Apple Releases iOS 6.1 with Additional LTE Support

After five beta test versions, Apple released iOS 6.1, the first major update to iOS 6 since September. The software, which went out as an over-the-air update as well as a download through iTunes, brings a few new minor features, along with bug fixes. Chief among the new features is 4G LTE support for more carriers, along with a feature that lets users purchase movie tickets from Fandango after finding showtimes using Siri.

Apple also returned the option for iTunes Match subscribers to download individual songs from iCloud, something that was quietly removed in a previous software release. On the privacy side, the update also adds an option to reset Apple's advertising identifier option, the "non-permanent, non-personal, device identifier" feature added as part of iOS 6. Other, minor changes in iOS 6.1 include new boarding pass behavior in Apple's Passbook software, tweaks to Safari, reworked music playback controls from the lock screen, and a back-end change in Apple's mapping software.