iOS 8.3 Adds Emoji, Touch ID Glitch

Apple this week released iOS 8.3(Opens in a new window) with a host of fixes for things like messages and Wi-Fi, though some are reporting trouble with Touch ID.

According to reports(Opens in a new window), those who upgrade to iOS 8.3 cannot use Touch ID to make App Store purchases. PCMag’s Eric Griffith noticed the glitch after upgrading his iPhone 6. “I thought I had screwed up a setting, but I checked, and Touch ID is definitely enabled for app purchases,” he said.

Something similar happened with the disastrous iOS 8.0.1, though that killed Touch ID entirely, as well as cellular service, prompting a quick recall by Apple.

Other updates in iOS 8.3, meanwhile, include fixes for screen orientation (not rotating back to portrait after being in landscape mode, for example) and Wi-Fi (getting disconnected intermittently).

Apple says it has also fixed a bug whereby group messages sometime split, or people couldn’t forward or delete individual messages. Going forward, you can also now report junk messages directly from the Messages app and filter out messages that are sent from someone not in your contacts.

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When sending those messages, meanwhile, you’ll now see a redesigned emoji keyboard with more than 300 new characters.

Other new additions in iOS 8.3:

• Additional language and country support for Siri: English (India, New Zealand), Danish (Denmark), Dutch (Netherlands), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian (Russia), Swedish (Sweden), Thai (Thailand), Turkish (Turkey)
• Italic and Underline format options for iPhone 6 Plus landscape keyboard
• The ability to remove shipping and billing addresses used with Apple Pay
• Improved pronunciation of street names during turn-by-turn navigation in Maps
• Fixes an issue that prevented autocorrecting “FYI”
• Fixes an issue where selecting Clear History and Website Data in Safari Settings did not clear all data
• Addresses an issue where Slide to Unlock could fail to work on certain devices