Apple has released iOS 15. 5, the latest edition of its iPhone operating system. It lacks user-aimed innovations, but it can help appease regulators involved in Apple’s dominance over in-app purchases.
The new features in iOS 15. 5 come with a couple of buttons added to the Wallet app, which allows Apple Cash card users to request or send money temporarily, as well as a new setting in the Apple Podcasts app that allows you to restrict the number of episodes stored. . on your phone.
According to Apple’s release notes, the update also includes various bug fixes, adding one that deserves the reliability of home automation turned on by other people arriving and leaving.
The full notes read:
“iOS 15. 5 includes the following and bug fixes:
Wallet now Apple Cash consumers can send and request cash from their Apple Cash card.
Apple Podcasts includes a new setting to restrict episodes stored on your iPhone and delete older ones.
Resolves a home automation failure triggered by the entry or exit of people.
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While the functionality of the webcam is still not perfect, the update has reduced the amount of visual noise in the image, improved contrast, and improved color accuracy.
While iOS 15. 5 lacks user-oriented tweaks, previous reports reported that it includes references to “outbound purchases,” suggesting that the update lays the groundwork for some apps to connect to third-party purchasing systems, in line with Apple’s settings announced last month. .
Apple typically asks developers to use their own built-in payment formula for in-app virtual purchases (giving them a 30% commission), but this policy is under increasing scrutiny from regulators around the world.
In some countries, such as South Korea and the Netherlands, Apple was ordered to allow developers to connect to external payment systems.
iOS 15. 5 arrives less than a month before Apple announces its upcoming iOS 16 update at its annual developer conference. Instructions on how to update your iPhone can be found on Apple’s website.
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