15 February 2023 , 17:08
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Apple users are urging anyone with their devices to install the latest update, fixing a number of bugs and issues.
The updates have been rolled out on the majority of their devices - iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Watch and HomePods.
The new software deals with bugs and secuirty loopholes so people with Apple products are being urged to update them as soon as possible.
Apple computers should be updated to MacOS13.2.1, the latest version of Ventura, which includes a fix for a security flaw found in Safari, the read-installed web browser.
The bug allows anyone to run their own code by exploiting a loophole, the company said.
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The company also said they are “aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited”, meaning that hackers may already know how to use it.
Users are urged to update their phones (SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)The new update will fix this problem because of "improved checks”, Apple said.
A similar update is available for people using older versions of MacOS as well.
The iPhone update fixes bugs in iCloud and Sire.
Importantly it also brings in “optimisations” to the crash detection feature which arrived with the iPhone 14 models and the latest Apple Watch.
Crash Detection is a feature that can detect when the user has been in a crash and automatically calls emergency services.
People with the devices where this was installed reported emergency calls being made while on rollercoasters and other rides.
More recently its been reporting the feature has activated during winter sports, for example when people fall over when skiing.
The crash detection feature has been triggered at the wrong time (NurPhoto via Getty Images)The update introduced by Apple is intended to make sure Crash Detection only triggers after a real car crash.
Although it relies on hardware inside the phones, Apple are changing the algorithm that checks that data.
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Following a terrible crash in October last year, the feature automatically called emergency services to the scene.
The car struck a tree with five of the occupants dying at the scene. A 24-year-old woman was rushed to hospital with grave injuries but sadly later died.
A customer sets up Face ID on their phone (Bloomberg via Getty Images)Local police in the Nebraskan city of Lincoln said: "This is the worst crash in Lincoln in recent memory. Our hearts are heavy for the victim's families."
Emergency services were first alerted to the horrific accident by a 911 call made automatically by one of the occupant's iPhones.
The black Honda Accord had been driving eastbound before it crossed the road and struck a tree.
Apart from the woman who later died in hospital, all other five occupants of the car were men. The driver was 26 years old. One passenger was 21, one was 23 and two victims were 22 years old.