Apple releases iOS 9.2, OS X El Capitan 10.11.2 and watchOS 2.1: What's new?

Apple has just issued iOS 9.2 update for owners of iPhone, iPad and iPod touch around the globe, almost a month and half after making iOS 9.1 available. The build version the OTA update brings is 13C75.

Compared to the previous release, the new release brings a host of notable features apart from fixes and improvements. You should see a bunch of improvements for Apple Music, upon the update. As for the Apple News that made its debut in iOS 9.1, Apple has added a Top Stories section. Siri now supports Arabic language. Besides, the update brings stability improvements for Safari and Podcast. Following is the list of detail changes in iOS 9.1.

• Apple Music improvements

1. You can now create a new playlist when adding a song to a playlist
2. Your most recently changed playlist is now listed at the top when adding songs to playlists
3. Download albums or playlists from your iCloud Music Library by tapping the iCloud download button
4. See which songs have been downloaded with the new download indicator next to each song in My Music and Playlists
5. See works, composers, and performers while browsing Classical music in the Apple Music catalog

• A new Top Stories section in News so you can stay up to date with the most important news of the day (available in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia)
• Mail Drop in Mail for sending large attachments
• iBooks now supports 3D Touch to peek and pop pages from the table of contents, your notes and bookmarks, or from search results inside a book
• iBooks now supports listening to an audiobook while you browse your library, read other books, or explore the iBooks Store
• iPhone support for the USB Camera Adapter to import photos and videos
• Improved stability of Safari
• Improved stability of Podcasts
• Fixing an issue that caused mail attachments to be inaccessible for some users with POP email accounts
• Resolving an issue for some users that caused attachments to overlap text in mail
• Fixing an issue where Live Photos could have turned off after restoring from a previous iCloud backup
• Addressing an issue that could cause search in Contacts to display no results
• Resolving an issue that could have prevented Calendar from displaying all seven days in week view
• Fixing an issue where Camera screen on iPad could be black when attempting to capture video
• Addressing an issue that could cause instability in the Activity app when viewing the day of Daylight Savings Time transition
• Fixing an issue that could prevent data from appearing in Health
• Fixing an issue that could prevent Wallet updates and Lock screen alerts from displaying
• Addressing an issue where updating iOS could prevent an alarm from going off
• Fixing an issue where some users were unable to login to Find my iPhone
• Fixing an issue that prevented some manual iCloud Backups from completing
• Addressing an issue where using the iPad keyboard could unintentionally trigger text selection mode
• Improved keyboard responsiveness when using Quick Reply
• Improved punctuation input on the 10-key Chinese (Pinyin & Stroke) keyboards with new expanded view of punctuation symbols and better predictions
• Fixing an issue on Cyrillic keyboards where caps lock would be enabled when typing in URL or email fields
• Accessibility improvements

1. Fixing issues with VoiceOver when using Camera face detection
2. Adding support for VoiceOver to wake up the screen
3. Adding support for VoiceOver to invoke app switcher with 3D Touch gesture
4. Fixing an issue with Guided Access when trying to end phone calls
5. Improved functionality for Switch Control users when using 3D Touch
6. Fixing an issue with speech rate of Speak Screen

• Siri support for Arabic (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates)

To install the OTA update, head over to Settings>> General>> Software Update. Make sure that your iOS device is connected to a stable Wi-Fi network and has above 80% charge.

Alongside the iPhone operating system, Apple has also seeded another update for its desktop operating system, OS X El Capitan 10.11.2. Weighing in at 1.4GB, this firmware improves the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac. The other changes in this release are:

• Improves Wi-Fi reliability
• Improves the reliability of Handoff and AirDrop
• Fixes an issue that may cause Bluetooth devices to disconnect
• Fixes an issue that prevented Mail from deleting messages in an offline Exchange account
• Fixes an issue that prevented importing photos from an iPhone to a Mac using a USB cable
• Improves iCloud Photo Sharing for Live Photos

Apple Watch owners are not left out of this upgrade process. Apple has begun the rollout of watchOS 2.1 that bundles additional language support and bug fixes. Here are the other changes you should notice updating your Apple watch with the new version.

• Adds support for system language in Arabic, Czech, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Malay, Portuguese (Portugal), and Vietnamese
• Adds support for Right-to-Left user interface
• Adds ability to switch between Latin and Hindi numerals for Arabic
• Adds a new complication for Islamic and Hebrew Calendars
• Adds support for Siri and dictation in Arabic (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates)
• Adds support for dictation in English (Malaysia), Czech, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Portuguese (Portugal), and Vietnamese
• Resolves an issue that could prevent events from updating in the Calendar complication
• Fixes an issue that could prevent the time from displaying in Power Reserve mode
• Addresses issues that could prevent third party apps from launching
• Fixes an issue that could prevent third-party app icons from displaying correctly
• Fixes an issue that could cause instability when changing the system language

To update your Apple watch to watchOS 2.1, connect the smartwatch to power and keep it on charge until the update is complete. Launch the watch app on your iPhone, tap MY Watch tab>> General>> Software Update. Enter your iPhone passcode or Apple Watch passcode when prompted to do so. Now wait until the update is over, after which the device will restart on its own. Head over to Apple support site to know more about the security features in the updates.