The await iOS 16.4 is sort of over. Apple launched iOS 16.4 beta 4 to public beta testers Thursday, a few week after the corporate launched the third iOS 16.4 public beta. This fourth beta means the large unveiling of iOS 16.4 might be shut at hand. Beta testers can now check out new iOS options, together with new emoji.

These options can be found solely to people who find themselves part of Apple’s Beta Software Program. New iOS options may be enjoyable, however we suggest downloading a beta solely onto one thing apart from your major telephone, simply in case the brand new software program causes points. Apple offers beta testers with an app referred to as Suggestions. The app lets testers notify Apple of any points within the new software program so the issue may be addressed earlier than basic launch. 

Listed below are among the new options testers can discover within the iOS 16.4 betas.

Apple Books updates

The iOS 16.4 beta 2 replace brings the page-turn curl animation again to Apple Books, after it was eliminated in a earlier iOS replace. Earlier than, whenever you turned a web page in an e-book in your iPhone, the web page would slide to at least one aspect of your display screen or it could vanish and get replaced by the following web page. Beta testers can nonetheless select these different page-turn animations along with the curl animation.

With iOS 16.4 beta 4, a brand new popup seems whenever you open Apple Books for the primary time after downloading the replace. It lets you understand you’ll be able to change your page-turn animation, theme and extra. 

31 new emoji

The primary iOS 16.4 beta software program introduced 31 new emoji to your iOS device. The brand new emoji embrace a brand new smiley; new animals, like a moose and a goose; and new coronary heart colours, like pink and light-weight blue. 

The brand new emoji all come from Unicode’s September 2022 suggestion checklist, Emoji 15.0. 

Apple Podcasts updates

The primary beta introduced just a few adjustments to the way you navigate Apple Podcasts. Now you’ll be able to entry podcast channels you subscribe to in your Library. You can even use Up Subsequent to renew podcast episodes you have began, begin episodes you have saved and take away episodes you need to skip. 

Apple ID and beta software program updates

With the third iOS 16.4 beta, builders and beta testers can examine whether or not their Apple ID is related to the developer beta, public beta or each. When you’ve got a unique Apple ID, like one in your job, that has entry to beta updates, iOS 16.4 beta 3 additionally permits you to change to that account out of your gadget.

Preview Mastodon hyperlinks in Messages

Apple’s first iOS 16.4 beta enabled wealthy previews of Mastodon hyperlinks in Messages. That is good as a result of Mastodon saw a 400% increase within the charge of recent accounts in December, so that you could be receiving Mastodon hyperlinks in Messages.

Music app adjustments

The Music interface has been barely modified within the first iOS 16.4 beta. Whenever you add a music to your queue, a small banner seems close to the underside of your display screen as a substitute of a full-screen pop-up.

See who and what’s coated below AppleCare

Beginning with iOS 16.4 beta 1, you could possibly go to Settings to examine who and what gadgets are coated in your AppleCare plan. With iOS 16.4 beta 2, this menu will present you a small icon subsequent to every gadget that is coated below AppleCare. 

Focus Mode, Shortcuts and always-on show

When you’ve got an iPhone 14 Pro or Pro Max, iOS 16.4 beta 1 permits you to allow or disable the always-on show choice with sure Focus Modes. A brand new choice in Shortcuts referred to as Set At all times on Show was additionally added, along with new Lock Display screen and Set VPN actions.

New Apple Pockets widgets

You may add three new order-tracking widgets for Apple Pockets to your private home display screen with the primary iOS 16.4 beta. Every widget shows your monitoring data on energetic orders, however the widgets are completely different sizes: small, medium and enormous.

Extra accessibility choices

The primary beta replace added a brand new accessibility choice, too. The brand new choice known as Dim Flashing Lights, and it may be discovered within the Movement menu in Settings. The choice’s description says video content material that depicts repeated flashing or strobing lights will mechanically be dimmed. Video timelines may also present when flashing lights will happen.

New keyboards, Siri voices and language updates

The primary iOS 16.4 beta added keyboards for the Choctaw and Chickasaw languages, and there are new Siri voices for Arabic and Hebrew. Language updates have additionally come to Korean, Ukrainian, Gujarati, Punjabi and Urdu. 

There is no phrase on when iOS 16.4 can be launched to most of the people. There is no assure these beta options can be launched with iOS 16.4, or that these would be the solely options launched with the replace.

For extra, try how to become an Apple beta tester, what was included in iOS 16.3.1 and features you may have missed in iOS 16.3.

First revealed on Feb. 17, 2023 at 11:01 a.m. PT.