An iPhone with the new Siri animation
Apple’s first software releases of 2025 have arrived, with updates for iOS and iPadOS 18.2.1 serving as bug-fix releases.
Following the holidays, Monday served as the first opportunity for Apple to release updates for its operating systems. For this incarnation, it turned out to be for iOS and iPadOS.
The updates for iOS 18.2.1 and iPadOS 18.2.1 both have build number 22C161.
They arrive just under a month after Apple released iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2 to the public on December 11. That release included graphical changes such as Image Playground for Apple Intelligence, as well as Genmoji, and for iPhone 16 users, Visual Intelligence, among other features.
The 18.2.1 update is not a feature release version, and is much smaller in scope. Apple’s release notes simply inform users that it consists of bug fixes that all users should install.
There do not seem to be updates available for the Apple Watch, macOS, Apple TV, Apple Vision Pro, nor HomePod at this time.
To manually install the update, users must open Settings then select General, followed by Software Update. If the update is available, select it and follow the prompts.
It may not be the only build Apple offers this week. It is expected to reach the second build of the current developer beta program, which includes iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3.
