AppleInsider Staff
Following the release of OS X 10.10.1 Yosemite beta, Apple on Monday issued the first developer beta for iOS 8.1.1 , the upcoming point release for the company's mobile operating system.
With iOS 8.1.1 beta, classified as build 12B432, Apple brings a number of bug fixes and performance improvements to its iPhone and iPad OS, according to the update's release notes.
Notably, display of blood glucose data has been temporarily disabled for the Health app as Apple works to add compatibility with devices that display the metric in mmol/L. Currently, the Health app does not allow manual input of data using that particular unit of measurement, so it will be removed to avoid confusion. While a fix is being engineered, third-party developers can still access the APIs, however.
Apple released iOS 8 in September, though the initial version rolled out with bugs in the HealthKit developer framework that prompted the delay of certain apps supporting the protocol. A subsequent iOS 8.0.1 release attempting to patch the problems was found to disable wireless connectivity and touch ID for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Apple finally issued a stable iOS 8 version in iOS 8.0.2.
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icloud Drive is buggy. I found apps that are supposed to sync with icloud drive frequently stopped syncing. Pages, Numbers, 1Password, Drafts 4 to name a few. When app stopped syncing, it would look like the device has lost all the documents when in fact the documents are still sitting in the icloud. Lots of complaints in the apple forum. Problem went away if I set icloud drive to 'OFF', re-set the iphone 6/iPad Air 2, and turn the icloud drive back to 'On'. Every apps would sync properly for a while and the sync would stop again.
What are you talking about here, the released software or the Beta? [quote name="Wisely" url="/t/183227/apple-releases-first-ios-8-1-1-beta-to-developers-with-bug-fixes#post_2633981"]icloud Drive is buggy. I found apps that are supposed to sync with icloud drive frequently stopped syncing. Pages, Numbers, 1Password, Drafts 4 to name a few. When app stopped syncing, it would look like the device has lost all the documents when in fact the documents are still sitting in the icloud. Lots of complaints in the apple forum. Problem went away if I set icloud drive to 'OFF', re-set the iphone 6/iPad Air 2, and turn the icloud drive back to 'On'. Every apps would sync properly for a while and the sync would stop again.[/quote]
What are you talking about here, the released software or the Beta?
released ios.
I hope they include a permanent wifi fix. It's still sluggish on my 5S since updating to iOS 8.
I hope they fix the Safari crash after entering the first two letters of a shortcut. That has been around since 8.0 and they still have not fixed it. I cannot use shortcuts for my email address.