Bugfix updates for watchOS and tvOS, rerelease of iOS 17.6.1
Apple has updated three of its operating systems. The company is only announcing what is actually new for one of them.
Various Apple Watch devices.
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Attention, update: Apple has released minor updates to its operating systems for three of its devices. Unfortunately, the company is once again holding back with specific details on the content - at least for two of the three updates.
No security fixes
tvOS 17.6.1 has been available for download since Tuesday night. It comes a few weeks after tvOS 17.6, which was made available at the end of July. As is unfortunately often the case with tvOS, Apple is not providing any details. Security-related fixes are apparently not included, as can be seen on Apple's official Security Updates website. As usual, the update is installed via the settings menu of the multimedia box in the "System" section. If the automatic update is active, it will be downloaded and installed in the coming weeks. The minimum requirement is Apple TV HD or 4K (all generations).
On the other hand, watchOS 10.6.1, which was also released on Tuesday night, comes with a package insert. This is said to have fixed a problem that could prevent the use of Apple's paid sports service Fitness+ with the watch. Apple did not provide any further details on when the error occurred - there had been no previous reports on this. watchOS 10.6 was released at the end of July, just like tvOS 17.6. The update can be installed either via the Watch app on the iPhone or via the computer watch itself. The device must then be on the charger and have at least 50 percent battery status for the update to be installed. According to Apple, watchOS 10.6.1 does not contain any security-related fixes either. Use is possible from Apple Watch Series 4 onwards.
New build for iOS 17.6.1
Finally, Apple has also (re)released iOS 17.6.1. It was actually released- along with iPadOS 17.6.1 and macOS 14.6.1 - on August 7 to fix a problem related to extended iCloud privacy. As Macrumors reports, there is now a new build with the number 21G101, previously this was 21G93.
However, the update will not appear if you have already installed iOS 17.6.1, only users of the previous version (or older iOS versions) will be offered the new build. Apple has not yet revealed what is new.
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