Apple releases official version of iOS 15.5

In the early morning of May 17th, Beijing time, Apple pushed the official versions of iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5 to users. This update mainly includes detail improvements and bug fixes.

Major updates

Pay with Apple Pay Cash

The Wallet app now has "Request" and "Send" buttons to make it easier for Apple Cash card users to send and receive money.

Add external payment links

iOS 15.5 allows some apps to use third-party payment channels, such as Alipay, WeChat, etc. However, third-party payment is currently only available for "reading applications", which generally refer to applications that provide digital content, such as magazines, newspapers, books, audio, music, video, Spotify, Netflix, etc.

Photo recall function

A list of "sensitive places" can be added to the Photos app that comes with the iOS 15.5 system. After adding, photos of these places will not be displayed in "Memories".

Baseband upgrade

The baseband version is upgraded to 1.61.00, which greatly improves the signal status of the iPhone.

Universal Control Upgrade

In iPadOS 15.5, Universal Control has been upgraded from the Beta version to the official version, and the bugs that existed before have been fixed, and a set of keyboard/mouse can be used to control iPad, Mac and other devices​.

Podcast Updates

The Apple Podcasts podcast app now allows users to set their own storage capacity limit for the app. After the app is online, the app will no longer download new content, and will automatically delete old content to prevent the app from taking up too much storage space.

Smoother and more power efficient

Apple's official iOS 15.5 update document did not mention this part, but according to the developer, this version is indeed smoother than the previous version.

In addition, some foreign media tested the battery life of iOS 15.5, and found that compared with iOS 15.4.1, the battery life of iOS 15.5 increased by 0.12%, and there was no significant improvement.