Apple has released bug fixes and system updates for watchOS, iOS, iPadOS, tvOS and macOS. If you’re looking for cool new features, you’ll be disappointed. But with a number of annoying bugs squashed and security vulnerabilities dealt with, these releases are important.
Apple does not divulge which security vulnerabilities it addresses in their release notes. But a quick search of the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) list reveals that there are plenty of issues for Apple to address.
watchOS 9.3.1
Apple’s release notes don’t tell us much and the link to the information about security updates provides a bunch of generic information.
iOS 16.3.1
Apple’s information regarding this update does address an annoying issue that iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro owners face. There are times when the new Emergency Crash Notification activates at inconvenient moments. Such as when someone is on a rollercoaster.
This update provides important bug fixes and security updates for your iPhone including:
Source: Apple
- iCloud settings may be unresponsive or incorrectly display if apps are using iCloud
- Siri requests for Find My may not work
- Crash Detection optimizations on iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro models
The iOS 16.3.2 update includes fixes for the HomePod and HomePod mini. Aside from performance and stability improvements, the HomePod update, to version 16.3.2, resolved a HomeKit-related issue where requests to control your smart home appliances would time out or completely fail when using Siri.
iPadOS 16.3.1
iPadOS gets the same bug fixes as the iPhone without the crash notification fix which doesn’t;t apply to Apple’s market-leading tablet.
This update provides important bug fixes and security updates for your iPhone including:
Source: Apple
- iCloud settings may be unresponsive or incorrectly display if apps are using iCloud
- Siri requests for Find My may not work
tvOS 16.3.2
If you’re looking for detailed information regarding this update you’ll find Apple’s release notes to be non-existent at this time. But most experts agree that tvOS 16.3.2 brings the same security updates to your Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K as iOS 16.3.1.
macOS 13.2.1
Apple has chosen to not provide detailed information about this update which suggests there are some security updates that it is not divulging in order to keep the bad guys at bay.
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