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iOS 16.4.1

Full article
Public release
Recorded milestones
1
Beta cycle
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Public release
Apr 7, 2023

Release notes

Overview

Editorial synthesis with inline references and a source ledger when citations are available.

iOS 16.4.1 corrected two visible regressions from the preceding release: the pushing-hands emoji could fail to offer skin-tone variations, and Siri could fail to respond in some cases.[1]

Apple also classified 16.4.1 as a security update. This record keeps the feature scope limited to the two consumer-facing fixes Apple listed and points separately to Apple’s security-release archive.[2][1]

Source ledger

References

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  1. About iOS 16 Updates

    Apple Support · 2026-07-29 · iOS 16.4.1

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  2. Apple security releases

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-27T00:00:00.000Z · Apple security releases

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Documented & observed

Changes in this version

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Release changes

Changed in this release

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bugFix · fixed

Siri response reliability fix

documentedconfirmed

Apple corrected cases in which Siri did not respond.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About iOS 16 Updates · iOS 16.4.1

bugFix · fixed

Pushing-hands emoji skin-tone fix

documentedconfirmed

The update restored skin-tone variations for the pushing-hands emoji.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About iOS 16 Updates · iOS 16.4.1

Milestones

Release history

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  1. Public release

    Public

    Source-linked recordEditorially verified

    iOS 16.4.1 corrected pushing-hands emoji variants and intermittent Siri response failures.

    Availability
    available
    Sources
    1 linked
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Historical context

Cycle comparison

Pace, intervals, and duration compared with earlier releases on the same platform.

Historical avg for .4.1 releases

40 days, 6.0 milestones

Based on 1 previous iOS .4.1 releases

Previous .4.1 releases (iOS)

Previous comparable iOS releases
VersionYearCycleMilestonesAvg. Interval
iOS 11.4.1201840d68d

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Official release notes