It’s not an earth-shattering update by any means but adds the usual midcycle bells and whistles:
• New emojis, like heart colors, animals, instruments and flowers.
• Faster 5G for some markets and carriers, including T-Mobile. It also brings 5G support to Turkey.
• Push notification support from websites in Safari.
• The return of a turn-page animation in the Apple Books app.
• User interface tweaks in Podcasts and Music.
• New HomeKit architecture that was removed after launching in an earlier version of iOS 16.
• Apple Pay support for South Korea.
• New settings for the iPhone 14 Pro’s always-on display, including the ability to tie the feature to a Focus mode.
• Content previews in Messages for Mastodon, matching a feature available for tweets.
The bigger story here is that iOS 16 is still missing a pair of promised features: Goldman Sachs savings accounts and Apple Pay Later within the Wallet app.