All articles tagged with #ios 15
Apple is urging iPhone owners on iOS 13/14 to upgrade to iOS 15+ to guard against Coruna and DarkSword exploit kits that target vulnerabilities in iOS 13–17.2.1; updates released March 11 address these flaws, so iOS 15+ devices are protected, with Safe Browsing in Safari and Lockdown Mode available for extra protection if upgrading isn’t possible.
iPhone's Live Text feature, introduced in iOS 15, allows users to copy and paste text from photos using the device's camera. By pointing the camera at the text, users can select and copy the text, which can then be pasted into other apps. This AI-based tool can recognize both handwritten and typewritten text, making it a useful productivity tool for digitizing notes and images.
Apple Maps has expanded its "detailed city experience" feature to over 20 locations worldwide, offering visually stunning 3D maps with elevation details, new road labels, and custom-designed landmarks. The feature now includes cities like Houston and Dallas, Texas, showcasing iconic venues and stadiums. Apple plans to add more cities to the list in the future.
Mysterious symbols on iPhones, such as the white dot on the weather app indicating temperature and UV index, and the orange and green dots indicating microphone and camera usage, respectively, have been revealed. Other symbols include colored bubbles around the time indicating screen mirroring or recording. Additionally, WhatsApp now allows users to send messages to themselves, and iPhones have a sound recognition feature that can alert users to specific sounds.
With the introduction of iOS 15, iPhone users can now use Visual Look Up to identify plants from a photo. This feature is useful for gardeners, travelers, and pet owners who want to quickly identify a plant. To use this feature, take a photo of the plant, open the image in Photos, swipe up, and tap the Look Up banner. The results will show at the bottom of the screen, and users can tap on Siri Knowledge entries to learn more or Similar Web Images to view more images.
The Apple Weather app has been experiencing outages for several days, with the latest one being acknowledged by the company on its system status page. The outages are intermittent, causing loading states or error messages like 'no weather data'. The Weather app is a stock default app on the iPhone and is used by millions of Apple customers every day. Apple acquired Dark Sky in March 2020 to help overhaul the system app with a first-party data backend and new user-facing features. The app was generally well-received until this week when it has been the source of ongoing frustration.