Apple released iOS 15.2. iPhone users can look forward to numerous new functions, as the update for the mobile operating system is quite extensive. That alone shows the size of up to 5 GB.
New functions and a cheap music subscription
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Owners of an iPhone 13 Pro can look forward to a new macro button in the camera app, which can be used to activate the mode for extreme close-ups in a flash.
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If you use your iPhone as a navigation system in your car, Apple CarPlay gives you an improved detailed view thanks to iOS 15.2, which should make it as good as impossible to get lost. For the time being, however, this Apple Maps feature is only available in some large cities (Vienna is not yet included).
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An improvement in the “Where is?” Service is extremely useful. Here, iPhones should now be able to be located for up to five hours, even though they switched off due to an empty battery.
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With iOS 15.2, the recently introduced low-cost “Apple Music Voice” music subscription will also be introduced. This can only be controlled and accessed via Siri. There is also a lack of offline support and Dolby Atmos sound technology. But the subscription of 4.99 euros per month is significantly cheaper than the standard version of Apple Music.
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In addition, Apple has revised minor details in the Notes, Shares and Reminders apps. And in the Apple TV app on the iPhone there is now a separate tab for the films and series on offer.
privacy
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With iOS 15.2, users can (even) better protect their privacy. You can now turn the tables. Instead of being tracked by apps, you can monitor the applications yourself. Unfortunately, the “App Activity” feature is not that easy to find. Specifically, the user has to open the settings and go to the item data protection there. Here you can activate “Record app activity”. Once that’s done, you can find out exactly which apps are accessing functions and data on your own iPhone. Specifically, the activities of all apps are recorded for seven days from the time of activation. After a week you can see in the summary which applications are accessing the address book, the camera, the microphone, etc. Important: Apple’s own apps also appear in the list.
Nude photo scanner
Apple actually wanted to introduce the nude photo scanner for iMessage a few weeks ago. But after harsh criticism, the US company withdrew its plans for better child protection. With iOS 15.2, the feature that is supposed to automatically detect child pornographic photos is now available. Parents have the option of activating the nude filter as part of family sharing on the smartphones of their underage children.
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Apple announced the new measures for more child protection in early August. This also means that pictures with child pornographic material should be discovered on the iPhones of users when they use the in-house online storage service iCloud for photos. It is not about analyzing the content of all existing images. Instead, a file with so-called “hashes” of known child pornographic content should be loaded onto the devices – a kind of digital fingerprint of the image. This means that a copy of the photo can be recognized when a comparison is made using special procedures, but the original cannot be restored from the hash. With the launch of iOS 15.2, the function will initially only be available in the USA. However, other regions and countries are to follow suit.
Bug fixes
Last but not least, Apple also wants to have fixed some minor bugs with the software update that iPhone users have had to grapple with in the past few weeks. Specifically, it concerns problems with functions such as HomeKit, ProRAW, Calendar and VoiceOver. It can also be assumed that some security gaps have been closed with iOS 15.2. In this regard, Apple is keeping a low profile for the time being. It will take some time until all iPhone users have installed the improved operating system. And until then, hackers could exploit the loopholes as soon as they know about them.
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