Apple releases iOS 10.3, watchOS 3.2, and tvOS 10.2 Updates

MacDailyNews ^ | March 27, 2017

[Swordmaker]

Apple today released iOS 10.3, watchOS 3.2, and tvOS 10.2.

iOS 10.3 introduces new features including the ability to locate AirPods using Find my iPhone and more ways to use Siri with payment, ride booking and automaker apps.

Find My iPhone
• View the current or last known location of your AirPods
• Play a sound on one or both AirPods to help you find them

Siri
• Support for paying and checking status of bills with payment apps
• Support for scheduling with ride booking apps
• Support for checking car fuel level, lock status, turning on lights and activating horn with automaker apps
• Cricket sports scores and statistics for Indian Premier League and International Cricket Council

CarPlay
• Shortcuts in the status bar for easy access to last used apps
• Apple Music Now Playing screen gives access to Up Next and the currently playing song’s album
• Daily curated playlists and new music categories in Apple Music

Other improvements and fixes
• Rent once and watch your iTunes movies across your devices
• New Settings unified view for your Apple ID account information, settings and devices
• Hourly weather in Maps using 3D Touch on the displayed current temperature
• Support for searching “parked car” in Maps
• Calendar adds the ability to delete an unwanted invite and report it as junk
• Home app support to trigger scenes using accessories with switches and buttons
• Home app support for accessory battery level status
• Podcasts support for 3D Touch and Today widget to access recently updated shows
• Podcast shows or episodes are shareable to Messages with full playback support
• Fixes an issue that could prevent Maps from displaying your current location after resetting Location & Privacy
• VoiceOver stability improvements for Phone, Safari and Mail

For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website: https://support.apple.com/HT201222

“tvOS 10.2’s enhancements include accelerated scrolling in apps, support for the Device Enrollment Program, and better mobile device management in general,” Rpger Fingas reports for AppleInsider. “It should also offer VideoToolbox, a framework that lets developers tap into hardware-accelerated encoding and decoding.”

“watchOS’ new SiriKit support should expand the voice commands an Apple Watch supports to third-party apps, for instance letting people send a message or hail a ridesharing service,” Fingas reports. “The Theater Mode kills sound and disables raise-to-wake, preventing a Watch from becoming an audience distraction.”

Read more in the full article here.

MacDailyNews Take: Happy updating!

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[Ronin]

Will it push gmail notifications to smartwatches yet?

[dodger]

Will it fix the utterly obnoxious iOS auto-correct??

[Ronin]

You can turn off autocorrect. I normally keep it off because I prefer to make my own mistakes, but this thing with smartwatches gripes my gonads.

I can get Facebook updates, sms messages, and phone call notifications from my watch, but not email. What’s with that? Seriously. I’m near deaf, so I want/need the gmail notifications for work.

Oh, and it should be noted that Android devices do support the gmail push. So I guess it’s just a matter of Apple giving a big FU to the other guys again.

Sigh...

[dodger]

Thanks but I do not really wish to turn off auto-correct, though I would actually like one that worked well.

Apple auto-correct is among the most clunky of its basic functions and also one of the least functional in the market.