iOS 8 Updates, Bugs, and Fixes: Apple Pulls First Update After Reports of Serious Issues
Apple released on Wednesday the first update to new operating system iOS 8, which came out to the public last week. The update, iOS 8.0.1, was to fix bugs that surfaced over the last week.
Those bugs include an issue that delayed the launch of HealthKit apps and also affected third-party keyboards, photos and cellular data usage, according to a report from Time.
But the iOS 8 update has caused a list of new problems, even as it fixed the existing ones. Several Apple users, especially those with the new iPhone 6s, vented on Twitter that the software update had rendered their phones nearly useless.
Problems in the update included disruptions in cellular voice and data service, and some users were unable to log into their devices when Touch ID wouldn't work, according to reports on the issues.
Apple removed the iOS 8 update on Wednesday afternoon due to the new issues, saying that "We are actively investigating these reports and will provide information as quickly as we can."
Twitter users took to bashing Apple for the flawed software update, with Twitter user Howard Pinsky saying "Do NOT update to iOS 8.0.1 just yet. Many, including myself, are experiencing no cell service, and broken Touch ID. Well done, Apple."
Problems with the software update surfaced the same day Crittercism released a troubling report claiming that iOS 8 - even before the update - was crashing 65 percent more frequently than iOS 7.
The report claims that apps are crashing 3.29 percent of the time on iOS 8, compared to a 2 percent crash rate for apps on iOS 7. The report includes data tracking since Sept. 17, the day iOS 8 came out. Sept. 21 had the highest crash rate, with apps crashing 3.56 percent of the time.
This report could be unfair to the newer operating system, since it's only been out for one week and iOS 7 has had a year to fix bugs. New operating systems typically take time before they run smoothly.
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