You’ve been hankering for it and it’s here.
On Thursday afternoon, Apple released iOS 5.0.1, the latest version of its iOS operating system for its iPhone, iPod touch and iPad devices. The update, a several hundred megabyte download, can be snagged by plugging in your respective iOS device and checking for updates in iTunes and will take several minutes to create a backup file in iTunes, install, update firmware and perform additional tasks.
The update offers the following fixes and changes:
– Fixes bugs affecting battery life.
– Adds Multitasking Gestures for original iPad.
– Resolves bugs with Documents in the Cloud.
– Improves voice recognition for Australian users using dictation.
iOS 5.0.1 requires an iPhone 3GS, 4 or 4S, an iPad, iPad 2 or third or fourth generation iPod touch to install and run.
If you’ve tried the new iOS update and have any feedback to offer, please let us know in the comments.
One reply on “Apple releases iOS 5.0.1 update, offer battery, security, document, speech recognition fixes”
A quick tip for people claiming that the update does not appear to fix battery issues: Turn off the phone, and turn it back on. This seems to reset whatever is causing the drain (at this point I’ve seen too many potential culprits to name!) and the battery life is noticeably improved.