Apple launched iOS 17.6.1 on Wednesday, a day after the tech big launched the third public beta of iOS 18 to builders and public beta testers. This replace would not deliver any new options to your iPhone, nevertheless it does deal with a difficulty with an iCloud safety function referred to as Superior Information Safety.
To obtain the replace, go to Settings > Common > Software program Replace, faucet Replace Now and comply with the onscreen prompts.
This is what you want to know concerning the replace.
What’s in iOS 17.6.1?
Apple wrote within the replace’s launch notes that the replace addresses some bugs and a difficulty with Superior Information Safety. The replace fixes a difficulty that prevented some folks from enabling or disabling the function.
Superior Information Safety is the best degree of cloud knowledge safety Apple presents. Apple stated it protects most of your iCloud knowledge, together with your iCloud backups, images and extra, with end-to-end encryption.
In response to IBM, end-to-end encryption is a safe communication course of that forestalls third events from accessing no matter knowledge is distributed from one particular person to a different. Within the context of Apple, meaning even when knowledge out of your iCloud account falls into nefarious palms, the opposite get together would not be capable to entry it.
Is that this the final iOS 17 replace?
There is likely to be extra minor iOS 17 updates, however Apple is ready to launch iOS 18 within the fall. Whereas we do not have an actual launch date for iOS 18, traditionally Apple releases main iOS variations in September. I would not anticipate any extra important iOS 17 updates, although.
For extra on iOS, this is what was included in iOS 17.6, my hands-on expertise with the iOS 18 betas and our iOS 18 cheat sheet.
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