Apple released iOS 13 last month and the iOS 13.1.3 update was released a couple of weeks back. Today it has released iOS 13.2 and iPadOS 13.2, the next update, which brings several new features including the Deep Fusion camera feature for the iPhone 11 series that uses A13 Bionic Neural Engine for images with better quality and reduced noise, especially for mid to low light scenes.
This also brings new emojis that were previewed few months back, based on Unicode 12.0 approved earlier this year. These include, people in wheelchairs or with a hearing aid, a flamingo, waffle, and skin tone support for people holding hands.
There is also adds new Siri privacy that lets users opt out of Siri and dictation audio recording with Apple and delete Siri and dictation history. The update brings back Announce Messages with Siri feature, which lets Siri read incoming messages without having to unlock the iPhone.
The update also includes bug fixes and improvements for iPhone and iPad. Check out the complete changelog below.
iOS 13.2 introduces Deep Fusion, an advanced image processing system that uses the A13 Bionic Neural Engine to capture images with dramatically better texture, detail, and reduced noise in lower light, on iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max. Additional features include 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 contains bug fixes and improvements.
Camera
– Deep Fusion for iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max uses the A13 Bionic Neural Engine to capture multiple images at various exposures, run a pixel-by-pixel analysis, and fuse the highest quality parts of the images together resulting in photos with dramatically better texture, details, and reduced noise, especially for mid to low light scenes
– Ability to change the video resolution directly from the Camera app for iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro MaxEmoji
– Over 70 new or updated emoji, including animals, food, activities, new accessibility emoji, gender neutral emoji, and skin tones selection for couple emojiAirPods support
– Announce Messages with Siri to read your incoming messages aloud to your AirPods
– AirPods Pro supportHome 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 homeSiri
– 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 SettingsThis 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
– Addresses an issue where swipe to go home might not work on iPhone X and later
– 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