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Apple has launched iOS 16.4.1 for iPhone with fixes for an unresponsive Siri assistant and malfunctioning emoji.

Sizzling on the heels of iOS 16.4, Apple has issued a really minor replace with a concentrate on guaranteeing Siri responds to customers. There’s additionally a repair for the brand new ‘pushing palms’ emoji, which isn’t displaying the same old array of pores and skin tone choices. This emoji was one in every of 20-odd added when Apple launched iOS 16.4 final month.

Apple can also be including safety fixes for a few exploits which were actively exploited. Whereas the Apple Climate app has been malfunctioning all week, this launch doesn’t embody a repair for that.

The complete launch notes, which additionally apply to iPadOS 16.4.1, are under:

This replace gives vital bug fixes and safety updates in your iPhone together with:

• Pushing palms emoji doesn’t present pores and skin tone variations.
• Siri doesn’t reply in some circumstances.

IOSurfaceAccelerator

• Influence: An app could possibly execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is conscious of a report that this problem might have been actively exploited.
• Description: An out-of-bounds write problem was addressed with improved enter validation.

WebKit

• Influence: Processing maliciously crafted net content material might result in arbitrary code execution. Apple is conscious of a report that this problem might have been actively exploited.
• Description: A use after free problem was addressed with improved reminiscence administration.

This launch is prone to be one of many final earlier than Apple unveils the iOS 17 replace on June 5 at WWDC. Whereas this launch is prone to concentrate on bettering what’s already there – reasonably than an enormous overhaul – Apple may be engaged on an enormous revamp for the Management Centre.

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