A little more than a week after releasing iOS 6.1, Apple's got a new update in the hopper.
The company today released iOS 6.1.1 to developers to test their apps and sniff out bugs.
Per a private change log posted by 9to5Mac, the crux of the update includes changes to Apple's own mapping software for Japanese users. That includes "improved pronunciation", color tweaks, updated iconography, and directions that "strongly prefer highways over narrower roads."
Those changes strongly suggest that Apple's got some work to do with its maps in the region when it comes to people using it in their cars for navigation -- one of the big new features in Apple's homegrown mapping application.
The minor update appears to be devoid of any other features, though could eventually contain security updates that block out the recently-released Evasi0n jailbreak. An updated support page from Apple strongly urges against using the software, which so far ... [Read more]
by Josh Lowensohn via CNET
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