Apple Goes Bug Hunting With iOS 8.1.3

Heads up, iPhone and iPad users. Apple has rolled out an iOS update, which squashes a number of bugs affecting the mobile operating system.

Launched Tuesday evening, iOS 8.1.3 also offers some stability and performance improvements, including a better updating experience. On a sour note, however, the update does not fix the slow Wi-Fi and battery-drain issues that have been plaguing older iPhone and iPads since the release of iOS 8 back in September.

As Forbes notes, iPhone and iPad users have taken to the Apple Support Communities forum to complain that Cupertino has chosen to ignore these issues, along with other problems affecting the calendar and Bluetooth. One user on the iOS Wi-Fi Problems thread wrote that they installed iOS 8.1.3, but it "made no difference on the WiFi issue. I still loose [sic] connection."

There's no word as to whether Apple plans to address these issues in the future.

For now, iOS 8.1.3 most notably reduces the amount of storage required to perform a software update. This should be music to the ears of anyone who has ever been forced to go on a deleting spree just to clear enough space to upgrade in the past.

According to Apple's release notes, the update also fixes an issue that prevented some users from entering their Apple ID password for Messages and FaceTime. Besides that, it corrects issues that caused Spotlight to stop displaying app results and that prevented multitasking gestures from working on iPads.

Finally, the update adds some new configuration options for standardized education testing, though Apple did not elaborate on this.

For more, see PCMag's review of Apple iOS 8 and our roundup of iOS 8 tips.