Firmware update: Apple iPadOS 13.2

Apple has released version 13.2 of iPadOS, the operating system for the company’s tablets. From version 13, Apple iOS is the operating system only for the iPhone and the iPads now have their own OS. Apple iPadOS 13 offers more options to use the larger screen. For example, the home screen gets smaller icons, so that more apps can fit on it, and Safari is also optimized for a larger screen. Furthermore, there are more options for multitasking, the use of the pen has been improved and there are performance improvements. In version 13.2 the following changes and improvements have been made:

iPadOS 13.2

iPadOS 13.2 introduces updated and additional emoji, Announce Messages for AirPods, support for AirPods Pro, HomeKit Secure Video, HomeKit enabled routers, and new Siri privacy settings. This update also includes bug fixes and improvements.

Emoji

• Over 70 new or updated emoji, including animals, food, activities, new accessibility emoji, gender neutral emoji, and skin tones selection for couple emoji

AirPods support

• Announce Messages with Siri to read your incoming messages aloud to your AirPods
• AirPods Pro support

Home App

• HomeKit Secure Video enables you to privately capture, store, and view encrypted video from your security cameras and features people, animal, and vehicle detection
• HomeKit enabled routers put you in control of what your HomeKit accessories communicate with over the internet or in your home

Siri

• Privacy settings to control whether or not to help improve Siri and Dictation by allowing Apple to store audio of your Siri and Dictation interactions
• Option to delete your Siri and Dictation history from Siri Settings

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

• Fixes an issue that may prevent passwords from autofilling in 3rd party apps
• Resolves an issue that may prevent the keyboard from appearing when using Search
• Fixes an issue where Messages would only send a single notification when the option to repeat alerts was enabled
• Addresses an issue where Messages may display a phone number instead of a contact name
• Resolves an issue that caused Contacts to launch to the previously opened contact instead of the contact list
• Fixes an issue that may prevent Markup annotations from being saved
• Resolves an issue where saved notes could temporarily disappear
• Fixes an issue where iCloud Backup might not successfully complete after tapping Backup Now in Settings
• Improves performance when using AssistiveTouch to activate App Switcher

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