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Apple iPhone SE 2020 iOS 15.1 Firmware Update

iOS 15 brings amazing new features that help you connect, focus, explore, and do even more with iPhone.

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October 26, 2021

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https://updates.cdn-apple.com/2021FallFCS/fullrestores/071-63905/12C7A7F8-9E84-4317-8AEF-EA3EF3A6800D/iPhone12,8_15.1_19B74_Restore.ipsw

iOS 15 is packed with new features that help you connect with others, be more present and in the moment, explore the world, and use powerful intelligence to do more with iPhone than ever before.

What's New:

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

Camera

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

Apple Wallet

COVID-19 vaccination card support allows you to add and present verifiable vaccination information from Apple Wallet

Translate

Mandarin Chinese (Taiwan) support in the Translate app and for system-wide translation

Home

New automation triggers based on the current reading of a HomeKit-enabled humidity, air quality, or light level sensor

Shortcuts

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

This release also fixes the following issues:

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

For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website:

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222

Previous Notes:

FaceTime

Spatial audio makes people's voices sound like they're coming from the direction in which they're positioned on the screen on Group FaceTime calls (iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR and later)
Voice Isolation blocks background noises so your voice is crystal clear (iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR and later)
Wide Spectrum brings all background noises into your call (iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR and later)
Portrait mode blurs your background and puts the focus on you (iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR and later)
Grid view displays up to six people at a time in Group FaceTime calls in the same-size tiles and highlights the current speaker
FaceTime links allow you to invite your friends into a FaceTime call, even friends on Android or Windows devices can join from their browser

Messages and Memoji

Shared with You shows content sent to you by friends in Messages conversations in a new section in Photos, Safari, Apple News, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, or the Apple TV app
Pinned content elevates the shared content you choose and makes it more prominent in Shared with You, Messages search, and the Details view of the conversation
Multiple photos sent in Messages are displayed as a glanceable collage or a swipeable stack
Over 40 Memoji outfit choices and up to three different colors to customize your Memoji stickers's clothing and headwear

Focus

Focus lets you automatically filter notifications based on what you're currently doing, such as fitness, sleep, gaming, reading, driving, work, or personal time
Focus uses on-device intelligence during set up to suggest apps and people you want to allow notifications from in a Focus
Home Screen pages can be customized to match your apps and widgets to a specific Focus
Contextual suggestions intelligently suggest a Focus based on your context, using signals like location or time of day
Status appears to your contacts in Messages conversations, indicating your notifications are silenced with Focus

Notifications

A new look displays contact photos for people and larger icons for apps
Notification summary delivers a helpful collection of your notifications daily, based on a schedule you set
Notifications can be muted from any app or messaging thread for the next hour or for the day

Maps

Detailed city maps display elevation, trees, buildings, landmarks, crosswalks and turn lanes, and 3D views to navigate complex interchanges, and more in San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, and London, with more cities coming in the future (iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR and later)
New driving features include a new map that highlights details like traffic and incidents, and a route planner that lets you view your upcoming journey by choosing a future departure or arrival time
Immersive walking directions show step-by-step directions in augmented reality (iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR and later)
Updated transit experience provides one-tap access to departures near you, makes it easy to see and interact with your route using one hand, and notifies you when approaching your stop
Interactive 3D globe shows enhanced details for mountain ranges, deserts, forests, oceans, and more (iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR and later)
Redesigned place cards make it easy to learn about and interact with places, and a new home for Guides editorially curates the best recommendations for places you'll love

Safari

Bottom tab bar is easier to reach and helps you move between tabs by swiping left or right
Tab Groups help you save and organize your tabs and easily access them across devices
Tab overview grid view displays your open tabs
Start page can be customized with a background image and new sections like Privacy Report, Siri Suggestions, and Shared With You
Web extensions on iOS help you personalize your browsing and can be downloaded through the App Store
Voice search lets you search the web using your voice

Wallet

Home keys let you tap to unlock a supported home or apartment door lock (iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR and later)
Hotel keys allow you to tap to unlock your room at participating hotels
Office keys allow you to tap to unlock your office doors for participating corporate offices
Car keys with Ultra Wideband help you unlock, lock, and start your supported car without having to take your iPhone out of your bag or pocket (iPhone 11 and iPhone 12 models)
Remote keyless entry functions on your car keys allow you to lock, unlock, honk your horn, preheat your car, or open your trunk on your supported vehicle

Live Text

Live Text makes text interactive in your photos so you can copy and paste, look up, and translate in Photos, Screenshot, Quick Look, Safari, and live previews with Camera (iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR and later)
Data detectors for Live Text recognize phone numbers, emails, dates, street addresses, and more in photos so you can take action on them
Live Text is available from the keyboard letting you insert text directly from the camera viewfinder into any text field

Spotlight

Rich results brings together all the information you're looking for on contacts, actors, musicians, movies, and TV shows
Photos can be searched from your photo library by locations, people, scenes, text in the photos or other things in the photos, like a dog or a car
Web image search allows you to search for images of people, animals, monuments, and more

Photos

New look for Memories with a new interactive interface, animated cards with smart, adaptive titles, new animation and transition styles, and multiple image collages
Apple Music can be added to your Memories for Apple Music subscribers, and personalized song suggestions combine expert recommendations with your music tastes and what's in your photos and videos
Memory mixes let you set the mood by selecting from different songs and a Memory look to match
New memory types include additional international holidays, child-focused memories, trends over time, and improved pet memories
Info pane now displays rich information about the photo like which camera and lens, shutter speed, file size, and more
Visual Look Up recognizes art, landmarks around the world, plants and flowers, books, and dog and cat breeds in your photos so you can learn more about them

Health

Sharing lets you choose health data, alerts, and trends to share with people important to you or those who are caring for you, including your healthcare provider
Trends lets you see how a given health metric is progressing over time and can notify you when a new trend has been detected
Walking Steadiness is a new metric that can assess your risk of falling and notify you if your walking steadiness is low (iPhone 8 and later)
Verifiable health records enable you to download and store verifiable versions of COVID-19 vaccines and lab results
Lab results can now be pinned for quick access and include highlights that show how your labs have changed over time

Weather

A new design shows the most important weather information for that location and includes new maps modules
Weather maps can be viewed in full-screen and show precipitation, temperature and air quality in supported countries
Next-hour precipitation notifications alert you when rain or snow is about to start or stop in Ireland, U.K., and US
New animated backgrounds more accurately represent the sun position, clouds, and precipitation (iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR and later)

Siri

On-device processing means audio of your requests does not leave your device by default, and means Siri is able to process many requests while offline (iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR and later)
Share items with Siri lets you send on screen items like photos, web pages and Maps locations to any of your contacts
Onscreen context can be used by Siri to refer to contacts on screen to send them a message or place a call
On-device personalization allows Siri speech recognition and understanding to improve privately (iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR and later)

Privacy

Mail Privacy Protection protects your privacy by preventing email senders from learning about your Mail activity, your IP address or whether you've opened their email
Safari Intelligent Tracking Prevention now also prevents known trackers from profiling you using your IP address

iCloud+

iCloud+ is a cloud subscription service that gives you premium features and additional iCloud storage
iCloud Private Relay (beta) sends your requests through two separate internet relays and encrypts the internet traffic leaving your device so you can browse Safari in a more secure and private way
Hide My Email lets you create unique, random email addresses that forward to your personal inbox so you can send and receive email without having to share your real email address
HomeKit Secure Video supports connecting more security cameras without using your iCloud storage quota
Custom email domain personalizes your iCloud Mail address and allows you to invite family members to use the same domain

Accessibility

Image exploration with VoiceOver allows you to get even more details about people and objects, and learn about text and table data in photos
VoiceOver image descriptions in Markup let you add your own image descriptions that can be read by VoiceOver
Per-app settings allow you to customize display and text size settings only for the apps you want
Background sounds play balanced, bright, or dark noise, ocean, rain, and stream sounds continuously in the background to mask unwanted environmental or external noise
Sound actions for Switch Control enable you to control your iPhone with simple mouth sounds
Audiograms can be imported in Settings so you can customize Headphone Accommodations based on your hearing test results
New Voice Control languages include Mandarin Chinese (China mainland), Cantonese (Hong Kong), French (France), and German (Germany)
Memoji options including a cochlear implant, oxygen tubes, or a soft helmet
This release also includes other features and improvements:
Tags in Notes and Reminders help you quickly categorize your items to make them easy to find, and you can use custom Smart Folders and Smart Lists to automatically collect your notes and reminders based on rules you can define
Mentions in Notes enable you to notify others of important updates in shared notes, and an all-new Activity view displays all the recent changes in a note in a single list
Spatial audio with dynamic head tracking in Apple Music brings an even more immersive experience to Dolby Atmos music with AirPods Pro and AirPods Max
System-wide translation lets you select text throughout the system and translate it with a tap, even in photos
New widgets include Find My, Contacts, App Store, Sleep, Game Center, and Mail
Cross-app drag and drop function lets you pick up images, documents, and files from one app to another
Keyboard magnification loupe magnifies the text when moving the cursor
Apple ID Account Recovery Contacts lets you to choose one or more people you trust to help you reset your password and regain access to your account
Temporary iCloud storage grants you as much iCloud storage as you need to create a temporary backup of your data, free of charge, for up to three weeks when you buy a new device
Find My separation alerts notify you if you leave a supported device or item behind and Find My will give you directions to your item
Game highlights of up to the last 15 seconds of gameplay can be saved using game controllers like the Xbox Series X|S Wireless Controller or Sony PS5 DualSense™ Wireless Controller
App Store in-app events help you discover timely events within apps and games such as a game competition, a new movie premiere, or a livestreamed experience

This release includes even more features and improvements. For more information, please visit this website: https://www.apple.com/ios/ios-15/features/

For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website:

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222

Previous notes:

Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch

Ability to unlock your iPhone X and later with Apple Watch Series 3 and later when you attempt to use Face ID while wearing a face mask

AirTag and Find My

Support for AirTag to keep track of and find your important items like your keys, wallet, backpack and more, privately and securely in the Find My app
Precision Finding uses visual, audible, and haptic feedback to guide you directly to your nearby AirTag using Ultra Wideband provided by the U1 chip on iPhone 11 and iPhone 12 models
AirTag can be located by playing a sound via the built-in speaker
The Find My network with hundreds of millions of devices can help you find your AirTag, even when it isn't nearby
Lost Mode notifies you when your AirTag is found, and you can enter a phone number where you can be contacted

Emoji

Support for separate skin tones for each individual in all variations of the couple kissing emoji and couple with heart emoji
New face emojis, heart emojis, woman with a beard emoji

Siri

Siri now includes more diverse voice options
Incoming calls can be announced with Siri, including who is calling, when you're wearing your AirPods or compatible Beats headphones, and you can answer hands-free
Group FaceTime calls are supported by asking Siri to FaceTime a list of contacts or a group name from Messages
Emergency contacts can be called by asking Siri

Privacy

App Tracking Transparency lets you control which apps are allowed to track your activity across other companies' apps and websites for ads or sharing with data brokers

Apple Music

Share your favorite lyrics using Messages, Facebook, and Instagram Stories, and subscribers can play the snippet in Messages without leaving the conversation
City charts showcase what's popular in over 100 cities from all over the world

Podcasts

Podcasts Show Pages are redesigned to make it easier to start listening
Option to save and download episodes, automatically adding them to your Library for quick access
Download behavior and notification settings can be customized on a show-by-show basis
Top Charts and popular categories in Search help you discover new shows

5G improvements

Dual SIM support enables 5G connectivity on the line that's using cellular data on iPhone 12 models
Smart Data Mode improvements further optimize your experience on 5G networks for better battery life and data usage on iPhone 12 models
5G international roaming enabled on supported carriers on iPhone 12 models

News

Redesigned News+ tab enables Apple News+ subscribers to quickly find, download, and manage magazine and newspaper issues
All-new Search experience that helps you find relevant topics, channels, and stories

Maps

Accidents, hazards, or speed checks along your route can be reported by telling Siri on your iPhone or on CarPlay
Estimated time of arrival (ETA) can be shared when cycling or walking, in addition to driving, by asking Siri or tapping on the route card at the bottom of the screen, then tapping Share ETA

Reminders

Ability to sort reminders by Title, Priority, Due Date, or Creation date
Option to print your reminder lists

Translate

Translation playback speed can be adjusted by long pressing the play button

Gaming

Xbox Series X|S Wireless Controller or Sony PS5 DualSense™ Wireless Controller support

Fitness+

Ability to stream audio and video content from Apple Fitness+ workouts to AirPlay 2-enabled TVs and devices

CarPlay

ETA in Apple Maps can be easily shared while driving with new Siri or keyboard controls in CarPlay

This release also fixes the following issues:

Messages at the bottom of the thread may be hidden by the keyboard under certain circumstances
Deleted messages may still appear in Spotlight search
Messages may persistently fail to send texts in some threads
Mail would not load new emails for some users until restarting the device
Call blocking and identification section may not appear in Phone settings
iCloud Tabs may not appear in Safari
iCloud Keychain could be prevented from turning off
Reminders created via Siri may be unintentionally set for early morning hours
Battery health reporting system will recalibrate maximum battery capacity and peak performance capability on iPhone 11 models to address inaccurate estimates of battery health reporting for some users (https://support.apple.com/HT212247)
Optimization to reduce the appearance of a dim glow that may appear at reduced brightness levels with black backgrounds on iPhone 12 models
AirPods audio routing to incorrect device for Automatic Switching
AirPods Automatic Switching notifications might be missing or duplicated