Apple releases iOS 17.6.1 with bigger news than you might think

Apple has just launched iOS 17.6.1 for all users with an iPhone compatible with iOS 17 and it is a pretty important update. There were rumors with the launch of iOS 17.6.1 and the truth is that it arrived very quickly, just a week after the launch of iOS 17.6. And this already tells us the importance of this new update.

We are faced with what is probably the Last update

of iOS 17 before the launch of iOS 18, which will be in just over a month. So, unless major bugs are found, Apple may not release any more iOS 17 updates.

What’s new in iOS 17.6.1

We are facing a small but important update since Apple has detected a major bug in iOS 17.6

. That’s why it quickly released iOS 17.6.1 to fix it, so we recommend installing the update on your iPhone as soon as possible. Apple itself warns of this fixed bug in the update notes.

This update includes important bug fixes and resolves an issue that prevents you from enabling or disabling Advanced Data Protection.

Advanced Data Protection is an extreme security setting that Apple introduced with iOS 16 and which increases the security level of all data we store on our devices through end-to-end encryption.

There Advanced Data Protection is enabled from iCloud settings and will protect these important items such as iCloud Backup, iCloud Drive, Photos, Notes, Reminders, Safari Bookmarks, Siri Shortcuts, Voice Memos, Wallet Cards, Passwords & Keychain, Health Data, Personal Data, iCloud Messages, Phone Information Payment, Apple Card Transactions, Maps, Vocabulary learned from QuickType keyboard, Safari, Usage Time, Siri Information, Wi-Fi Passwords, Bluetooth W1 & H1 Keys, Memoji.

Apple says that The bug affected a small group of users when enabling or disabling Advanced Data Protection. However, the reason they released an update so quickly is because the bug was quite severe, although it is likely that many users would not have even updated to iOS 17.6.

Apple also indicates that iOS 17.6.1 is an update that includes important bug fixes, although they have not yet been specified, so it is very important to install it on the iPhone. To do this, go to Settings > General > Software Update and download iOS 17.6.1.

Along with this update, Apple also released macOS Sonoma 14.6.1 and 16.7.10 for older iPhone models.fixing the same bug with advanced data protection. Interesting considering that Apple released new iOS 16 and iOS 15 updates for older iPhones and iPads a week ago.

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