Apple Releases iOS 7.1 Update
The first major (not everyone agrees with that qualifier; see Chitika insights report today below on MacPrices.net) iOS 7 update is available to install for everyone with iOS 7.0.6 (which was released just a couple of weeks ago to patch a serious security vulnerability in Safari) or earlier.
The iOS 7.1 update contains improvements and bug fixes, including:
CarPlay
iOS experience designed for the car
Simply connect your iPhone to a CarPlay enabled vehicle
Supports Phone, Music, Maps, Messages, and 3rd-party audio apps
Control with Siri and the car’s touchscreen, knobs, and buttons
Siri
Manually control when Siri listens by holding down the home button while you speak and releasing it when you’re done as an alternative to letting Siri automatically notice when you stop talking
New, more natural sounding male and female voices for Mandarin Chinese, UK English, Australian English, and Japanese
iTunes Radio
Search field above Featured Stations to easily create stations based on your favorite artist or song
Buy albums with the tap of a button from Now Playing
Subscribe to iTunes Match on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to enjoy iTunes Radio ad-free
Calendar
Option to display events in month view
Country specific holidays automatically added for many countries
Accessibility
Bold font option now includes the keyboard, calculator, and many icon glyphs
Reduce Motion option now includes Weather, Messages, and multitasking UI animations
New options to display button shapes, darken app colors, and reduce white point
New Camera setting to automatically enable HDR for iPhone 5s
iCloud Keychain support in additional countries
FaceTime call notifications are automatically cleared when you answer a call on another device
Fixes a bug that could occasionally cause a home screen crash
Improves Touch ID fingerprint recognition
Improved performance for iPhone 4
Fixes display of Mail unread badge for numbers greater than 10,000
Continued user interface refinements
For information on the security content of this update, visit this website:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222
Available via iTunes or OTA
System Requirements:
iPhone 4 or later
iPad 2 or later
iPad mini or later
iPod touch (5th generation)
Supported Languages
Here are a few iOS 7.1 this from here and there around the Web:
Warning: Don’t Upgrade To iOS 7.1 If You Like Your Nested Folders
TUAW reports that the iOS 7.1 update appears to have killed an unintended and unsupported nested folder “feature” in iOS 7.0.x, which is described as the most useful bug ever to grace a mobile operating system. If you choose to update your device to 7.1 you’ll no longer be able to use nested folders.
For full elucidation, visit:
http://aol.it/1fuO6XN
Clean Installing iOS 7.1 May Fix iPad Air Low Memory Crashes
OS X daily says some iPad Air owners have been troubled by a persistent crashing issue, where either the entire device crashes and reboots, or, more commonly, where the Safari browser crashes and randomly quits.
Fortunately, the,y say that the freshly released iOS 7.1 update may bring relief to many users who have experienced random crashing on the iPad Air.
For the full skinny:
http://bit.ly/1kiSqtW
Setting Up a Gmail Account in iOS 7
AppleGazette have posted a quick tutorial that will walk you through the basics of getting your Gmail account up and running in iOS 7, as well as a few additional tips and tricks to make Gmail awesome on the iPhone.
You can read more about it at:
http://www.applegazette.com/ios/how-to-set-up-a-gmail-account-in-ios-7/
For more information, about the iOS 7.1 update visit:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1732
