It’s a hefty pair of updates and they’re here.
On Monday, Apple released its long-awaited iOS 13.2 and iPadOS 13.2 updates, which bring a slew of new features to its mobile operating systems.
The updates add support for the newly-announced AirPods Pro, more than 70 new emojis, as well as new features for Siri, the Home app, and multiple bug fixes.
Kicking off, Deep Fusion serves as an image-processing feature that does a pixel-by-pixel comparison of multiple images, and then fuse the best parts together for, “dramatically better texture, detail, and reduced noise in lower light.”
Deep Fusion requires the the A13 Bionic Neural Engine, which means it’s currently limited to iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max handsets.
iOS 13.2 also gives users the ability to change video resolution directly from the Camera app for iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max.
iOS 13.2 adds support for the new AirPods Pro units, which were announced on Monday. The AirPods Pro offer a new in-ear design as well as active noise cancelation. The units will ship on October 30th for $249 and require iOS 13.2 or iPadOS 13.2 to function.
iOS 13.2 adds support for AirPods Pro, which were also announced on Monday. AirPods Pro offer an in-ear design and active noise cancellation. They ship on October 30th for $249, and require iOS 13.2 and iPadOS 13.2 or higher.
Among other new changes are an additional of 70+ new emojis, including new animals, food, activities, new accessibility emoji, gender neutral emoji, and skin tones selection for couple emoji.
Apple has also included two new features to HomeKit in iOS 13.2, including HomeKit Secure Video, which, “enables you to privately capture, store, and view encrypted video from your security cameras and features people, animal, and vehicle detection.”
The update also adds support for HomeKit-enabled routers for improved security. The company has stated that HomeKit-enabled routers allow you to control what your HomeKit accessories are communicating with over the Internet.
Where Siri is concerned, Apple has included supplemental privacy controls that allow users to choose whether or not to opt-in to stored audio of both Siri and Dictation interactions for possible analysis by human quality assurance staff.
Users will also now have the ability to delete Siri and Dictation history from within Siri Settings.
Other bug fixes include the following:
- Fixes an issue that may prevent passwords from autofilling in 3rd party apps
- Resolves an issue that may prevent the keyboard from appearing when using Search
- Addresses an issue where swipe to go home might not work on iPhone X and later
- Fixes an issue where Messages would only send a single notification when the option to repeat alerts was enabled
- Addresses an issue where Messages may display a phone number instead of a contact name
- Resolves an issue that caused Contacts to launch to the previously opened contact instead of the contact list
- Fixes an issue that may prevent Markup annotations from being saved
- Resolves an issue where saved notes could temporarily disappear
- Fixes an issue where iCloud Backup might not successfully complete after tapping Backup Now in Settings
- Improves performance when using AssistiveTouch to activate App Switcher
The iOS 13.2 and iPadOS 13.2 updates are several hundred megabytes in size and can be downloaded and installed via the usual Settings -> General -> Software Update route.
If you’ve had a chance to try the new operating systems and have any feedback to offer, please let us know about your experience in the comments.
Via The Mac Observer