums

In iOS 16.4, you can easily find duplicate photos in shared albums in Photos. If you share photos with family or friends via iCloud, iOS 16.4 will show you all the duplicates across albums, and you can merge these duplicate photos.

iOS 16.4: The Latest iPhone Update You Can't Afford to Miss!

Support for PlayStation 5 controller

iOS 16.4 adds support for the PlayStation 5 DualSense Edge Wireless Controller. You can use the controller to play controller-enabled games from services like Apple Arcade on your iPhone.

Apple Books update

The page-turn curl animation is back in Apple Books with iOS 16.4, after it was removed in a previous iOS update. When you turn a page in an ebook on your iPhone, the page curls like a physical book, and you can choose this animation in addition to others.

Music app changes

The Music interface has been slightly modified in iOS 16.4.Instead of a full-screen pop-up like in earlier iOS versions, a little banner shows when you add a song to your queue near the bottom of your screen.
Also, if you go into your Library in Music, you can organize your Library by Artist and tap into an artist to see their Music page.

Apple Podcasts updates

With iOS 16.4, you can access a Channels tab in your Library in Apple Podcasts. This tab shows you different networks you follow, and you can tap into each channel to see the shows you subscribe to and other shows that channel produces.

Who and what are protected by AppleCare can be shown here: To see who and what devices are covered under your AppleCare plan in iOS 16.4, click to Settings > General > About > Coverage. This makes it easy to check whether your devices are covered, and you can manage your coverage from this page too.

Focus Mode filters added

If you have an iPhone 14 Pro or Pro Max, iOS 16.4 lets you enable or disable the always-on display option with certain Focus Modes. When creating a new filter, you can tap Always-On Display to enable or disable the display for that Focus Mode.

New Apple Wallet features

You can add three new order-tracking widgets for Apple Wallet to your home screen with iOS 16.4. Each widget displays your tracking information on active orders, but the widgets are different sizes: small, medium, and large.

More accessibility options

iOS 16.4 adds new accessibility options, including Dim Flashing Lights, which automatically dims video content that depicts repeated flashing or strobing lights. The update also expands VoiceOver support to the maps and Weather apps.

Apple ID and beta software updates

With iOS 16.4, developers and beta testers can check whether their Apple ID is associated with the developer beta, public beta, or both. If you have a different Apple ID that has access to beta updates, iOS 16.

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