Apple just released iOS 16.3 alongside iPadOS 16.3, tvOS 16.3, watchOS 9.3 and macOS 13.2 with several new features and important security improvements. After last Tuesday’s flurry of new releases, in the form of the new Mac mini M2 and MacBook Pro M2, Wednesday’s surprise in the form of a new HomePod, discovering that our HomePod minis have a thermometer that we can now activating, and updating the firmware of all AirPods, Apple still has many more ready to release. One update for all your operating systems.
A minor update, yes, but with some changes that we’ve been waiting for a long time and, above all, with improving the security of our data. An update that we can now download and install. Let’s review all the news.
The first update of 2023 before spring
The list of iOS 16.3 news and the rest of the news is moderate, but nothing we can’t ignore either. On the iPhone and iPad brings us the security key fob, which allows us to use an extra layer of protection when signing in with our Apple ID. In the iPhone we also find changes when using the SOS function.
Instead of starting the call after the end of the countdown while we hold the corresponding buttons, it will now wait for us to release it to start it. On Apple Watch a new Unity Sphere is coming, which on the iPhone translates to a dedicated wallpaper. It is also on the iPhone that an error that can cause horizontal lines to appear on the screen of the iPhone 14 Pro Max is fixed.
On iPhone, iPad and Mac now we can configure iCloud to use end-to-end encryption. This ensures that no one but us can access the information. Although this encryption does not cover email, contacts or calendars as these services need to work with many third-party clients, it ensures that the rest of the information is completely invulnerable to any attack should one occur.
On Mac, fixes one that could cause you to disable VoiceOver while typing. On Mac, iPhone and iPad, fixes a bug that could cause some strokes done in Freeform do not appear on shared whiteboards. Also fixed a bug that could cause the wallpaper to appear black on the lock screen or that could prevent widgets from displaying home information correctly.
Minor updates, as we said, but this cover several fronts and pave the way for the arrival of iOS 16.4 During the spring. Updates that we can install now on all our devices.
