Release notes
Redrawn in Apple iOS 16.4
Apple redrew 23 emoji in this release, compared with iOS 15.4. Each is shown beside the design it replaced.
Also in this release: 31 emoji added →
Guard
Person in Steamy Room
Person Bouncing Ball
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Light Skin Tone, Medium-Light Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Light Skin Tone, Medium Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Light Skin Tone, Medium-Dark Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Light Skin Tone, Dark Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Medium-Light Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Medium-Light Skin Tone, Medium Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Medium-Light Skin Tone, Medium-Dark Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Medium-Light Skin Tone, Dark Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Medium Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Medium Skin Tone, Medium-Light Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Medium Skin Tone, Medium-Dark Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Medium Skin Tone, Dark Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Medium-Dark Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Medium-Dark Skin Tone, Medium-Light Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Medium-Dark Skin Tone, Medium Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Medium-Dark Skin Tone, Dark Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Dark Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Dark Skin Tone, Medium-Light Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Dark Skin Tone, Medium Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Dark Skin Tone, Medium-Dark Skin Tone
Frequently asked questions
- What changed in Apple iOS 16.4?
- Compared with iOS 15.4, Apple iOS 16.4 added 31 new emoji and redrew 23 existing designs.
- How is a redesign told apart from a re-release?
- By the artwork itself. Every image is stored with a checksum of its bytes, so a design counts as redrawn only when those bytes differ from iOS 15.4. A version number cannot tell you this — most releases ship the same drawings unchanged.