Apple has launched new software updates for iPhones, which include a set of software solutions for technical problems facing users of its phones, in addition to solutions to some vulnerabilities.
According to For the official website For the company, the iOS 16.7.4 update provides a radical solution to a problem faced by a number of users of old iPhones, starting with the iPhone
The company indicated that the update will also reach iPad tablets running iPadOS 16.7.4.
This is not the first time that the American company has provided a software update for its old devices, as the company pays constant attention to improving the users’ experience with its devices.
As for the second update, the company did not provide details about the problems that the update addresses, as version No. 17.2.1 of the operating system for Apple phones, starting with the iPhone XS and later, provides updates and solutions to a number of technical problems.
Despite this, Apple has not published on its official website details about these problems or the existence of security vulnerabilities that the new update is working to fill.
New update expected
A report, published by Bloomberg, expected that the American company would launch a software update within the next few days to change the way its smart watches, the Apple Watch 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2, display information related to the features of the blood oxygen saturation rate.
This comes in an attempt by the company to avoid implementing the judicial ruling issued by the US International Trade Commission, in light of the lawsuit filed against it by the company Masimo, which specializes in developing medical technologies, accusing it of violating a group of patents registered in its name.
Apple engineers are racing against time to launch the new update before the start of the implementation of the ban on the sale of Apple Watches, which is scheduled to be implemented on December 21 via the Apple website and December 24 at the level of its stores, although the director of Massimo confirmed that the software update will not protect Apple from the decision to ban the sale of its watches inside the country. United States, because patents include its ownership rights to ideas and technologies related to physical components as well as software features and systems.
