Apple releases iOS 8.Three with fresh features and fixes

Along with the update to Mac OS X Yosemite, Apple released iOS 8.Trio adding fresh characters to the emoji keyboard along with several fixes and spectacle improvements.

Apple released iOS 8.Trio today with several bug fixes and a few fresh additions and you can update now by going to Software Update on your iOS devices.

Apple also released an update to Mac OS X Yosemite today to introduce the fresh Photos app as well as other fixes and enhancements. Since one of the main features of the Photos app is the capability to sync photos and edits across all your devices, the simultaneous release of updates to both operating systems is most likely to make sure your Apple devices work together sleekly.

What’s fresh in iOS 8.Trio?

As a point upgrade, there aren’t many sweeping switches to iOS, but there are a duo of features worth noting.

Eventually, three hundred fresh characters have been added to the emoji keyboard that suggest some racial diversity where there were limited options before. You can now touch and hold on certain emoji that represent people and you’re given a pop-up that gives you some options to better represent different races.

The iCloud Photo library has also been optimized to work with the fresh Photos app in Mac OS X Ten.Ten.Trio.

Here is the total features fixes list from Apple for iOS 8.Trio:

This release includes improved spectacle, bug fixes, and a redesigned Emoji keyboard. Switches include:

Improved spectacle for:

• App launch
• 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 spectacle and stability issues that occurred when rotating the device inbetween portrait and landscape
• Fixes an issue where device orientation appeared upside down after pulling the iPhone six Plus from your pocket
• Resolves an issue that sometimes prevented apps from rotating to correct orientation after switching apps in multitasking

• Addresses issues that caused group messages to sometimes split
• Fixes an issue that sometimes eliminated the capability to forward or delete individual messages
• Resolves an issue that sometimes prevented a preview from appearing when taking a photo in Messages
• Adds the capability to report junk messages directly from the Messages app
• Adds the capability 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
• Enhanced reliability for Ask to Buy notifications

• 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 show up on the CarPlay screen when it shouldn’t

• 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 outward replies
• Improves recovery of Exchange accounts from makeshift connection problems
• Improves compatibility of VPN and web proxy solutions
• Permits 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

• Fixes an issue where using the back button in Safari causes VoiceOver gestures to not react
• Fixes an issue where VoiceOver concentrate 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 embark again after pausing

Other improvements and bug fixes

• Introduces a redesigned Emoji keyboard with over three hundred fresh characters
• iCloud Photo Library has been optimized to work with the fresh Photos app on OS X Ten.Ten.Trio and is now out of beta
• Improves the pronunciation of street names during turn-by-turn navigation in Maps
• Includes support for Baum VarioUltra twenty and VarioUltra forty braille displays
• Improves the display of Spotlight results when Reduce Transparency is turned on
• Adds Italic and Underline format options for iPhone six Plus landscape keyboard
• Adds the capability to liquidate shipping and billing addresses used with Apple Pay
• Extra language and country support for Siri: English (India, Fresh Zealand), Danish (Denmark), Dutch (Netherlands), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian (Russia), Swedish (Sweden), Thai (Thailand), Turkish (Turkey)
• Extra 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 reaction 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 “For Your Information”
• Addresses an issue where contextual predictions did not show up in Quick Reply
• Fixes an issue where Maps did not inject 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 decently exporting to Digital Camera Photo 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 show up when it shouldn’t

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