Apple continues to improve iOS, the operating system for iPhones. In this context, the company released the major iOS 17.4 update in recent weeks. This version brought important innovations. Today, the iOS 17.4.1 update was released. So what has changed?
iOS 17.4.1 update notes
When we look at the notes of the 1.62 GB file size iOS 17.4.1 update, we see that the new software brings mushroom, phoenix, broken chain and 18 body and human emojis. These long-awaited new emojis will add color to users’ conversations.
There is also an innovation for the Apple Podcasts application. Accordingly, you can now follow certain episodes with simultaneous text highlighting in languages such as English, Spanish, French and German thanks to the Transcripts feature while listening to podcasts. What are the bugs resolved and improvements made?
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According to the update notes, the Stolen Device Protection feature now supports the increased security option in all locations. In addition, Settings > Battery Health now shows battery cycles, date of manufacture and first use on iPhone 15 and 15 Pro models. In addition, the bug that caused contact images to not appear in Find My app has been fixed.
What’s New
- Emoji
- New mushroom, phoenix, lime, broken chain and bobble head emojis available on emoji keyboard
- 18 body and human emojis add the option to look in both directions
Apple Podcasts
- Transcripts allow you to follow a chapter in English, Spanish, French and German with text highlighted in synchronized audio
- Chapter texts are fully readable, can be searched for words or phrases, can be tapped at a specific moment to play from that point, and can be used with accessibility features such as Text Size, Increase Contrast and VoiceOver
- Bug fixes and improvements
- Music recognition lets you add your identified tracks to your Lists and Library in Music, as well as Apple Music Classical
- Siri has a new option to voice the messages you receive in all supported languages
- Stolen Device Protection supports increased security option in all locations
- Battery Health in Settings shows battery cycle count, date of manufacture and first use on iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro models
- Fixes an issue that caused contact images to be blank in Find
- Fixes an issue for dual SIM users where the phone number would change from primary to secondary and be visible to the group they were sending messages to
To update your iPhone, you should follow these steps;
- Step 1: Open the Settings app.
- Step 2: Log in to the General section.
- Step 3: Tap the Software Update button.
