At 1 a.m. on March 10, Beijing time, Apple held the 2015 Spring New Product Launch, and Apple Watch arrived as promised. In order to cooperate with it, Apple also officially launched the iOS 8.2 system, in which the iPhone version 5 and above has been upgraded to add the application of Apple Watch App.
Let's first take a look at Apple's official description of iOS 8.2 updates:
This version adds support for Apple Watch, improves the "health" application, improves stability, and includes bug fixes.
Apple Watch support
• The new Apple Watch application can be paired and synchronized with iPhone, and watch settings can be customized
• After the new "Fitness Activity" app is paired successfully on the Apple Watch, you can view the fitness data and achievements displayed on the Apple Watch
• For iPhone 5 and later models
Health application improvements
• Added the function of selecting distance, temperature, height, weight and blood glucose measurement units
• Improved stability when handling large amounts of data
• Support adding and visualizing fitness exercise data in third-party applications
• Solved the problem that users may not be able to add photos to the medical emergency card
• Revised vitamin and mineral units
• Fixed the problem that "health" data could not be refreshed after changing the data source order
• Fixed the problem that some graphs could not display data values
• Added a privacy setting to turn off tracking of steps, distance and floors climbed
Increased stability
• Improved "mail" stability
• Improved stability of Flyover in Maps
• Improved stability of "music"
• Improved VoiceOver reliability
• Improved connectivity with Made for iPhone hearing aids
mismatch repair
• Fixed the problem of not being able to navigate to some favorite places in Maps
• Solved the problem that the last word in the quick reply message cannot be automatically corrected
• Fixed the problem that copying iTunes purchases may cause iCloud to fail to complete recovery
• Solved the problem that some music or playlists could not be synchronized from iTunes to the Music application
• Fixed the problem that deleted audiobooks occasionally remain on the device
• Solve the problem that the call audio cannot be transmitted to the car speakers when using Siri Eyes Free
• Fixed the problem of Bluetooth calls that cannot listen to audio before the call is connected
• Fixed the time zone problem when calendar events are displayed in GMT
• Resolved the problem that caused specific events in customized recurring meetings to disappear from the Exchange calendar
• Corrected the certificate error that the Exchange account could not be configured under the third-party gateway
• Fixed a problem that might cause the organizer's Exchange meeting memo to be overwritten
• Solved the problem that some "calendar" events cannot be automatically displayed as "busy" after accepting the invitation
It can be seen that the main content of this upgrade is the support for Apple Watch, and this upgrade is only for iPhone 5 and newer models. At the same time, the "Health" application has also made some improvements, including the selection of some measurement units and the addition of data to third-party applications. The following are some of our experiences with upgrading iPhone 6 Plus:
The upgrade process will not be described in detail here. Like the usual new iOS system, we can upgrade through online OTA or through iTunes with the new firmware's complete upgrade package (ipsw file). After the upgrade, check the system information. You can see that the system version has reached 8.2.
In general, the iOS 8.2 system is not very different from iOS 8.1.3, but an application named "Apple Watch" has been added to the application list.
When we open this application, we can see some guides about pairing Apple Watch. Click "Start pairing" to start the pairing process with the watch.
After clicking Start, a viewfinder box will appear. At this time, we should aim at the dial of the Apple Watch. Of course, the Apple Watch has not been officially launched, so the whole process cannot be fully demonstrated here.
There are also some introduction videos about the product itself in the Apple Watch application.
There is also purchase information about Apple Watch.
In addition to the support for Apple Watch, the official upgrade instructions for iOS 8.2 include some upgrade instructions for system health applications. We can open the "Weight" column in health data to see the selection of weight units.
You can select three measurement units: pound, kilogram and stone.
For blood sugar, we can choose two units: milligram/liter and millimole/liter. In addition, we have added different units of distance, temperature and height.
In general, this iOS 8.2 upgrade can be said to be entirely for the purpose of Apple Watch. Apart from the addition of paired applications, there is no substantial function increase for ordinary users. However, for iPhone 6 Plus users, after upgrading the new system, they can feel the smoothness of the system has improved to a certain extent, and the previous frame drop phenomenon has also improved a lot. In addition, the official version of iOS 8.2 cannot be jailbroken, so if you are a user who needs a jailbreak plug-in very much, it is recommended that you continue to wait and see, waiting for the information about the jailbreak of the new system.
Suitable for Upgraders
1. Users who are ready to buy Apple Watch
2. Users who want a smoother operating experience on iPhone 6 Plus.
3. If you don't upgrade, you will die.
Not suitable for upgraders
1. Prison breaking users.
