Apple has just released iOS 6.1. The update is currently available over the air and should be available on iTunes soon as well.
iOS 6.1 brings LTE support for more carriers (as announced by Apple at the latest earnings call), ability to purchase movie tickets in the US with Siri and Fandango, and a feature to download songs from iTunes Match individually using iCloud.
You can now go get the update on your device by going to Settings, General, Software Update on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad, or via iTunes.
Here is the complete list of carriers now supporting LTE -
- USA: Alaska Communications, Alaska GCI, Bluegrass Cellular, C Spire, Cellcom, Pioneer Cellular
- Canada: MTS, Sasktel
- Puerto Rico: Claro, Open Mobile
- Croatia: T-Mobile, VIPNet
- Denmark: 3, Telenor, Telia
- Finland: DNA, Elisa, Sonera
- Greece: Cosmote
- Hungary: T-Mobile
- Italy: 3, TIM, Vodafone
- Kuwait: Zain
- Luxembourg: Tango
- Philippines: Globe, SMART
- Portugal: Optimus, TMN, Vodafone
- Saudi Arabia: Mobily, Zain
- South Africa: Vodacom
- Switzerland: Swisscom
- UAE: DU, Etisalat
iOS 6.1 direct download links (Courtesy of MacStories) -
- iPhone 3GS
- iPhone 4 GSM
- iPhone 4 CDMA
- iPhone 4S
- iPhone 5,1 (model A1428, AT&T/Canada)
- iPhone 5,2 (model A1429, all others)
- iPad 2 (also iPad 2 AT&T and iPad 2 Verizon)
- iPad2,4 (32nm 16GB iPad 2)
- iPod touch 4th gen
- iPod touch 5th gen
- iPad 3 WiFi
- iPad 3 CDMA (3,2)
- iPad 3 Global (3,3)
- iPad 4th gen (3,4)
- iPad 4th gen GSM (3,5)
- iPad 4th gen CDMA (3,6)
- iPad mini (2,5)
- iPad mini GSM (2,6)
- iPad mini CDMA (2,7)
Apple TV links (software version 5.2.)
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