iOS 12.1 coming October 30 with the FaceTime group, support for dual SIM card and hotfix "beautygate"

In anticipation of its big iPad Pro and Mac event, Apple has announced that iOS 12.1 will be released tomorrow. This is the first significant update for iOS 12 and includes the Group FaceTime feature that has been removed from the original release. The FaceTime group allows you to chat simultaneously with up to 32 people per video and supports stickers, video filters and Animoji / Memoji. The feature has been retained for iOS 12.0, but apparently it is now ready for use. Each person's video bubble enlarges each time she speaks during a call.

iOS 12.1 also adds dual SIM support for iPhone XS and XR, so you can have two lines running on the same phone. One line will use your physical SIM card, the other using eSIM technology. (Apple has implemented a useful tutorial to enable Dual SIM functionality.)

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Apple does not mention it in its press release, but the company had already confirmed The edge iOS 12.1 should solve the "beautygate" problem on the iPhone XS and XR. Shortly after the launch of the XS, users began to complain about what they perceived as a skin smoothing in their selfie photos. Since then, Apple said it was a bug and it happened, because the camera chooses the wrong shot as a main frame "Smart HDR".

Speaking of the camera, iOS 12.1 will allow iPhone XS / XR owners to adjust the depth of field / bokeh in the live preview of a portrait – not just after by taking it.

And finally, as usual, Apple includes a multitude of new emoji in the update. There are more than 70 in total, including the controversial emoji bagel, as well as "new characters with red, gray and curly hair, a new emoji for the bald, more emotional smileys and additional emoji representing animals. , sports and food. "The new emoji will also come on watchOS and macOS via software updates on these platforms.

With iOS 12, Apple has put a special focus on improving performance and acceleration of things on iPhones and iPads supported. This version has been well received by users. IOS 12.1 should improve this situation thanks to multi-person video discussions, the flexibility of the dual SIM card and the fixed selfies of its latest smartphones.

The announcement of this announcement by Apple suggests that the event concerning the products of tomorrow will be rather busy. The edge will cover all live announcements from Brooklyn.