Download iOS 8.1.3 direct link Official
Launched on Tuesday, iOS 8.1.3 fixes programming glitches that prevented users from entering their Apple ID password for Messages and FaceTime, caused the Spotlight search feature to stop showing app results and prevented multitasking gestures from working on the iPad. Perhaps the biggest improvement, however, is that iOS 8.1.3 reduces the amount of storage needed to perform the update itself.
Previously, users needed at least 5.7GB of free space to store and install the latest version. The update reduces the amount of space required, but the release notes for iOS 8.1.3 did not specify the new amount. Apple did not immediately respond to CNET's request for comment. Adoption of iOS 8 has been sluggish. Stats from Apple's App Store Distribution page show a relatively slow uptake of the new version over the past several months, from 14 percent in September to 69 percent last week.
Though that growth rate may not sound bad, it's been slower than the adoption rate for iOS 7 over the same time frame. Since its debut in September, the latest version of Apple's mobile OS has bumped into a variety of technical hurdles. The initial version of 8.0 came with a few bugs that Apple tried to fix a week later with iOS 8.0.1. But version 8.0.1 introduced even more bugs, prompting Apple to quickly pull it and launch 8.0.2. Further enhancements and bug fixes came courtesy of iOS 8.1 on October 20 and iOS 8.1.2 on December 19. The various bugs may have shied iOS users away from upgrading to iOS 8, but the high storage capacity needed to update certainly prevented many from upgrading. Now, with a smaller space requirement, more people may decide to take the plunge to iOS 8, courtesy of version 8.1.3./cnet.com
Previously, users needed at least 5.7GB of free space to store and install the latest version. The update reduces the amount of space required, but the release notes for iOS 8.1.3 did not specify the new amount. Apple did not immediately respond to CNET's request for comment. Adoption of iOS 8 has been sluggish. Stats from Apple's App Store Distribution page show a relatively slow uptake of the new version over the past several months, from 14 percent in September to 69 percent last week.
Though that growth rate may not sound bad, it's been slower than the adoption rate for iOS 7 over the same time frame. Since its debut in September, the latest version of Apple's mobile OS has bumped into a variety of technical hurdles. The initial version of 8.0 came with a few bugs that Apple tried to fix a week later with iOS 8.0.1. But version 8.0.1 introduced even more bugs, prompting Apple to quickly pull it and launch 8.0.2. Further enhancements and bug fixes came courtesy of iOS 8.1 on October 20 and iOS 8.1.2 on December 19. The various bugs may have shied iOS users away from upgrading to iOS 8, but the high storage capacity needed to update certainly prevented many from upgrading. Now, with a smaller space requirement, more people may decide to take the plunge to iOS 8, courtesy of version 8.1.3./cnet.com
iOS 8.1.3 Download Links:
- iPad Air 2 (6th generation WiFi)
- iPad Air 2 (6th generation Cellular)
- iPad Air (5th generation WiFi + Cellular)
- iPad Air (5th generation WiFi)
- iPad Air (5th generation CDMA)
- iPad (4th generation CDMA)
- iPad (4th generation GSM)
- iPad (4th generation WiFi)
- iPad mini (CDMA)
- iPad mini (GSM)
- iPad mini (WiFi)
- iPad mini 2 (WiFi + Cellular)
- iPad mini 2 (WiFi)
- iPad mini 2 (CDMA)
- iPad mini 3 (China)
- iPad mini 3 (WiFi)
- iPad mini 3 (Cellular)
- iPad 3 Wi-Fi (3rd generation)
- iPad 3 Wi-Fi + Cellular (GSM)
- iPad 3 Wi-Fi + Cellular (CDMA)
- iPad 2 Wi-Fi (Rev A)
- iPad 2 Wi-Fi
- iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G (GSM)
- iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G (CDMA)
- iPhone 5 (CDMA)
- iPhone 5 (GSM)
- iPhone 5c (CDMA)
- iPhone 5c (GSM)
- iPhone 5s (CDMA)
- iPhone 5s (GSM)
- iPhone 6
- iPhone 6 Plus
- iPhone 4s
- iPod touch (5th generation)
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