I tested the beta on iPadOS and iOS on iphone it is first beta of any sort that I had no bugs (that effected me) to report so for most your risk in lower with this one not zero of course….
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Apple Releases iOS 16.4 With New Emoji, Safari Web Push Notifications, Beta Changes, Voice Isolation for Calls and More
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Dumb questions:
- Does Voice Isolation work regardless of audio input, i.e., will it work when you're attached to CarPlay, or have earbuds/AirPods/Beats in your ears?
- Is it something you toggle on once and it stays on for all your incoming calls? Or do you need to set it each time?
Woo! That’s a lot of bug fixes. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213676
Is there a way to set up voice isolation as default on every call? Or do you have to go in and set it each time?
At the end of the update, I was forced to choose between auto-installing all updates, or just auto-downloading all updates. No option to leave things the way I had them (neither) until everything was done and I could go back into Software Update and turn auto-downloading back off.
I don't see an iPadOS thread yet. My iPad does not have Siri set up, it doesn't need it since I have phone and watch. However, this update has left me a non-dismissible notification/badge telling me to “Finish setting up my iPad” by setting up Siri.
These aren't huge things, but they're really dumb and should have been easily avoidable by Apple.
EDIT: A *second* round of the same sequence of tapping to finish setup, tapping to set up Siri, and then choosing “Setup later in Settings” made the notification go away. But it would not go away after the first time I did that.
I don't see an iPadOS thread yet. My iPad does not have Siri set up, it doesn't need it since I have phone and watch. However, this update has left me a non-dismissible notification/badge telling me to “Finish setting up my iPad” by setting up Siri.
These aren't huge things, but they're really dumb and should have been easily avoidable by Apple.
EDIT: A *second* round of the same sequence of tapping to finish setup, tapping to set up Siri, and then choosing “Setup later in Settings” made the notification go away. But it would not go away after the first time I did that.
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I’m ready for that Voice Isolation feature. Yay!
Never understood why that wasn’t always there for APP.
Never understood why that wasn’t always there for APP.
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Pulled from another site:
Here’s how to enable Voice Isolation in iOS
The news was confirmed by Apple itself with the official notes of the iOS 16.4, which was released to the public on Monday. As explained by the company, Voice Isolation “prioritizes your voice and blocks out ambient noise around you” during calls. Until now, this mode was primarily only available for FaceTime calls.If you already have iOS 16.4 installed on your iPhone, here’s how to enable Voice Isolation for cellular calls:
- Start a phone call with someone
- During the call, open the Control Center on your iPhone
- Tap Mic Mode
- Choose the Voice Isolation option from the list
What is "Mic Mode"?
Thinking I didn't have this panel installed in my Control Center I went into Settings and don't see "Mic Mode" as a listed control enabled or disabled... it's just not there at all.
EDIT: Once a call has been initiated, there are two new panels showing at the top...
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Interesting. I don't see this option either and I'm on T-Mobile on an iPhone 12 Pro.
I just updated and have the 5G Standalone toggle on mine now!
It is a shame we can't toggle it on as standard practice.
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Interesting, makes me wonder if it is only available for iPhone 13 and 14. Does anybody with iPhone 12 on T-Mobile see the standalone toggle?
Upgraded iphones, ipads, homepod and appletvs to 16.4, macs to 13.3 and watches to 9.4 but cant see any ‘reupgrade homekit’ option anywhere.
It’s the MAIN reason for me to upgrade since 16.2’s homekit upgrade killed my perfectly working homekit system. Since then items like my NUKI 3.0 door lock often time out, even though it’s right beside a homepod mini.
Quite unhappy, to say the least
It’s the MAIN reason for me to upgrade since 16.2’s homekit upgrade killed my perfectly working homekit system. Since then items like my NUKI 3.0 door lock often time out, even though it’s right beside a homepod mini.
Quite unhappy, to say the least
Just curious since this official update is for iPhone only and is minor any idea what changed from the RC? Not important but inquiring minds want to know LOL
Too proud to say “we fu**ed up, here is the fix”.
Standard Apple
I wish they took 100 million of their billions and just sorted HomeKit lol!
No, once you set it on your first call it remembers. I just called my own voicemail and set it to voice isolation. I called back again and it stayed on voice isolation. That's also how it worked with FaceTime.