Apple iOS / iPadOS 15.5 official version released: more power-saving and smoother

IT Home reported on May 17 that Apple had just pushed the official version update of iOS 15.5 (version number: 19F77) to iPhone users in the early morning of Beijing time.

iOS 15.5 New Features

Apple said that iOS 15.5 optimizes Apple Cash to better request and transfer money to Apple Cash cards in Wallet. In addition, there is a new feature in Apple Podcasts to help you preserve iPhone storage space and fix some bugs for HomeKit.

iOS 15.5 includes the following updates and bug fixes:

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  Wallet app now allows Apple Cash card users to send and receive money

  
  

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  Podcasts app will limit episodes stored on iPhone and automatically delete old episodes

  
  

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  Fixed an issue where automations in the Home app wouldn’t accurately identify location information, causing them to fail.

  
  

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  Upgrade the baseband to 1.61.00 to improve the signal performance of iPhone

  
  

In addition, here are some other changes in the iOS 15.5 RC version that IT House has discovered so far, but which are not mentioned in Apple’s release notes:

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  iOS 15.5 beta 1 brings new Wallet app updates, new HomePod features

  
  

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  iOS 15.5 supports purchasing/subscribing to apps through Apple Classical External link, but it has not yet been officially released

  
  

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  iOS 15.5 hints at Bancomat and Bancontact on Apple Pay

  
  

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  Apple will rename iTunes Pass in the Wallet app in iOS 15.5

  
  

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  iOS 15.5 beta blocks 'sensitive locations' in Photos app Memories

  
  

Apple releases macOS Monterey 12.4 with support for Studio Display camera updates

Source: cnBeta.COM

Apple today released macOS Monterey 12.4, the fourth major update to the macOS Monterey operating system launched in October 2021. macOS Monterey 12.4 was released more than two months after the release of macOS Monterey 12.3, which added universal control features, finally completing all the features officially introduced when the major version was released.

The macOS Monterey 12.4 update can be downloaded on all eligible Macs using the System Preferences - Software Update page. Apple has also released the macOS Big Sur 11.6.6 update for those still running Big Sur, as well as the macOS Catalina 2022-004 security update.

With the macOS Monterey 12.4 and iPadOS 15.5 updates, Universal Controls is no longer in beta. It is now an official feature that Apple has deemed to be OK, and the beta label has been removed. Universal Controls was introduced in March, and it allows you to use a single mouse/trackpad and keyboard on multiple Macs and iPads.

For the Studio Display, macOS Monterey 12.4 adds support for the 15.5 firmware, which is designed to improve webcam quality.

The Podcasts app has also been updated, with Apple adding a setting to limit the number of episodes stored on a Mac and automatically delete old episodes.