iOS 18.4.1: Apple Releases Urgent iPhone Update, Recommended For All Users
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So, news of an interim update before the big release of iOS 18.5 came as a surprise when reports surfaced last week.
Here it is: full details of who it's for, how to get it and what's inside.
All versions of iOS 18, are compatible with iPhones from the iPhone Xs from 2018 onwards. That means the iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max and iPhone Xr from that year and every iPhone after that, including the iPhone SE in both its second- and third-generation models. And all members of the iPhone 16 series are included, right up to the latest, the iPhone 16e.
This is simplicity itself. Open the Settings app, choose General, then Software Update. Next, click on Download and Install, and the software will download. This is a smallish update, 570MB on my iPhone 16 Pro Max. Mine took less than 10 minutes from clicking on Download to full installation.
This release was something of a surprise, given that the previous update, iOS 18.4, landed just two weeks ago, on Monday, March 31 and it had new features and a slew of security fixes (more than 60 of them).
It had been thought that the next release would be iOS 18.5, but things don't always go to plan, hence this smaller update.
We knew that users had been complaining that apps they had deleted long ago had mysteriously reappeared, and that CarPlay was tending to disconnect unexpectedly, but we didn't know if those would be the feature of this update.
Apple is tight-lipped about the content here except for one specific: CarPlay. Apple says, 'This update provides important bug fixes and security updates, and addresses a rare issue that prevents wireless CarPlay connection in certain vehicles,' in its release notes.
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