iOS 15.1
Developer Release Date ― October 18, 2021
Public Release Date ― October 25, 2021
Build Number ― 19B74, 19B75 (iPad Mini 6)
Darwin Kernel Version ― 21.1.0: Wed Oct 13 18:16:52 PDT 2021; root:xnu-8019.42.4~1
iOS 15.1 adds SharePlay, an entirely new way to have shared experiences with family and friends in FaceTime. This release also adds the ability to capture ProRes video using iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max, as well as verifiable COVID-19 vaccination cards in Apple Wallet, and includes other features and bug fixes for your iPhone.
SharePlay
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222
iOS 15.1 RC Release Notes
New Features & Changes
New Issues
Remaining Issues
Additional Notes
Developer Release Date ― October 18, 2021
Public Release Date ― October 25, 2021
Build Number ― 19B74, 19B75 (iPad Mini 6)
Darwin Kernel Version ― 21.1.0: Wed Oct 13 18:16:52 PDT 2021; root:xnu-8019.42.4~1
iOS 15.1 adds SharePlay, an entirely new way to have shared experiences with family and friends in FaceTime. This release also adds the ability to capture ProRes video using iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max, as well as verifiable COVID-19 vaccination cards in Apple Wallet, and includes other features and bug fixes for your iPhone.
SharePlay
- SharePlay is a new way to share synchronized experiences in FaceTime with content from the Apple TV app, Apple Music, Fitness+, and other supported App Store apps
- Shared controls give everyone the ability to pause, play, rewind or fast forward
- Smart volume automatically lowers the audio of a movie, TV show or song when your friends speak
- Apple TV supports the option to watch the shared video on your big screen while you continue the FaceTime call on iPhone
- Screen sharing lets everyone on a FaceTime call look at photos, browse the web, or help each other out
- ProRes video capture using iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max
- Setting to turn off automatic camera switching when taking macro photos and videos on iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max
- COVID-19 vaccination card support allows you to add and present verifiable vaccination information from Apple Wallet
- Mandarin Chinese (Taiwan) support in the Translate app and for system-wide translation
- New automation triggers based on the current reading of a HomeKit-enabled humidity, air quality, or light level sensor
- New pre-built actions let you overlay text on images or gifs, plus a new collection of games lets you pass the time with Siri
- Photos app may incorrectly report storage is full when importing photos and videos
- Weather app may not show current temperature for My Location, and may display colors of animated backgrounds incorrectly
- Audio playing from an app may pause when locking the screen
- Wallet may unexpectedly quit when using VoiceOver with multiple passes
- Available Wi-Fi networks may not be detected
- Battery algorithms updated on iPhone 12 models to better estimate battery capacity over time
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222
iOS 15.1 RC Release Notes
New Features & Changes
New Issues
Remaining Issues
- Users might experience loss of audio during calls, followed by the call being dropped in some conditions
- Matter accessory notifications don’t work
- Alarms now activate correctly in the Clock app
Additional Notes
- Developers and testers can still report bugs using the hidden Feedback app by entering the following in Safari URL:
- About iOS 15 Updates
- iOS Release Notes
- iOS Beta Release Notes
- iOS Security Updates
- iPhone 13/Mini/Pro/Max: 1.15.02
- iPhone 12/Mini/Pro/Max: 2.11.02
- iPhone 11/Pro/Max/SE 2020: 2.04.07
- iPhone XR/XS/Max: 4.01.01
- Qualcomm iPhone 8/8 Plus/X: 7.00.00
- Intel iPhone 8/8 Plus/X: 5.00.00
- Qualcomm iPhone 7/7 Plus: 7.10.01
- Intel iPhone 7/7 Plus: 5.00.00
- iPhone SE: 11.01.02
- iPhone 6S/6S Plus: 7.70.00 and 8.02.01
- iPad 6th gen: 9.01.00
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