A few days ago, Apple released the new iOS 17.2.1 update to eligible iPhones around the world. If you use an iPhone, you should have already got this update on your device for installation and upgrade. In this article, you’ll learn everything new with this update as well as other bugs that this update fixes or patches.
With the previous iOS 17.2 version, users were facing some issues that flawed their everyday user experience. The iOS 17.2.1 brings a ton of fixes to issues that users faced with the new features that became available on the previous 17.2 version. With the previous update, users got some amazing features that they can put to use in their everyday device usage.
Some of these features include the Journal app, a translation option for the action button, catch-up arrows for iMessage, and new weather widgets, just to mention a few. These new features all come in handy for most users as they carry out their various daily activities. Some of the features are also exclusive to the iPhone 15 Pro service, like those relating to the action button.
However, despite all these new features came some bugs that affected usage. With the iOS 17.2.1 update, Apple points out that it comes with some “important bug fixes” for users. The details don’t go into detail regarding what these fixes take care of and what areas of the device are seeing some improvements.
In some regions, Apple goes on to clarify that the update brings a fix to some battery drain issues. While this new update focuses on bug fixes, the coming iOS 17.3 update to roll out next month will pack more features. While we await this more extensive update, you can head over to your settings and install the iOS 17.2.1 update to get the bug fixes it comes with.