New iOS 14.7, tvOS 14.7, and watchOS 7.6 updates expand ECG support and more

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Enlarge / MagSafe battery pack included with iPhone 12 Pro models.

Apple rolled out new versions of iOS, tvOS, and watchOS for iPhone, Apple TV, and Apple Watch on Monday. Dubbed iOS 14.7, tvOS 14.7, and watchOS 7.6, the updates are relatively small and include tweaks, bug fixes, and a simple new feature or two.

The primary driver of the iOS update appears to be additional support for the recently launched MagSafe Battery Pack compatible with the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro lines.

In addition, Apple Card holders can now “combine credit limits and share one account with an existing Apple Card user,” a new option that Apple first announced earlier this year.

Moreover, the update is mostly about bug fixes and small tweaks, and it also expands the areas where the weather app provides air quality information. (Adds Canada, France, Italy, Netherlands, South Korea and Spain).

Apple’s release notes for iOS 14.7 are as follows:

iOS 14.7 includes the following improvements and bug fixes for your iPhone:

MagSafe Battery Pack support for iPhone 12, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro Max, Apple Card Family adds option to combine credit limits and share one account shared with existing Apple Card user app Adds ability to manage timers on HomePod Air Info now available Quality in Weather and Maps for Canada, France, Italy, Netherlands, South Korea, Spain Podcast library lets you choose to watch all shows or only followed shows Share playlist option missing in Apple Music Lossless audio playback Dolby Atmos and Apple Music may unexpectedly stop Service message Battery that may have disappeared after restart on some iPhone 11 models, braille screens may display invalid information while composing mails

For information about the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this site:

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222

tvOS and watchOS

As is often the case, the tvOS 14.7 update seems nothing to write home about. Apple says it offers bug fixes and small improvements, but the company hasn’t released a detailed list of changes.

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There is a lot going on with watchOS, but not much. Update 7.6 also fixes bugs and makes small tweaks, but the main change seems to be the addition of ECG support in 30 other regions. You can view the full list of countries and regions that support the feature on Apple’s watchOS website.

All three updates (iOS 14.7, tvOS 14.7, and watchOS 7.6) are rolling out to all supported devices in all regions today. Oddly enough, we haven’t seen an update accompanying iPadOS 14.7 yet; Apple usually updates iOS and iPadOS side by side.

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