Adam Kos After a month of beta testing, Apple released the iOS 16.3 update. Apart from bringing support for the 2nd generation HomePod and including a new way to secure your Apple ID, there are also a number of fixes. What is missing, on the other hand, are emojis. Why?
Just take a little trip into history and you will find that the company came with new emojis as standard in the second tenth update of the given system. But the last time it did so was with iOS 14.2, which it released on November 5, 2020. With iOS 15, there was a rearrangement of priorities, when emoticons are not in first or second place.
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Pavel Jelic It was not until March 14, 2022, when Apple released iOS 15.4 and with it a new load of emoticons. So now we have iOS 16.3, which does not add anything new, and it can therefore be assumed that Apple is copying the strategy from last year and that their new series will not come again until the fourth decimal update sometime in March (iOS 15.3 was also released at the end of January).
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New features, but above all bug fixes
The news of iOS 16.3 also includes, for example, the new Unity wallpaper or the extension of data protection on iCloud. The repairs are the following:
- Fixes an issue in Freeform where some drawing strokes made with Apple Pencil or your finger may not appear on shared boards
- Addresses an issue where the lock screen wallpaper may appear black
- Fixes an issue where horizontal lines could temporarily appear when iPhone 14 Pro Max wakes up
- Fixes an issue where the Home Lock Screen widget does not accurately display the status of the Home app
- Addresses an issue where Siri may not respond correctly to music requests
- Addresses issues where Siri requests in CarPlay may not be understood correctly
Yes, the iOS emoji debugging team probably isn't working on fixing it. Considering the new features that came "only" with the tenth update and the number of fixes, this version is quite essential, especially for owners of new iPhones. But what is better? To have bugs fixed that bother us day in and day out, or to have a set of new emojis that we won't use anyway because we keep repeating the same ones over and over again?
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Amaya Toman We will certainly see new emojis, most likely in iOS 16.4. If this update didn't bring anything else, we can still say that there is something new in it after all. Even this alone may give many a reason to update, although it can be expected that Apple will continue to fix bugs. We should expect iOS 16.3.1 in mid-February.
