You’ve been craving it for months and it’s finally here. Per The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Apple has released its iOS 5.1 update for qualifying iPhones, iPads and iPod touch devices.
The update, which can be located, snagged and installed via iTunes, adds the following fixes and changes:
– Japanese language support for Siri (availability may be limited during initial rollout)
– Photos can now be deleted from Photo Stream.
– Camera shortcut now always visible on Lock Screen for iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch (4th generation).
– Camera face detection now highlights all detected faces.
– Redesigned Camera app for iPad.
– Genius Mixes and Genius playlists for iTunes Match subscribers.
– Audio for TV shows and movies on iPad optimized to sound louder and clearer.
– Podcast controls for playback speed and a 30 second rewind for iPad.
– Updated AT&T network indicator.
– Addresses bugs affecting battery life.
– Fixes an issue that occasionally caused audio to drop for outgoing calls.
As always, if you’ve tried the new iOS and have any feedback to offer (positive or negative), please let us know in the comments.
One reply on “Apple releases long-awaited iOS 5.1 update”
hello – after downloading the ios 5.1 update, the camera image now appears next to the slide to unlock area at the base of my iphone 4, but when pressed, the page jumps a tiny bit, and does not instantly go to the camera app as promised.