With iOS 16 nearly right here we’re not anticipating an excessive amount of extra from iOS 15, however one – presumably closing – replace has simply landed within the type of iOS 15.6, and it consists of each a brand new characteristic and a few fixes.
As common, an iPad software program replace has landed alongside it, dubbed iPadOS 15.6, and the adjustments are the identical in each.
The headline characteristic is the power to now restart, rewind, pause and fast-forward reside sports activities video games which can be already in progress from the TV app. This isn’t one thing that may profit everybody but it surely might be a really helpful enchancment for sports activities followers.
Past that, the iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6 replace is generally about bug fixes. These embody a repair for a difficulty the place Settings might proceed to show that system storage is full even when it’s not, a repair for a difficulty that will trigger braille units to decelerate or cease responding when navigating textual content in Mail, and a repair for a difficulty in Safari the place a tab might revert again to a earlier web page.
So when you’ve been experiencing any of these issues then this replace is nicely price grabbing as quickly as doable.
As common, although, the replace additionally consists of safety patches, so even when you haven’t skilled these bugs and don’t care concerning the TV app replace, we’d nonetheless suggest downloading it as quickly as doable, to maintain your system secure and safe.
The replace ought to be out there now for all eligible units, which incorporates something that may run iOS 15 or iPadOS 15. Particularly, that’s the iPhone 6S and up on the iPhone aspect, and the iPad mini 4 and later, iPad Air 2 and later, iPad fifth era and later, and all iPad Professional fashions on the pill aspect.
You need to have the ability to discover the newest replace by heading to Settings > Common > Software program Replace, (when you’re not robotically prompted to obtain it anyway), but when it’s not seen then examine again later or tomorrow, as it’d take some time to land on each system.
Evaluation: subsequent cease iOS 16
Provided that iOS 15.6 has landed round two months after iOS 15.5, it’d nicely be the final model of iOS 15 we get, since iOS 16 is anticipated roughly two months from now in September.
It’s doable that we’ll see an iOS 15.7 a month or so down the road, however we wouldn’t depend on it, and both means, iOS 16 will nearly definitely be the subsequent massive replace.
So what are you able to anticipate with that? Properly, Apple has already introduced iOS 16 and launched betas of the software program, so we all know numerous what shall be on supply. This consists of customizable lock screens, improved notifications, an ‘Undo ship’ characteristic for Messages, enhancements to the Focus mode, a redesigned Dwelling app, and an entire lot extra.
Principally, that is an replace becoming of getting an entire new quantity connected to it, so it’s one you’ll need to obtain. It additionally appears to be like like a considerably larger replace than Android 13, which can be anticipated later this 12 months.