Apple releases iOS 13.3

Apple has recently released the official version of iOS 13.3 with a lot of fixes and improvements. Of course, this time all users were pleasantly surprised by the update of the SMS application. In daily life, we may receive a variety of spam messages every day, and the large number and variety of these spam messages should cause users a lot of headaches. Apple’s spam filtering is not good due to privacy and permissions issues, but after a large number of users complained, Apple decided to adopt a new strategy.

iPadOS 13.1.2

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Apple’s official release notes for iOS 13.3 are as follows:

iOS 13.3 includes improvements, bug fixes and additional parental controls for Screen Time.

Screen Time

  • New parental controls provide more communication limits over who their children can call, FaceTime, or Message.
  • Contact list for children lets parents manage the contacts that appear on their children’s devices.

Apple News

  • New layout for ‌Apple News‌+ stories from The Wall Street Journal and other leading newspapers.
  • Easily like or dislike stories with a tap.

Stocks

  • Stories from ‌Apple News‌ are now available in Canada in English and French.
  • Continue reading with links to related stories or more stories from the same publication.
  • “Breaking” and “Developing” labels for Top Stories.

This update also includes bug fixes and other improvements. This update:

  • Enables the creation of a new video clip when trimming a video in Photos.
  • Adds support for NFC, USB, and Lightning FIDO2-compliant security keys in Safari.
  • Fixes issues in Mail that may prevent downloading new messages.
  • Addresses an issue that prevented deleting messages in Gmail accounts.
  • Resolves issues that could cause incorrect characters to display in messages and duplication of sent messages in Exchange accounts.
  • Fixes an issue where the cursor may not move after long pressing on the space bar.
  • Addresses an issue that may cause screenshots to appear blurry when sent via Messages.
  • Resolves an issue where cropping or using Markup on screenshots may not save to ‌Photos.
  • Fixes an issue where Voice Memos recordings may not be able to be shared with other audio apps.
  • Addresses an issue where the missed call badge on the Phone app may not clear.
  • Resolves an issue where the Cellular Data setting may incorrectly show as off.
  • Fixes an issue that prevented turning off Dark Mode when Smart Invert was enabled.
  • Addresses an issue where some wireless chargers may charge more slowly than expected.