Apple
has just released an update for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch that
addresses a number of bugs and adds a couple of new features to the
platform. Available for download now, the biggest thing that iOS 8.1.3
addresses is the amount of free space needed to install updates over the
air. Prior to this, most updates required gigabytes of free space
available to be installed, which many lower cost iOS devices did not
have. As a result, adoption of iOS 8 (which needed as much as 4.7GB free
to install) has been slower than with other updates to the platform.
Apple doesn’t say how much the required space was reduced, but we were
able to install it on a 16GB iPad mini that only had 445MB of space
available. Earlier updates required using iTunes on a Mac or PC to
update this iPad.
In
addition to lowering the storage requirements for updates, iOS 8.1.3
fixes issues with Apple ID logins, multitasking gestures on the iPad,
and bugs in Spotlight search results. It also adds configuration options
for educators and standardized testing. The update can be downloaded
via the Settings app now.
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