Apple Releases iOS 8.1.1 With Bug Fixes, Performance Improvements for iPad 2 ... - Mac Rumors

After two weeks of testing, Apple has released iOS 8.1.1, a minor update that includes several bug fixes. Apple first seeded the iOS 8.1.1 beta to developers on November 3.

iOS 8.1.1 is available immediately as an over-the-air download. Apple has also released new Apple TV software and an update to OS X Yosemite, OS X 10.10.1.

According to Apple's release notes, iOS 8.1.1 includes bug fixes and increased stability and performance improvements for both the iPad 2 and the iPhone 4s, two of the older devices that support the operating system.

iOS 8.1.1 may offer several bug fixes, but as a minor update, it does not bundle in any of the major new features that are rumored for iOS 8, like improvements to Maps and split-screen multitasking for the iPad. These updates may come in iOS 8.2 or iOS 8.3, both of which Apple is rumored to be working on.

Related roundups: iOS 8, iOS 8 Features

Fantastic that Apple still cares about people who bought the 4S in 2011. Android OEMs would have abandoned such users years ago.

Let's hope this fixes the... well... let's just hope it fixes it all.

I hesitated to download it right away. You took my trust away Apple, after 8.0.1. :p

Downloading and installing right now...

Performance Improvements for iPad 2 and iPhone 4s

So I guess 8.1.1 downloads and installs iOS 6?

Updated. It's currently crashing every 10 secs, Siri is cursing at me, and iMessage is sending porn to my family. I should have known! Apple has really had trouble with their bug fix releases lately.

Avoid like the plague.

Based on what? it's been out 15 minutes? Should probably craislist all your stuff and move on to windows or android..

Why is this showing up on my 6 Plus? SMH Apple.

It's showing up on all devices. It's not just for the iPad 2 and iPhone 4s, there are bug fixes and stability improvements for all devices.

It's so sad that people are hesitant to update these days before reading reviews because since iOS 7 updates tend to bring more bugs than fix them.

So apple is now doing something about their engineered obsolescence about making older devices slower??

Why didn't they address the issue when people upgraded their 3gs's to ios 4 which made their phones super slow? Or what about iphone 4 users who upgraded to ios 6 and 7 and now have a useless paper weight?

What a joke. Ios 6 is what pissed me off enough to switch to android.

Oh wah.

Newer software trying to be faster and do more by utilizing newer hardware's faster specs. This, thereby, makes said software run slower on older hardware.

I'm still using a 1st gen iPad 2, which I bought in April of 2011, and I don't go around pissing and moaning b/c my 4-year-old device runs more slowly using software designed for new machines in 2014. I either download it and deal with it or don't download it at all.

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