Apple Releases iOS 8.3 With Emoji Updates, Wireless CarPlay, Space Bar UI Fix

[mrbrown]

Anyone that has a Pioneer head unit capable of CarPlay...please let me know if this works.

Wireless CarPlay will not be supported on any of Pioneer's current units - it requires Wi-Fi to work, which the Pioneer units do not have. Alpine's one CarPlay-compatible unit does have a Wi-Fi chip in it, their support people have confirmed an update is coming, but it has not been released yet.

 

[dannyyankou]

They still didn't fix a Safari bug I reported about attaching image URLs in forums (try it now, Safari crashes)

 

[shamus99]

............

 

[I7guy]

5s and iPad 2 installed in 15 minutes. First impressions iOS 8.3 > iOS 7.1.2 on iPad 2.

Whatever little rough edges were present seems to have been smoothed out. Even the copy/paste function seems to be working.

 

[BeyondtheTech]

T-Mobile users will also get a Carrier Update to 19.1. Make sure you go to General > About and wait a few seconds to be prompted to update them.

 

[ghostface147]

Once again, it re-arranges my photos. Puts in an album that says events from my mac (which I imported my library from iPhoto) even though my albums were manually dragged out from there. It also puts deleted items way at the bottom. There is no events from my Mac in Photos anymore. I have to uncheck photos in iTunes and check it again to get it right. Just weird. Each iOS update changes it.

 

[nazaar]

Please tell me that this fixes the 3rd party keyboard issue.... also the keyboard disappearing in Spotlight search.
And the many other bugs with this iOS.

 

[distemp]

And I'll hope, again, that this fixes all the ***** wrong with the Apple TV and AirPlay.


And it will fix nothing.

 

[AlecZ]

So, in Xcode 6.4, will we be able to use the different skin tone Emojis in variable names in Swift?

 

[BeyondtheTech]

Please tell me that this fixes the 3rd party keyboard issue.... also the keyboard disappearing in Spotlight search.
And the many other bugs with this iOS.

Specifically says it's improved 3rd-party keyboard support. I've decided to leave mine (Minuum) on as a sole keyboard to see if it holds up.

 

[bchreng]

T-Mobile users will also get a Carrier Update to 19.1. Make sure you go to General > About and wait a few seconds to be prompted to update them.

Thanks for the tip! Any idea what these carrier updates do?

 

[AlfieJ]

Anyone else not seeing the new option to force a password for free apps?

They say it's supposed to be in the iTunes & App Store setting called Password Settings.

I don't see it.

It appears when you turn off use of Touch ID for the iTunes & App Store

 

[Agent-J]

restarted and first thing that hangs is my keyboard. promising

Thank you, you just saved me the trouble of updating! Dear Apple: working keyboards are more important than more emojis. Good grief.

 

[Trahearne]

Since 8.2, I have yet experienced any issue with NinType as my default keyboard.

 

[jayiw]

I've had that happen in the past after updates. Usually you have to fully power down the device then power it back up. Should be back at full speed after that.

Tried that, same thing. Also my touch ID on both iphone and ipad are very slow now.

 

[keifer.street]

Moar Emojis!

Glad to see Apple is focusing on what really matters - politically correct emojis. Turns out Apple has no love for gingers, apparently.

No need to fix or update Apple maps POIs and location data to make them more accurate.

No need to fix wi-fi for WPA2 Enterprise.

But at least we have skin-tone sensitive emojis! And animated landmarks in maps!

*flaming sarcasm*

 

[dsi76]

How do you download more RAM?

Glassed Silver:mac

They can manage the memory more efficiently across all apps, so that there is more available for Safari tabs. Or, save a temporary copy of the page on local storage so that it doesn't get wiped out if it was in memory.

 

[Bigsk8r]

Did anyone else lose all their notes in the Apple Note app after updating to 8.3?

As soon as I read this, I had the "Holy Crap!" moment. Thankfully, all is well and they are all there.

 

[Pagemakers]

Keyboard shortcut synching is still broken.

 

[shamus99]

nevermind... emoji not working

 

[TS19]

My iPhone 5S, which is still using iOS 8.0, is only coming up with the 8.2 update, and not the 8.3.

Why?

 

[uid15]

For anyone wondering, this is the list of fixes and new features in iOS 8.3, as pasted directly from the update information sheet when I went to update my 4S:


This release includes improved performance, bug fixes and a redesigned Emoji keyboard. Changes include:
Improved performance for:
App launch
App responsiveness
Messages
Wi-Fi
Control Centre
Safari tabs
Third-party keyboards
Keyboard shortcuts
Simplified Chinese keyboard
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth fixes
Fixes an issue where you could be continuously prompted for login credentials
Addresses an issue where some devices disconnect intermittently from Wi-Fi networks
Fixes an issue where hands-free phone calls could become disconnected
Fixes an issue where audio playback could stop working with some Bluetooth speakers
Orientation and rotation fixes
Addresses an issue that sometimes prevented rotating back to portrait after having rotated to landscape
Improves performance and stability issues that occurred when rotating the device between portrait and landscape
Fixes an issue where device orientation appeared upside down after taking iPhone 6 Plus from your pocket
Resolves an issue that sometimes prevented apps from rotating to correct orientation after switching apps in multitasking
Messages fixes
Addresses issues that caused group messages to sometimes split
Fixes an issue that sometimes removed the ability to forward or delete individual messages
Resolves an issue that sometimes prevented a preview from appearing when taking a photo in Messages
Adds the ability to report junk messages directly from the Messages app
Adds the ability to filter out iMessages that are not sent by your contacts
Family Sharing fixes
Fixes a bug where certain apps would not launch or update on family members’ devices
Fixes a bug that prevented family members from downloading certain free apps
Increased reliability for Ask to Buy notifications
CarPlay fixes
Fixes an issue where Maps could come up as a black screen
Fixes an issue where the UI could be incorrectly rotated
Fixes an issue where the keyboard could appear on the CarPlay screen when it shouldn't
Enterprise fixes
Improves reliability of installing and updating enterprise apps
Corrects the time zone of Calendar events created in IBM Notes
Fixes a problem that could cause web clip icons to become generic after restarting
Improves reliability of saving the password for a web proxy
Exchange out-of-office message can now be edited separately for external replies
Improves recovery of Exchange accounts from temporary connection problems
Improves compatibility of VPN and web proxy solutions
Allows use of physical keyboards to log in to Safari web sheets, such as for joining a public Wi-Fi network
Fixes an issue that caused Exchange meetings with long notes to be truncated
Accessibility fixes
Fixes an issue where using the back button in Safari causes VoiceOver gestures to not respond
Fixes an issue where VoiceOver focus becomes unreliable in draft Mail messages
Fixes an issue where Braille Screen Input cannot be used to type text in forms on web pages
Fixes an issue where toggling Quick Nav on a Braille Display announces that Quick Nav is off
Fixes an issue keeping app icons from being moveable on the Home screen when VoiceOver is enabled
Fixes an issue in Speak Screen where speech will not start again after pausing
Other improvements and bug fixes
Introduces a redesigned Emoji keyboard with over 300 new characters
iCloud Photo Library has been optimised to work with the new Photos app on OS X 10.10.3 and is now out of beta
Improves the pronunciation of street names during turn-by-turn navigation in Maps
Includes support for Baum VarioUltra 20 and VarioUltra 40 braille displays
Improves the display of Spotlight results when Reduce Transparency is turned on
Adds Italic and Underline format options for iPhone 6 Plus landscape keyboard
Adds the ability to remove shipping and billing addresses used with Apple Pay
Additional language and country support for Siri: English (India, New Zealand), Danish (Denmark), Dutch (Netherlands), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian (Russia), Swedish (Sweden), Thai (Thailand), Turkish (Turkey)
Additional Dictation languages: Arabic (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates) and Hebrew (Israel)
Improves stability for Phone, Mail, Bluetooth connectivity, Photos, Safari tabs, Settings, Weather and Genius Playlists in Music
Addresses an issue where Slide to Unlock could fail to work on certain devices
Addresses an issue that sometimes prevented swiping to answer a phone call on the Lock screen
Addresses an issue that prevented opening links in Safari PDFs
Fixes an issue where selecting Clear History and Website Data in Safari Settings did not clear all data
Fixes an issue that prevented auto-correcting "FYI"
Addresses an issue where contextual predictions did not appear in Quick Reply
Fixes an issue where Maps did not enter night mode from hybrid mode
Resolves an issue that prevented initiating FaceTime calls from a browser or third-party app using FaceTime URLs
Fixes an issue that sometimes prevented photos from properly exporting to Digital Camera Image folders on Windows
Fixes an issue that sometimes prevented an iPad backup from completing with iTunes
Fixes an issue that could cause Podcast downloads to stall when switching from Wi-Fi to mobile networks
Fixes an issue where remaining time on timer would sometimes incorrectly display as 00:00 on Lock screen
Fixes an issue that sometimes prevented adjusting call volume
Fixes an issue that caused the status bar to sometimes appear when it shouldn’t
For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website:
http://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT1222

 

[bnw99]

T-Mobile users will also get a Carrier Update to 19.1. Make sure you go to General > About and wait a few seconds to be prompted to update them.

what do these do please?

 

[mgipe]

Wireless CarPlay will be big. Now I just need to wait until there is a car that is compatible. 2018? Maybe?

 

[budselectjr]

T-Mobile users will also get a Carrier Update to 19.1. Make sure you go to General > About and wait a few seconds to be prompted to update them.

I was prompted on AT&T as well.