This seems to confirm that the software is almost entirely the same, and that the very first iPhone 16 series phones which had been loaded with software in readiness to be shipped out for sale on September 20, had the earlier build which was superseded by the Sept. 16 build.

OS 18 was released to the public earlier this month following over three months of beta testing. If you have installed the update on your iPhone,

Instead of the Siri orb that you're used to, the edges of your iPhone screen glow with various colors when the assistant is listening to you. It's a welcome design change, even if Siri still doesn't have the anticipated Apple Intelligence features, but one aspect of the new Siri keeps annoying me.