Apple could also be a number of weeks away from releasing iOS 16, macOS Ventura and different main updates, however that is not precluding one final hurrah for current-generation software program. The firm has launched iOS 15.6, iPadOS 15.6 and macOS 12.5, all of which offer extra management over stay sports activities within the TV app. You can restart matches already in progress, and you will find typical playback choices like pause, fast-forward and rewind.

The new software program additionally fixes a Safari bug that would revert a tab to a earlier web page. You can anticipate the customary spherical of safety patches (most of which repair holes permitting arbitrary code), together with equivalents for older macOS variations like Big Sur and Catalina. Equally new watchOS 8.7 and tvOS 15.6 releases, in the meantime, ship bug and safety fixes to Apple Watch and Apple TV customers alongside generic “improvements.”

The timing suggests these often is the final important updates for current software program. Apple has traditionally shipped main variations of iOS, macOS and different software program as quickly as September, and there aren’t hints of iOS 15.7 or comparable upgrades on the horizon. The firm is shifting its priorities, and the modest modifications in these newest updates mirror that altering focus.