Apple Releases iOS 14 4 1 Surprise Update With Urgent Fixes

The latest iOS update has landed, but it’s not iOS 14.5. If, like me, you’re waiting eagerly for the prospect of the iPhone being unlocked by referring to your Apple Watch to speed things up when you’re wearing a mask, not to mention scores of splendid new emoji including one too rude to use, well, you’ll have to wait a little longer. This update, iOS 14.4.1, was unexpected, which tells you it was urgent as otherwise Apple would have waited for 14.5 to go live, which can’t be far off. Here’s what’s in this update and how to avail yourself of it. This update is for compatible iPhones, with iPadOS 14.4.1 for compatible iPads. Compatibility for the phones goes back as far as the iPhone 6s, including iPhone SE first and current editions, plus the seventh-generation iPod touch. For iPads, you’re good if you have any iPad Pro, iPad Air 2 or more recent, iPad mini 4 or newer and iPad from fifth generation onwards. Updating is very straightforward. Go to the Settings app on the iPhone and under General, choose Software Update. Go to Download and then Install. It’s a small update so it won’t take long. What’s in the update? This update fixes a vulnerability in WebKit, so that malicious web content won’t have its way. Apple describes this as “A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation”. That’s all there is to this update but it’s clearly an urgent and important update. Read on for details of what was released in earlier updates, and here is a screen grab of the full Apple security advice. Previous iOS 14 updatesReleased on January 26, this update had many elements. HomePod mini handoff was improved, the set Wallpaper shortcut let you set the image to perspective zoom and there were changes to Accessibility settings with an extra way to control apps via VoiceOver. The camera can now handle smaller QR codes, too. You can also now classify Bluetooth audio devices. So, you can say whether they’re speakers, car stereos, headphones or hearing aids. There were also plenty of bug fixes. Released December 14, 2020, 14.3 was a big release with plenty of new elements, such as support for the company’s latest hardware – AirPods Max – and the introduction of Fitness+. To use it, you need to have a compatible Apple Watch. Photographers welcomed Apple ProRAW, which allows photos to be captured on the latest Pro versions of iPhone 12 in the new ProRAW formatEnhanced ECG capabilities for Apple Watch also arrived, in tandem with the latest watchOS update. Privacy “nutrition labels” went live today in the App Store. Apps, including those from Apple, must display information indicating exactly what data is used to track you or to link to you. If you want to use the Ecosia search engine, that’s now an option. This update landed on November 19, 2020 and was all about fixing issues. Messages had problems in group message threads, which this update sorted.


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