Apple has pushed out one other replace for the iPhone and iPad with what it says are “necessary bug fixes.” Nevertheless, the corporate has been mum on specifics, failing to reveal the character of bugs and the fixes.
Rolled out on Monday, iOS 18.2.1 and iPadOS 18.2.1 come virtually a month after the discharge of version 18.2 and upfront of version 18.3, which is more likely to launch later this month or early February.
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iOS 18.2 launched quite a few Apple Intelligence options, resembling ChatGPT integration, the Picture Playground, Genmoji, and the Picture Wand. iOS 18.3 will seemingly be much less feature-packed however ought to nonetheless be necessary as Apple unveils extra AI-powered expertise.
So the place does that depart iOS/iPadOS 18.2.1? Apple’s Security Releases page does not present a lot data on this one besides to say that the replace has no revealed CVE entries. Meaning no safety vulnerabilities that will have been reported to or recorded by the official Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures catalog.
One other attention-grabbing tidbit is that solely the iPhone and iPad have acquired this newest replace. The Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and Imaginative and prescient Professional stay at their earlier OS ranges. Usually, Apple updates all its units in a single fell swoop, so no matter bugs are afoot clearly have an effect on solely iOS and iPadOS.
ZDNET has reached out to Apple to attempt to get extra particulars on the updates and can report again with any new info.
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The newest iOS and iPadOS updates are aimed on the iPhone XS and later, the 13-inch iPad Professional, the 12.9-inch iPad Professional third technology and later, the 11-inch iPad Professional 1st technology and later, the iPad Air third technology and later, the iPad seventh technology and later, and the iPad mini fifth technology and later.
To replace your iPhone or iPad, head to Settings, go to Basic, and choose Software program Replace. Faucet the Replace Now button to obtain and set up the brand new model.
