Apple releases iOS 11.4.1 with USB Restricted Mode

Enlarge / The iPhone X running iOS 11. (credit: Samuel Axon)

Today, Apple released iOS 11.4.1 for iPhones and iPads-a small update that fixes a couple bugs and introduces a new security feature. This is the fifteenth update since iOS 11 released last September. It's available to the same devices as iOS 11.4-the iPhone 5S and later, the iPad Air and later, the iPad mini 2 and later, and 2015 iPod touch.

The notes users will see when they go to the Settings app to update their phones are as follows:

iOS 11.4.1 includes bug fixes and improves the security of your iPhone or iPad. This update:

• Fixes an issue that prevented some users from viewing the last known location of their AirPods in Find My iPhone
• Improves reliability of syncing mail, contacts, and notes with Exchange accounts

As usual, this iOS release also includes security updates. However, Apple had not released the details on its security page at the time of this posting, but expect them to appear sometime soon. Significant but not listed: USB Restricted Mode, a change originally included in the iOS 12 beta that makes it more difficult for anyone, including authorities, to break into the iPhone through the Lightning port.

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