Apple Releases iOS 11.2 With Apple Pay Cash, Faster Wireless Charging, Fix for December 2nd Date Bug

Apple has released iOS 11.2 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch bringing new features and a fix for a major date bug affecting users beginning December 2nd, 2017.

iOS 11.2 introduces Apple Pay Cash to send, request, and receive money from friends and family with Apple Pay. This update also includes bug fixes and improvements.

Apple Pay Cash (US Only)
● Send, request, and receive money from friends and family with Apple Pay in Messages or by asking Siri


Other improvements and fixes
● Adds support for faster wireless charging on iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X with compatible third-party accessories
● Introduces three new Live wallpapers for iPhone X
● Improves video camera stabilization
● Adds support in Podcasts to automatically advance to the next episode from the same show
● Adds support in HealthKit for downhill snow sports distance as a data type
● Fixes an issue that could cause Mail to appear to be checking for new messages even when a download is complete
● Fixes an issue that could cause cleared Mail notifications from Exchange accounts to reappear
● Improves stability in Calendar
● Resolves an issue where Settings could open to a blank screen
● Fixes an issue that could prevent swiping to Today View or Camera from the Lock Screen
● Addresses an issue that could prevent Music
● Addresses an issue that could prevent Music controls from displaying on the Lock Screen
● Fixes an issue that could cause app icons to be arranged incorrectly on the Home Screen
● Addresses an issue that could prevent users from deleting recent photos when iCloud storage is exceeded
● Addresses an issue where Find My iPhone sometimes wouldn't display a map
● Fixes an issue in Messages where the keyboard could overlap the most recent message
● Fixes an issue in Calculator where typing numbers rapidly could lead to incorrect results
● Addressed an issue where the keyboard could respond slowly
● Adds support for real-time text (RTT) phone calls for the deaf and hard of hearing
● Improves VoiceOver stability in Messages, Settings, App Store, and Music
● Resolves an issue that prevented VoiceOver from announcing incoming Notifications

For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222

The iOS 11.2 update also fixes a major bug which causes apps that use local notifications to crash SpringBoard starting December 2nd. It appears as though the bug was just discovered a few hours ago but lucky for Apple the issue had already been fixed in iOS 11.2 beta. The company has pushed out the 11.2 software update in the middle of the night in an attempt to minimize chaos in the morning.

You can download iOS 11.1.2 from here:
● Where To Download iPhone Firmware Files From
● Where To Download iPad Firmware Files From
● Where To Download iPod Touch Firmware Files From


[UPDATE]:
While Apple Pay Cash is listed in the release notes as a feature of iOS 11.2, it does not appear to be activated yet. This could be due to the rushed release. Apple will likely flip the switch sometime next week. Please follow iClarified on Twitter, Facebook, or RSS for updates.