iOS 8.1 Starts Seeding This Monday, Brings Apple Pay, Camera Roll, And Fixes iPhone Bluetooth Pairing Issue
Starting this Monday, iDevice users can update their iPhones and iPads with the new iOS 8.1 update. From this Monday, the update will be made available for download. The new update has been built to fix the issues of iOS 8. Also, it will introduce the new Apple Pay feature. The last update that came to the iOS devices is iOS 8.0.2.
Here is the official press release from Apple that states that the new Apple Pay feature would transform the way mobile payments are done starting from October 20. The Apple Pay can not only be used at stores but also within apps. The Apple Pay makes use of the Touch ID fingerprint scanner to authenticate payment. The update will automatically showing on your iOS devices through notification pop-ups. This report showcases everything you wanted to know about the Apple Pay.
The Apple Pay is one of the most awaited features which will come to Apple's NFC enabled devices like the iPhone 6, the iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air 2. With this feature onboard, users can tap their device on a pad at payment counter that will read the NFC chip on the device and initiate payment.
According to PhoneArena, when the iOS 8 was launched, it came out without the Camera Roll feature. The iOS 8.1 brings this feature back and the iCloud Photo Library will allow the users to store their photos and videos on the cloud.
iOS 8.1 brings a new featured called Instant HotSpot. This will work for you if you own an iMac with OS X Yosemite and iPhone with iOS 8.1. The feature allows users to use the iMac to start the hotspot feature on an iPhone which is in range. The SMS relay feature allows users to receive incoming text messages on iPad or iMac. As far as bug fixes are concerned, one of the most important bug fixes iOS 8.1 will bring is the ongoing Bluetooth connectivity issue with iPhone