Apple pushed the iOS 16.5 update (internal version number: 20F66) to iPhone users, 41 days after the last release.
Note that due to server configuration caching issues at Apple’s regional nodes, there may be a slight delay in detecting the update in some places, usually within half an hour, but not for long.
The main content of iOS 16.5 is as follows:
Apple News introduces the “Sports” tab
Apple News introduces a new Sports tab that gives you easy access to coverage, scores, standings, and more for the teams and leagues you follow.
Apple News users can select their favourite teams and leagues to get personalized news. Clicking on the Sports Scores and Schedules card in Apple News takes you directly to the Sports page, which provides additional information about a specific sporting event.
Pride Wallpaper
In anticipation of Pride Month 2023, Apple is introducing a Pride Month Celebration Wallpaper, available to users after updating iOS 16.5.
Bug Fixes
- Fixes an issue where Spotlight could become unresponsive
- Addressed an issue where podcasts in CarPlay may not load content
- Fixes an issue where screen time settings could reset or not sync across all devices
Improved security:
According to Apple’s official iOS security support documentation, iOS 16.5 and iPadOS 16.5 fix a number of vulnerabilities.
Three of these have been proven to be exploited by hackers, and Apple has previously fixed two of the vulnerabilities by releasing the iOS 16.4.1 and iPadOS 16.4.1 Rapid Security Response updates.
The remaining vulnerability exists in WebKit and allows attackers to break out of the Web content sandbox, which Apple fixed by modifying boundary checks.
