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Apple iOS 6.1
The
latest iPhone, iPod touch and iPad software update is ready and its called iOS 6.1,
released on Monday 28 January. Mostly concerned with tweaking
existing functionality and fixing bugs than adding anything too
dramatic to what you got with iOS
6.
However, it does add a few bits and bobs, so let’s take a closer
look.
iOS 6.1 - LTE support increased
The
most significant change in iOS 6.1 is that LTE support has been
increased
adding LTE capabilities to 36 additional iPhone carriers and 23
additional iPad carriers around the world, so even more iPhone 5,
iPad mini and iPad with Retina display users can experience
ultrafast wireless performance to browse, download and stream
content at blazing fast speeds. To date, iOS users have uploaded over
nine billion photos to Photo Stream, sent over 450 billion iMessages
and received over four trillion notifications.
LTE
is the type of 4G connectivity you’ll find in the iPad mini, iPad 4
and iPhone 5.
Apple says that an additional 36 networks will now be able to offer 4G for iPhones, and an additional 23 networks for iPads.
Apple says that an additional 36 networks will now be able to offer 4G for iPhones, and an additional 23 networks for iPads.
iOS 6.1 - Improved Siri
The
iOS voice assistant is now able to plug into movie service Fandango
to let you buy film tickets within Siri itself.
iOS 6.1 – iTunes Match
According
to Apple, those subscribing to iTunes Match can now download
individual songs from iCloud, rather than just full albums. This will
give you finer control over how much of your phone’s internal
memory is taken up with your Match’d up tunes.
iOS 6.1 – Advertising Identifier
Apple
has introduced a new security option within iOS 6.1’s security
menu. You can now manually reset your iOS device’s Advertising
Identifier.
This is the identifier that third parties can use to track your device to an extent, tailoring ads for you. Being able to reset it manually is rather like flushing the cookies in your computer’s browser.
This is the identifier that third parties can use to track your device to an extent, tailoring ads for you. Being able to reset it manually is rather like flushing the cookies in your computer’s browser.
The
revolutionary App Store offers more than 800,000 apps to iPhone, iPad
and iPod touch users, with more than 300,000 native iPad apps. App
Store customers have downloaded over 40 billion apps, and Apple has
paid over seven billion dollars to its incredible developer
community. Customers can choose from apps in 23 categories, including
newspapers and magazines offered in Newsstand, games, business, news,
sports, health & fitness and travel.
When are you upgrading to iOS 6.1?
