Apple has released a new batch of software updates for all of its platforms today, adding some of the last noteworthy features to iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura before it announces their replacements at its Worldwide Developers Conference next month. The iOS and iPadOS 16.5 updates and macOS 13.4 update are available to download now.

Apple is mostly done adding marquee features to these versions of its software, and the list of improvements is short. The biggest addition in iOS, macOS, and iPadOS is a sports tab in the Apple News app, which apparently makes it easier to follow sports news. And they resolve an issue across all operating systems that would keep Screen Time activity from being synced properly. And iOS and iPadOS pick up new Pride-themed wallpapers.

The iOS and iPadOS 16.5 and macOS 13.4 updates also fix some outstanding bugs. In macOS, there’s a fix for a problem that would keep Macs from using an Apple Watch to unlock, plus a fix for Bluetooth keyboards taking too long to connect after a restart. The iOS update fixes a Spotlight freezing bug and problems with the Podcasts app in CarPlay.

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The iOS and macOS updates fix a long list of security problems, three of which are being "actively exploited" in the wild. Two of those were, in fact, fixes by Apple's first-ever use of the Rapid Security Response feature earlier this month, though Apple didn't say at the time what vulnerabilities it was patching (both are WebKit flaws). The Rapid Security Response version of these fixes could be uninstalled later if users chose, but that's no longer possible now that the fixes are baked into iOS 16.5 and macOS 13.4.

Apple has also released watchOS 9.5, tvOS 16.5, and version 16.5 of the HomePod software. With the tvOS update installed, Apple TVs can now display up to four MLB Friday Night Baseball or MLS Season Pass games onscreen at once, if you're the kind of person who likes to track a few games at a time. The watchOS update adds a Pride wallpaper to match the one in iOS, among a few other fixes.

Apple has previewed a few accessibility features coming in iOS and iPadOS 17 and macOS 14, but otherwise, we don't know much about the features they'll include. Rumors indicate that all the updates will be on the small side this year as Apple shifts its attention to its long-rumored mixed-reality headset.