They probably adjusted the PPI scaling in developer options along with the overall font size if anything.

But I can’t say for sure because I can’t tell that it’s actually smaller. But if I were going to do it, that would be the way I’d try.

Because people hype up updates for the stuff you can’t see. There wasn’t much different outwardly between 4 and 5 either. There won’t be much different between 6 and 7. But you can start picking apart the differences between 4 and 6.