Apple Releases iOS 8.1 With Apple Pay Support, SMS Relay, Camera Roll, and More

[bozzykid]

Good luck using it at stores that have not signed up or opted in. Thats why stores have REFUSED it you

I just used it to buy a Mountain Dew out of vending machine right outside of my work. I guess that proves your theory wrong. What else do you have?

 

[Traverse]

Finally! iTunes is seeing my iDevices on Wi-fi again!

I had the same issue with my iPad on iOS 8.0.2.

 

[Orka]

Adds an option to select between 2G, 3G, or LTE networks for cellular data

This functionality didn't appear for me

 

[darkslide29]

Just tried it:

Held my iPhone up to the NFC reader on the vending machine and my screen automatically turned on and asked me to authenticate with Apple Pay. I tried the Citi card twice, and it was declined (yes, I have enough available credit for a $1.60 purchase so not sure why) so maybe they're still working out the bugs. I added a Chase card and it worked.

It's pretty neat, but to be quite honest, I'm not sure if it's any faster than swiping a card.

And to clarify things: THIS WAS A REGULAR NFC-ACCEPTING SODA MACHINE. No special requirement for the merchant to support ApplePay.

Legitimately wonder if it was an Apple Pay bug or if Citi freaked out a bit on their end.

 

[mnsportsgeek]

My Wells Fargo Debit card added immediately. No support for my US Bank Credit Card though.

 

[adammusic]

Why isn't camera roll the default view when i open up the camera app and click the recent image preview in the lower left corner like it used to be !!

Makes having camera roll back useless. So many click to get to camera roll view.

 

[WordMasterRice]

Good luck with that. I have a feeling there will be a lot of unhappy people trying this at stores that have not signed on with Apple pay.

I think it's interesting how confident you are, and just how wrong you are.

 

[iolinux333]

8.1 update used roughly 10% of Battery via OTA .. going from 8.0 > 8.1

Thats it. It's all over.

 

[psac]

Ahhh..... Welcome back Camera Roll. Happy camper.

No NFC available vending machines to try that here!

 

[DarkCole]

After the update my 4s seems to run smoother.

 

[kwokaaron]

This is gonna take ages.....

 

[alphaod]

Finally can choose between 2G, 3G, and 4G LTE!

It's a nice feature to have especially in fringe networks where the 3G or 4G LTE reception is lower than 2G and the phone likes to drop to the much slower network.

 

[dontwalkhand]

but they can opt out. like wtf is so hard to understand about this.

They don't opt out of Apple Pay, rather NFC as a whole

 

[bozzykid]

but they can opt out. like wtf is so hard to understand about this.

Ah, so you went from they have to sign on, to now they can opt out. Wow. Which one is it?

 

[Biedz1216]

This just meants that the store isn't accepting NFC payments at all. Costco, for example, has NO nfc terminals. Best Buy has NFC turned OFF on all of their terminals. They are not accepting contactless payments.

This has nothing to do with opting in or out of Apple Pay.

In other words, you either accept NFC or you don't. You can't choose to accept NFC (Google wallet, ISIS), but choose to not accept Apple Pay. All or nothing.

What is wrong with these people?? So insistent.

That is my point. Your trying to differentiate NFC to people that have no idea what NFC is when your dealing with consumers. They will view it as apple pay doesn't work here. They have no idea what NFC is. There fore thats why stores like best buy and walmart have gone out of their way to say THEY DONT SUPPORT APPLE PAY. not NFC because no one knows/cares wtf that is the general consumer already knows what apple pay is.

 

[VSMacOne]

Darn go to add my American Express Card to Apple Pay but its not supported :-(

Is it a business or Costco card?

 

[JWorld127]

Installing now! Can't wait to use Apple Pa- oh wait, US only. *side-eyes*

wow there are actually people named Gertrude.....and to think I only thought that existed in cartoon that had magically gnomes.

 

[evoga]

Well, I know there are rumors of an iOS jailbreak being worked on, but odds are it won't happen with 8.1 - I expect there will be at least one or two point releases between now and then.

But if the jailbreak comes sooner than expected, I can always backup and then restore via iTunes before jailbreaking.

I don't need a jailbreak as MovieBox works with iOS 8.

 

[ericg301]

I just used it to buy a Mountain Dew out of vending machine right outside of my work. I guess that proves your theory wrong. What else do you have?

better track that in Health

 

[Morac]

The progress bar has made it to the last "e" in "improvements" in about 15 minutes on my 5s. Still a ways to go though.

Now on the second reboot with the second Apple logo and the progress bar. That took a long time to start moving (several minutes).

 

[Keirasplace]

I thought I had read somewhere that as long as it has an NFC reader, you can use your phone weather or not they "participate" with Apple. I think it has more to do with your bank opting in. I don't think my credit union has so I'm using a CO card specifically for it.

Yes, it is where you payment comes from that's the key. If whatever you use for payment collaborates and you got NFC, you are in. The merchant doesn't care how you pay them as long as they get paid .

 

[Steviejobz]

Ahhh..... Welcome back Camera Roll. Happy camper.

No NFC available vending machines to try that here!

So you have camera roll back. Does this mean you do not want to use iCloud Photo Library?

 

[darkslide29]

Bending my iPhone 6 now in anticipation!



They never allow OTA updates over cellular, no matter the size.

Oh, thanks for the info. I didn't realize that.

 

[MacModMachine]

This functionality didn't appear for me

me either....i really want to use 2g for the battery life and limiting my data speeds.

 

[Biedz1216]

Ah, so you went from they have to sign on, to now they can opt out. Wow. Which one is it?

They can OPT OUT-----Whether thats of all NFC transactions or not is irrelevant.