AppleInsider Staff
Apple on Thursday pushed out a minor update to its iOS 7 mobile operating system, addressing an issue that would cause FaceTime calls to fail for some users, along with squashing other bugs.
iOS 7.0.4 is now available for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, and is identified as "build 11B554a." It can be downloaded via the Software Update section of the native Settings application in iOS.
Apple's official release notes state that the update includes "bug fixes and improvements, including a fix for an issue that causes FaceTime calls to fail for some users."
The update applies to the iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, and iPhone 5s; the iPad 2, third- and fourth-generation iPads, iPad Air, iPad mini, and iPad mini with Retina display; as well as the fourth- and fifth-generation iPod touch models.
Also on Thursday, Apple released a software update for its Apple TV set-top box. Apple TV software version 6.0.2 is now available for download.
Finally, for users of the fourth-generation iPod touch, which cannot run iOS 7, Apple has also released iOS 6.1.5 to address FaceTime issues on that device.
The last maintenance update for Apple's mobile platform, iOS 7.0.3 arrived last month. It added support for iCloud Keychain password and form entry data syncing, as well as fixes for issues with Touch ID fingerprint scanning on the iPhone 5s
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I guess its update day at Apple. It appears we are officially in the Whack-A-Mole release stage. This occurs when the engrs are back in 16-18 hr day mode again, due to either:
• 1 mission critical bugs are found (which you could assume would be very difficult to catch without the product "in the wild") and
• 2 features that were in the design but were cut to make the deadline (which a very vocal group -- typically a minority of loud users, analysts, and trolls that manage to eek out a new __gate with each major update).
There are a lot of bugs which arent fixed, gg Apple
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1644922
I don't see the video player's slider being fixed in this release, it sometimes jumps around when moving it.
Safari needs to be fixed fast- I've never had so many crashes on an Apple device. Ever.
[quote name="pazuzu" url="/t/160739/apple-releases-ios-7-0-4-to-address-facetime-bug-other-issues#post_2434950"]Safari needs to be fixed fast- I've never had so many crashes on an Apple device. Ever.[/quote] I haven't had Safari in iOS 7 crash even once.