Apple releases iOS 15.5 official version: smoother, supports third-party payment for some apps

In the early morning of May 17th, Beijing time, Apple pushed the official version of iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5 to users. This update mainly includes detail improvements and bug fixes.

Major Updates

Apple Pay Cash

The Wallet app now has "Request" and "Send" buttons to make it easier for Apple Cash card users to transfer and receive money.

Add external payment link

iOS 15.5 allows some apps to use third-party payment channels, such as Alipay, WeChat, etc. However, third-party payment is currently only open to "reading apps", which generally refers to applications that provide digital content, such as magazines, newspapers, books, audio, music, video, Spotify, Netflix, etc.

Photo Memories

A list of "sensitive places" can be added to the photo app that comes with the iOS 15.5 system. After adding, photos of these places will not be displayed in "Memories".

Baseband upgrade

The baseband version has been upgraded to 1.61.00, which greatly improves the signal status of the iPhone.

General Control Upgrade

In iPadOS 15.5, Universal Control has been upgraded from the Beta version to the official version, and the previous bugs have been fixed. You can use one set of keyboard/mouse to control iPad, Mac and other devices.

Podcast Updates

Apple's Podcasts podcast app now allows users to set their own storage capacity limit for the app. Once the limit is reached, the app will no longer download new content and will automatically delete old content to prevent the app from taking up too much storage space.

Smoother and more power-saving

Apple did not mention this part in the official update document for iOS 15.5, but according to developers, this version is indeed smoother in terms of user experience than the previous version.

In addition, foreign media tested the battery life of iOS 15.5 and found that compared with iOS 15.4.1, the battery life of iOS 15.5 increased by 0.12%, which was not a significant improvement.