Ios 8.3 released

[Arty]

Ios 8.3 is released

 

Im installing atm so no opinions yet

 

 

http://www.macrumors.com/2015/04/08/apple-releases-ios-8-3/

Apple today released iOS 8.3, the third major update to iOS 8. Seeded to developers in February and to public beta testers in mid-March, iOS 8.3 brings several new features and design tweaks to the operating system. 

 

iOS 8.3 is available immediately as an over-the-air download. There's also a 7.1 update available for the Apple TV. 

 

 

iOS 8.3 has a heavy focus on emoji improvements, bringing an updated emoji picker that organizes emoji into categories in an easily scrollable list, new diversified emoji with expanded family options, and emoji skin tone modifiers for changing the look of people emoji. There are also several new flags and updated phone, computer, and watch emoji that now resemble the iPhone, iMac, and Apple Watch. 

Other iOS 8.3 changes include wireless CarPlay, letting users connect their iPhones to their CarPlay systems sans Lightning cable, support for Google two-factor authentication that makes it possible to add Google accounts without the need for app specific passwords, and Apple Pay support for the China UnionPay network. 

 

There are also minor changes to Passbook (dividing Apple Pay and Passes) and the Photos app (icon overlays for albums). Siri has gained new languages plus the ability to make calls using the iPhone's speakerphone, and in Messages, there's now an option to enable filtering to separate iMessages from friends from iMessages from Unknown Senders. 

One of smaller but most notable UI changes includes an update to the space bar, which has been elongated to prevent users from hitting the period key in Safari when attempting to make a space. It's also now possible to turn on a setting to allow you to download free apps without the need to enter your password. We have a full list of the changes in iOS 8.3 in our iOS 8 Features Roundup. 

iOS 8.3 also has a very long list of bug fixes, which we've added in below. There are multiple fixes to Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, orientation, messages, and more.

- App launch Improved performance for: 

- App responsiveness 

- Messages 

- Wi-Fi 

- Control Center 

- Safari tabs 

- 3rd-party keyboards 

- Keyboard shortcuts 

- Simplified Chinese keyboard 

 

Wi-Fi and Bluetooth fixes 

- Fixes an issue where you could be continuously prompted for login credentials

- Addresses an issue where some devices disconnect intermittently from Wi-Fi networks 

- Fixes an issue where hands-free phone calls could become disconnected 

- Fixes an issue where audio playback could stop working with some bluetooth speakers 

 

Orientation and rotation fixes 

- Addresses an issue that sometimes prevented rotating back to portrait after having rotated to landscape 

- Improves performance and stability issues that occurred when rotating the device between portrait and landscape 

- Fixes an issue where device orientation appeared upside down after pulling the iPhone 6 Plus from your pocket 

- Resolves an issue that sometimes prevented apps from rotating to correct orientation after switching apps in multitasking 

 

Messages fixes 

- Addresses issues that caused group messages to sometimes split 

- Fixes an issue that sometimes removed the ability to forward or delete individual messages 

- Resolves an issue that sometimes prevented a preview from appearing when taking a photo in Messages 

- Adds the ability to report junk messages directly from the Messages app 

- Adds the ability to filter out iMessages that are not sent by your contacts 

 

Family Sharing fixes 

- Fixes a bug where certain apps would not launch or update on family members' devices 

- Fixes a bug that prevented family members from downloading certain free apps 

- Increased reliability for Ask to Buy notifications 

 

CarPlay fixes 

- Fixes an issue where Maps could come up as a black screen 

- Fixes an issue where the UI could be incorrectly rotated 

- Fixes an issue where the keyboard could appear on the CarPlay screen when it shouldn't 

 

Enterprise fixes 

- Improves reliability of installing and updating enterprise apps 

- Corrects the time zone of Calendar events created in IBM Notes 

- Fixes a problem that could cause web clip icons to become generic after restarting 

- Improves reliability of saving the password for a web proxy 

- Exchange out-of-office message can now be edited separately for external replies 

- Improves recovery of Exchange accounts from temporary connection problems 

- Improves compatibility of VPN and web proxy solutions 

- Allows use of physical keyboards to log into Safari web sheets, such as for joining a public Wi-Fi network 

- Fixes an issue that caused Exchange meetings with long notes to be truncated 

 

Accessibility fixes 

- Fixes an issue where using the back button in Safari causes VoiceOver gestures to not respond 

- Fixes an issue where VoiceOver focus becomes unreliable in draft Mail messages 

- Fixes an issue where Braille Screen Input cannot be used to type text in forms on webpages 

- Fixes an issue where toggling Quick Nav on a Braille Display announces that Quick Nav is off 

- Fixes an issue keeping app icons from being moveable on home screen when VoiceOver is enabled 

- Fixes an issue in Speak Screen where speech will not start again after pausing

 

Other improvements and bug fixes 

- Introduces a redesigned Emoji keyboard with over 300 new characters 

- iCloud Photo Library has been optimized to work with the new Photos app on OS X 10.10.3 and is now out of beta 

- Improves the pronunciation of street names during turn-by-turn navigation in Maps 

- Includes support for Baum VarioUltra 20 and VarioUltra 40 braille displays 

- Improves the display of Spotlight results when Reduce Transparency is turned on 

- Adds Italic and Underline format options for iPhone 6 Plus landscape keyboard

- Adds the ability to remove shipping and billing addresses used with Apple Pay 

- Additional language and country support for Siri: English (India, New Zealand), Danish (Denmark), Dutch (Netherlands), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian (Russia), Swedish (Sweden), Thai (Thailand), Turkish (Turkey) 

- Additional dictation languages: Arabic (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates) and Hebrew (Israel) 

- Improves stability for Phone, Mail, Bluetooth connectivity, Photos, Safari tabs, Settings, Weather and Genius Playlists in Music 

- Addresses an issue where Slide to Unlock could fail to work on certain devices

- Addresses an issue that sometimes prevented swiping to answer a phone call on the Lock screen 

- Addresses an issue that prevented opening links in Safari PDFs 

- Fixes an issue where selecting Clear History and Website Data in Safari Settings did not clear all data 

- Fixes an issue that prevented autocorrecting "FYI" 

- Addresses an issue where contextual predictions did not appear in Quick Reply

- Fixes an issue where Maps did not enter night mode from hybrid mode 

- Resolves an issue that prevented initiating FaceTime calls from a browser or 3rd-party app using FaceTime URLs 

- Fixes an issue that sometimes prevented photos from properly exporting to Digital Camera Image folders on Windows 

- Fixes an issue that sometimes prevented an iPad backup from completing with iTunes 

- Fixes an issue that could cause Podcast downloads to stall when switching from Wi-Fi to cellular networks 

- Fixes an issue where remaining time on timer would sometimes incorrectly display as 00:00 on Lock screen 

- Fixes an issue that sometimes prevented adjusting call volume 

- Fixes an issue that caused the status bar to sometimes appear when it shouldn't

Previous iOS updates have included iOS 8.1 and iOS 8.2, with the former introducing support for Apple Pay in October and the latter bringing support for the Apple Watch in March, plus several minor updates. Apple is already working on the next big update to iOS 8, iOS 8.4, which may include the company's upcoming revamped streaming music service.

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

Wifi bug patched ayyy

[Raudi_]

Please fix the text color. That blue is horrible to try and read with Night Theme.

[Arty]

Please fix the text color. That blue is horrible to try and read with Night Theme.

i just did, i copy pasted then had to go back and edit it

[terrytek]

Honestly, the skin color changing thing would raise some concerns, i think.

[Kyuubixchidori]

*incoming blind apple hate*

More integration with cars is a big deal, other then that small incremental update.

At least it won't take close to a year for phones to get this update *looks at android phone makers*

[Thorium19]

Finally they've released a patch for the wifi bug. I never updated my iPad mini to iOS 8.2 because of that issue, so now I finally can. Might wait a day or two for people to find all the other bugs first however.

[terrytek]

*incoming blind apple hate*

More integration with cars is a big deal, other then that small incremental update.

At least it won't take close to a year for phones to get this update *looks at android phone makers*

And it's not like Android, where some of the latest devices got the latest OS where the other half of those new devices don't. I think it was back in like the ICS/JellyBean update that motorola decided to only give HALF of all RAZR users JB.

[FaustoGomez]

Thank you, sir, for reminding me to update the OS of my third gen iPad.

I don't really care about emoji keyboard and stuff, but bug fixes? Give it to me!

[Timmy-P]

I rescind what I said earlier. As much as those bug fixes were needed, some of those things should have been in sooner, like this WiFi bug, or downloading free apps without a password. Still a good update, wouldn't call it major. But still a good update.

[spartaman64]

hopefully the wifi bug is gone for good now. for the iphone 6 plus i think they should made a keyboard like the samsung note keyboard with numbers on top so you dont have to switch pages

[Speedyv]

I SWEAR this is just a new way of pissing off people that don't want to update to draining OS' on older phone hardware.

GG Apple. I hate iOS

[NickTheMajin]

I SWEAR this is just a new way of pissing off people that don't want to update to draining OS' on older phone hardware.

GG Apple. I hate iOS

 

....what? Yeah how dare they release a new version of their OS. Shame on them?

[Speedyv]

....what? Yeah how dare they release a new version of their OS. Shame on them?

 

Nope. It's their shameless lack of support.

[PillowSmoke]

All of these updates are taking up allot of space on my 16gb version.

[TroubleKlef]

Awaiting the 8.3 jailbreak. Honestly just want iOS 10 to come out.

[ZombieMan762]

Nope. It's their shameless lack of support.

 

 

Lack of support for what? Apple ships out updates to phones 4 generations old. Hardly a lack of support. 

[Arty]

All of these updates are taking up allot of space on my 16gb version.

this update makes you have more free space on your phone.

extra 300mb (varies per model)

[Victorious Secret]

Nope. It's their shameless lack of support.

 

What the flying fuck are you on about? 

 

The iPhone 4S and iPad 2 still get iOS 8.3. Remind me how old those devices are, in case you have trouble coming up with more shitposts. 

 

I don't see Google willingly supporting devices that old, nor do I see any other manufacturer having such an extensive retail presence for on the spot support and repairs that don't require mailing things into a service centre. 

 

Apple can be given a lot of shit over a lot of things, but support is not one of them by any stretch of the imagination. 

[Arty]

What the flying fuck are you on about? 

 

The iPhone 4S and iPad 2 still get iOS 8.3. Remind me how old those devices are, in case you have trouble coming up with more shitposts. 

 

I don't see Google willingly supporting devices that old, nor do I see any other manufacturer having such an extensive retail presence for on the spot support and repairs that don't require mailing things into a service centre. 

 

Apple can be given a lot of shit over a lot of things, but support is not one of them by any stretch of the imagination. 

i thought the 3rd party android companys were the ones limiting thier devices? i mean the nexus 5 is on lolipop

[Suika]

i thought the 3rd party android companys were the ones limiting thier devices? i mean the nexus 5 is on lolipop

The Nexus 5 isn't even two years old, the better comparison would be the iPhone 4S and the Galaxy Nexus, and the Nexus is not on the latest version of android if I recall.

[herrgkl]

The Nexus 5 isn't even two years old, the better comparison would be the iPhone 4S and the Galaxy Nexus, and the Nexus is not on the latest version of android if I recall.

 

Exactly, and Galaxy Nexus didn't even get KitKat... And, AFAIK Google said that they'll support a Nexus phone only for 18 months... Then the many top end Android phones that don't get timely or any updates, sheeesh. Say what you want about Apple but I think they do a great job when it comes to iOS updates on older models.

[othertomperson]

...actually quite happy about the elongating of the space bar. I was hitting full stops by accident quite a lot.