Apple Releases Third Public Betas of iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4 With New Emoji, Safari Web Push Notifications and MoreApple today seeded the third betas of upcoming iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4 updates to public beta testers, allowing non-developers to test the software ahead of its launch. Today's betas come one week after the
release of the second public betas.
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Public beta testers who have signed up for Apple's free beta testing program can download the iOS 16.4 beta over the air after installing the proper certificate from the Public Beta website.
This is the last beta that will use certificates in this way as future beta updates will be linked to an
Apple ID for both developers and public beta testers.
The iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4 updates add a number of new emoji characters, including shaking head, pink heart, blue heart, gray heart, donkey, moose, black bird, goose, wing, jellyfish, hyacinth, pea pod, ginger, fan, comb, flute, maracas, and left and right facing hand options.
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Safari Web Push notifications are available, but web developers will need to add support. With this feature, you can add a website to your
Home Screen and the website can send you push notifications, just like on the Mac. These notifications behave like any other iOS notification and can be filtered out with Focus mode, delivered on Apple Watch, and more.
There's a new add to ‌Home Screen‌ option for third-party browsers so you can add a favorite Chrome site directly to your ‌Home Screen‌, plus the
HomeKit architecture upgrade that was pulled from iOS 16.2 is now available again.
The second beta reintroduces the page turning animation in Apple Books, and it has hints of
Apple Music Classical.
Apple has made minor tweaks to the Podcasts app, ‌Apple Music‌ app, and the
AppleCare coverage interface, plus there are new Shortcuts, 5G connectivity in Turkey, an option to add an always-on display filter to Focus more, and more. Full details on everything new can be found in our
dedicated iOS 16.4 guide.<div class="linkback">Related Roundups:
iOS 16,
iPadOS 16</div><div class="linkback">Related Forum:
iOS 16</div>
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