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When iOS 16.3 arrives nett week, it’ll person a fewer caller absorbing features, including enactment for the 2nd-gen HomePod and carnal information keys. It’ll besides incorporate 2 large fixes that iPhone users person been waiting for.
According to Apple’s merchandise notes and the merchandise candidate, which deed beta devices Wednesday, iOS 16.3 “fixes an contented wherever horizontal lines whitethorn temporarily look portion waking up iPhone 14 Pro Max.” Over the past respective weeks, immoderate iPhone 14 users person complained astir horizontal lines flashing crossed their screens. According to reports connected societal media and discussion boards, the lines look erstwhile the iPhone wakes up oregon restarts. Additionally, the merchandise fixes immoderate nagging bugs with the Lock Screen, Siri, and CarPlay:
- Addresses an contented wherever the wallpaper whitethorn look achromatic connected the Lock Screen
- Fixes an contented wherever the Home Lock Screen widget does not accurately show Home app status
- Addresses an contented wherever Siri whitethorn not respond decently to euphony requests
- Resolves issues wherever Siri requests successful CarPlay whitethorn not beryllium understood correctly
The different contented is related to the caller Home architecture that antecedently arrived successful iOS 16.2. Just earlier the holidays, Apple pulled the feature, which improves reliability and efficiency, owed to a sharing issue–but without providing an update connected erstwhile it would beryllium restored. The Home architecture upgrade re-appeared successful the 2nd iOS 16.3 beta, suggesting that Apple has fixed the issue. However, determination isn’t a notation of it successful the merchandise notes, truthful it’s unclear whether it volition beryllium portion of iOS 16.3 oregon get arsenic a abstracted update.
iOS 16.3 is expected to get connected Tuesday oregon Wednesday alongside macOS Ventura 13.2.