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Almost four months after release first beta version iOS 7.1 and three weeks after the last beta of the new version of the mobile operating system, iOS 7.1 is officially released to the general public. Five builds were needed by the company to release the final version, while the last sixth beta version did not bear the Golden Master label, so in the official version it is against beta 5 some news. The most interesting of them is CarPlay support, which will allow you to connect your phone to a supported car and bring the iOS environment to the dashboard.

C Apple already presented last week and announced cooperation with some car companies, for example Volvo, Ford or Ferrari. This feature will allow a special version of iOS to be transferred to the car's built-in touch screen when an iOS device is connected. In a way, this is the equivalent of AirPlay for motor vehicles. In this environment, you can control some functions and applications, for example music (including third-party audio applications), maps, messages, or perform commands via Siri. At the same time, Siri's capabilities do not end within iOS, but it can also control functions that are normally only available via physical buttons in the car.

It's herself Crab received a female version of the voice for British English, Australian English and Mandarin. Some languages ​​have also received an updated version of voice synthesis, which sounds much more natural than the first version of the digital assistant. What's more, iOS 7.1 will offer an alternative to launch Siri. You can now hold the Home button while you're talking and release to mark the end of a voice command. Normally, Siri recognizes the end of the command on its own and sometimes inaccurately ends listening prematurely.

Application Phone it already has changed buttons for starting a call, hanging up a call and a slider for picking up the phone by dragging it from earlier beta versions. The rectangle has become a circular button and a similar slider can also be seen when turning off the phone. The application has also seen minor changes Kalendář, where the ability to display events from the monthly overview has finally returned. In addition, the calendar also included national holidays.

Proposal Disclosure v Settings has several new options. Bold font can be set on the keyboard in the calculator as well as in other places in the system, movement restrictions now also apply to multitasking, Weather and News. The colors in the system can be darkened, the white point can be muted, and everyone who lacks buttons with a border can turn on shadow outlines.

Another series of minor modifications can be found in the system. For example, the visual design of the activated SHIFT and CAPS LOCK buttons on the keyboard has changed, as well as the BACKSPACE key has a different color scheme. The camera can turn on HDR automatically. Several new releases can also be found in iTunes Radio, but this is still unavailable for the Czech Republic. There is also an option to turn off the parallax background effect from the wallpaper menu.

However, the update is mainly one big bug fix. The performance of the iPhone 4, which was tragic on iOS 7, should improve significantly, and iPads should also see a minor increase in speed. With iOS 7.1, random device reboots, system freezes, and other ailments that frustrated users have also been greatly reduced. You can update either by connecting your device to iTunes or OTA from the menu Settings > General > Software Update. By the way, Apple promotes iOS 7.1 even on your site.

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