Apple Releases iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6; Bringing Additional Options for
Software Update Downloads, New Features to the News and Health Apps, and More
Submitted by AppleVis on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 - 17:00.
Apple has today released iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, bringing changes to how
software updates are installed, changes to the Health and News apps, and
support for Car Key which allows an ?iPhone? or an Apple Watch to be used to
unlock an NFC-enabled vehicle.
We are currently unaware of any changes, fixes or regressions in these releases
for blind or low vision users. If you encounter any during your own use of the
software, please let us know by posting a comment below.
According to Apple's release notes via MacRumors,, iOS 13.6 includes the
following changes:
iOS 13.6 adds support for digital car keys, introduces audio
stories in ?Apple News?+, and contains a new symptoms category in the Health
app. This release also includes bug fixes and improvements.
Digital car keys
* Unlock, lock, and start your compatible car with your iPhone
* Securely remove digital keys from a lost device via iCloud
* Share digital keys easily with iMessage
* Driver-specific profiles so you can configure shared keys for full-access or
restricted driving
* Power reserve lets you unlock and start your car for up to five hours after
iPhone runs out of battery
Apple News
* Audio stories are professionally narrated versions of some of
the best reads from Apple News+, selected and produced by the Apple News
editors as part of your Apple News+ subscription
* Apple News Today is a new, free audio briefing on the day's top stories from
the Apple News editors, also available in the Podcasts app
* A new Audio tab makes it easy to find Apple News Today and Apple News+ audio
stories
* CarPlay allows you to listen to Apple News Today and Apple News+ audio
stories while on the road
* Local news in your Today feed provides extensive coverage of San Francisco,
the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Houston, and New York City
* More stories available from local news providers with a subscription to
?Apple News?+
* Your daily newsletter from ?Apple News? can now be personalized with stories
that reflect your interests
Health
* New category for symptoms in the Health app, including
symptoms logged from Cycle Tracking and ECG
* Ability to log new symptoms, like fever, chills, sore throat or coughing, and
share them with third-party apps
This update also includes bug fixes and other improvements.
* Adds a new setting to choose if updates automatically download
to your device when on Wi-Fi
* Addresses an issue that could cause apps to become unresponsive when syncing
data from iCloud Drive
* Fixes an issue that could cause data roaming to appear to be disabled on eSIM
even though it remained active
* Fixes an issue that causes some phone calls from Saskatchewan to appear as
originating from the United States
* Addresses an issue that could interrupt audio when making phone calls over
Wi-Fi Calling
* Fixes an issue that prevented some ?iPhone? 6S and iPhone SE devices from
registering for Wi-Fi Calling
* Resolves an issue that could cause the software keyboard to appear
unexpectedly when connected to certain third-party hardware keyboards
* Fixes an issue that could cause Japanese hardware keyboards to be incorrectly
mapped as a U.S. keyboard
* Addresses stability issues when accessing Control Center when Assistive Touch
was enabled
* Provides a mechanism for administrators to specify domains to exclude from
traffic carried by always-on VPN connections
iOS and iPadOS 13.6 are available via Over-the-Air Update (Settings > General >
Software Update) via Finder on a Mac with macOS Catalina or later, or via
iTunes on a PC or Mac with macOS Mojave or earlier.
Before updating, we strongly recommend making a full and complete backup of
your device (either in Finder, iTunes or iCloud, depending on personal
preference). This will ensure that, in the unlikely event that something goes
wrong during the update process, you will have a current backup on hand in case
a device restore becomes necessary. Also, if using OTA update, we recommend
plugging your device into a power source for the duration of the
download/installation process, so as to prevent the unlikely event of your
battery going dead during the update.
More information on how to update the software on your iOS or iPadOS device is
available on this Apple Support page.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204204<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupport.apple.com%2Fen-us%2FHT204204&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cc24c79305fee4f360ebb08d82917dd88%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637304529755141897&sdata=foA%2B8hHz5B9QskN77wFngOhVZcGjKrOlB0iYyTvK8KU%3D&reserved=0>
Richard
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