Apple Releases iOS/iPadOS 16.4 With New Emoji, Web Push Notifications and More

You can download it by going to Settings > General > Software Update on your iPhone or iPad.

The headlining feature of the update is that addition of 21 new emoji, ranging from animals to hand gestures and more.

Other additions include notifications from web apps added to your home screen.

Here are the complete release notes:

This update includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
– 21 new emoji including animals, hand gestures, and objects are now available in emoji keyboard

- Notifications for web apps added to the Home Screen

- Voice Isolation for cellular calls prioritizes your voice and blocks out ambient noise around you

– Duplicates album in Photos expands support to detect duplicate photos and videos in an iCloud Shared Photo Library

– VoiceOver support for maps in the Weather app

– Accessibility setting to automatically dim video when flashes of light or strobe effects are detected

– Fixes an issue where Ask to Buy requests from children may fail to appear on the parent’s device

- Addresses issues where Matter-compatible thermostats could become unresponsive when paired to Apple Home

– Crash Detection optimizations on iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro models

Apple Watch users can now also download watchOS 9.4

The watchOS 9.4 update can be downloaded now through the companion Watch app on your iPhone by heading to General > Software Update in the My Watch portion of the app. You can also go to Settings > General > Software Update on an Apple Watch.

That update also brings the new emoji in the iOS/iPadOS 16.4.

Also, a wake-up alarm that’s set in Sleep mode will no longer be silenced when using the cover to mute gesture. So you won’t have to worry about accidentally turning off the alarm.

AFib history is now also available for users in Colombia, Malaysia, Moldova, Thailand, and Ukraine.

tvOS 16.4 should automatically be downloaded to an Apple TV HD or Apple TV 4K.

If you haven’t already enabled automatic updates, you can download the software by heading to Settings > System > Software Updates > Update Software. Right the button to update software is the toggle switch to turn on automatic updates.

There are no known new features. The update likely features smaller improvements and bug fixes.