Apple Releases iOS 7.1 With CarPlay, Touch ID Improvements, Reboot Fix and More

We’ve heard quite a lot of rumorsy in the past few weeks, suggesting that Apple will seed the iOS 7.1 before or on 11th March.

It turns out the rumors were correct in the end as Apple has started seeding iOS 7.1 to devices that brings a number of improvements, visual tweaks and features.

Apple launched CarPlay support in the latest iOS 7.1 that give users the ability to connect their iPhone to a CarPlay enabled device. Apple has partnered with a few automotive companies to integrate CarPlay in them. Addition it comes with Touch ID and Siri improvements, support for more languages in Siri, new camera settings and more.

The latest iOS 7.1 also fixed a bug that cause the iOS device to occasionally crash and show the reboot screen with an Apple logo. Finally, the latest update also improves the performance and responsiveness of iPhone 4 running the latest update. Apple also created a site for the latest iOS 7.1 which you can check here.

Here’s the change log for the latest iOS 7.1

CarPlay

iOS experience designed for the car

Simply connect your iPhone to a CarPlay enabled vehicle

Supports Phone, Music, Maps, Messages, and 3rd-party audio apps

Control with Siri and the car’s touchscreen, knobs, and buttons

Siri

Manually control when Siri listens by holding down the home button while you speak and releasing it when you’re done as an alternative to letting Siri automatically notice when you stop talking

New, more natural sounding male and female voices for Mandarin Chinese, UK English, Australian English, and Japanese

iTunes Radio

Search field above Featured Stations to easily create stations based on your favorite artist or song

Buy albums with the tap of a button from Now Playing

Subscribe to iTunes Match on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to enjoy iTunes Radio ad-free

Calendar

Option to display events in month view

Country specific holidays automatically added for many countries

Accessibility

Bold font option now includes the keyboard, calculator, and many icon glyphs

Reduce Motion option now includes Weather, Messages, and multitasking UI animations

New options to display button shapes, darken app colors, and reduce white point

Other

New Camera setting to automatically enable HDR for iPhone 5s

iCloud Keychain support in additional countries

FaceTime call notifications are automatically cleared when you answer a call on another device

Fixes a bug that could occasionally cause a home screen crash

Improves Touch ID fingerprint recognition

Improved performance for iPhone 4

Fixes display of Mail unread badge for numbers greater than 10,000

Continued user interface refinements