iOS 8.3 Brings Racially Diverse Emoji, Siri Now Supports Indian Accents

iOS 8.3 Brings Racially Diverse Emoji, Siri Now Supports Indian Accents
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Apple on Wednesday released iOS 8.3 update for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices. iOS 8.3 brings new, racially diverse emojis as well as enhancements in Siri, Apple's voice-based virtual assistant, which now comes with support for Indian accents.

iCloud Photo Library is finally out of beta to coincide with the launch of revamped Photos app that ships with OS X 10.10.3. The iOS 8.3 update also brings additional Siri features to more regions as well as various other enhancements and bug fixes. The full list of changes is included below.

As always, the update is available to all iOS 8-running devices OTA as well as via iTunes. We recommend backing up your iOS device before installing the update.

Full iOS 8.3 changes:

This release includes improved performance, bug fixes, and a redesigned Emoji keyboard. Changes include:

Improved performance for:

App launch

App responsiveness

Messages

Wi-Fi

Control Center

Safari tabs

3rd-party keyboards

Keyboard shortcuts

Simplified Chinese keyboard

Wi-Fi and Bluetooth fixes

Fixes an issue where you could be continuously prompted for login credentials

Addresses an issue where some devices disconnect intermittently from Wi-Fi networks

Fixes an issue where hands-free phone calls could become disconnected

Fixes an issue where audio playback could stop working with some bluetooth speakers

Orientation and rotation fixes

Addresses an issue that sometimes prevented rotating back to portrait after having rotated to landscape

Improves performance and stability issues that occurred when rotating the device between portrait and landscape

Fixes an issue where device orientation appeared upside down after pulling the iPhone 6 Plus from your pocket

Resolves an issue that sometimes prevented apps from rotating to correct orientation after switching apps in multitasking

Messages fixes

Addresses issues that caused group messages to sometimes split

Fixes an issue that sometimes removed the ability to forward or delete individual messages

Resolves an issue that sometimes prevented a preview from appearing when taking a photo in Messages

Adds the ability to report junk messages directly from the Messages app

Adds the ability to filter out iMessages that are not sent by your contacts

Family Sharing fixes

Fixes a bug where certain apps would not launch or update on family members' devices

Fixes a bug that prevented family members from downloading certain free apps

Increased reliability for Ask to Buy notifications

CarPlay fixes

Fixes an issue where Maps could come up as a black screen

Fixes an issue where the UI could be incorrectly rotated

Fixes an issue where the keyboard could appear on the CarPlay screen when it shouldn't

Enterprise fixes

Improves reliability of installing and updating enterprise apps

Corrects the time zone of Calendar events created in IBM Notes

Fixes a problem that could cause web clip icons to become generic after restarting

Improves reliability of saving the password for a web proxy

Exchange out-of-office message can now be edited separately for external replies

Improves recovery of Exchange accounts from temporary connection problems

Improves compatibility of VPN and web proxy solutions

Allows use of physical keyboards to log into Safari web sheets, such as for joining a public Wi-Fi network

Fixes an issue that caused Exchange meetings with long notes to be truncated

Accessibility fixes

Fixes an issue where using the back button in Safari causes VoiceOver gestures to not respond

Fixes an issue where VoiceOver focus becomes unreliable in draft Mail messages

Fixes an issue where Braille Screen Input cannot be used to type text in forms on webpages

Fixes an issue where toggling Quick Nav on a Braille Display announces that Quick Nav is off

Fixes an issue keeping app icons from being moveable on home screen when VoiceOver is enabled

Fixes an issue in Speak Screen where speech will not start again after pausing

Other improvements and bug fixes

Introduces a redesigned Emoji keyboard with over 300 new characters

iCloud Photo Library has been optimized to work with the new Photos app on OS X 10.10.3 and is now out of beta

Improves the pronunciation of street names during turn-by-turn navigation in Maps

Includes support for Baum VarioUltra 20 and VarioUltra 40 braille displays

Improves the display of Spotlight results when Reduce Transparency is turned on

Adds Italic and Underline format options for iPhone 6 Plus landscape keyboard

Adds the ability to remove shipping and billing addresses used with Apple Pay

Additional language and country support for Siri: English (India, New Zealand), Danish (Denmark), Dutch (Netherlands), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian (Russia), Swedish (Sweden), Thai (Thailand), Turkish (Turkey)

Additional dictation languages: Arabic (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates) and Hebrew (Israel)

Improves stability for Phone, Mail, Bluetooth connectivity, Photos, Safari tabs, Settings, Weather and Genius Playlists in Music

Addresses an issue where Slide to Unlock could fail to work on certain devices

Addresses an issue that sometimes prevented swiping to answer a phone call on the Lock screen

Addresses an issue that prevented opening links in Safari PDFs

Fixes an issue where selecting Clear History and Website Data in Safari Settings did not clear all data

Fixes an issue that prevented autocorrecting "FYI"

Addresses an issue where contextual predictions did not appear in Quick Reply

Fixes an issue where Maps did not enter night mode from hybrid mode

Resolves an issue that prevented initiating FaceTime calls from a browser or 3rd-party app using FaceTime URLs

Fixes an issue that sometimes prevented photos from properly exporting to Digital Camera Image folders on Windows

Fixes an issue that sometimes prevented an iPad backup from completing with iTunes

Fixes an issue that could cause Podcast downloads to stall when switching from Wi-Fi to cellular networks

Fixes an issue where remaining time on timer would sometimes incorrectly display as 00:00 on Lock screen

Fixes an issue that sometimes prevented adjusting call volume

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