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The first "beta" of iOS 16.4 has been released. What is interesting in it?

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The first "beta" of iOS 16.4 has been released. What is interesting in it?
The new version of the system is available for developers. Among the fresh features - adding a set of emoticons, widgets and other useful things.

Swipe, Unicode 15.0 and WebKit


The most anticipated innovation was the emergence of swipe support for Russian and Ukrainian keyboard layouts. You can also use gesture typing for these languages. In addition, the range of emoticons was expanded: the Unicode standard appeared in the OS with two dozen new icons.

The first "beta" of iOS 16.4 has been released. What is interesting in it?


The relationship between the WebKit engine and web applications has been improved. So, now they have the ability to send notifications using the HTML5 Web Push API with displaying their own icons. App alerts are highly configurable and will have focus mode options applied to them.

Apple Music, widgets, commands


In branded music streaming, covers in Playlists began to take up less space. Also, the user account icon is now visible in all tabs. A control key for sorting multimedia content has been added. Updated the animation of moving a music track to a playlist. In the "Podcasts" section, the "Channels" tab has been added, audio recordings of each specific author will be displayed there.



Widgets can now be added to the home screen to keep track of active orders in Apple Wallet. The Teams app has received updated scripts for shutting down and restarting your smartphone, VPN operation, and enabling Always On Display on iPhone 14 Pro.

Configuration profiles and other innovations


A significant innovation was the ability to change how iOS beta builds are downloaded. So, the user will now be able to prioritize the installation of test versions: "beta" for developers, public test builds or final releases. It's worth noting that the Developer Beta feature will only be available to educational records registered with the Apple Development Program.



Dimming Blinking Flashes has been added to the Accessibility section. Through it, the flickering content displayed on the screen will be dimmed. The Warranty Actions section provides information on the warranty provisions for all paired devices. The update received the Apple HomeKit architecture, which is necessary for the normal functioning of all smart gadgets after the release of the final iOS 16.4.
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