New versions of macOS Catalina 10.15.1 and watchOS 6.1 they arrived a few hours ago for all users officially and now we can enjoy each and every one of the news that is incorporated into them. The new versions are available with several improvements and one of the highlights is that watchOS 6.1 is compatible with all Apple watches except the first generation.
In this way the circle is closed and we have before us all the versions available to update the equipment, yes, with the exception of the HomePod that added problems and Apple ended up eliminating it. On the other hand we have no news about the possible new 16-inch MacBook Pro, Mac Pro and other devices that it was rumored they could arrive today.
In any case, the important thing is that these versions are already available to all users and interesting improvements are added to them, for example in macOS Catalina 10.15.1 with all these improvements that Apple adds in its notes:
The macOS Catalina 10.15.1 update includes new and updated emojis, AirPods Pro support, HomeKit Secure Video, HomeKit-compatible routers, and new Siri privacy settings, plus bug fixes and other enhancements.
Also added improvements in the Home App for Mac:
- The “HomeKit Secure Video” feature allows you to privately record, save and view encrypted videos recorded by your security cameras, and it has detection of the presence of people, animals and vehicles.
- HomeKit-compatible routers allow you to control how your HomeKit accessories communicate over the internet or at home and support AirPlay 2 speakers in environments and automations.
Siri also receives several news:
- Privacy settings to control whether or not you want to help improve Siri and Dictation by allowing Apple to store the audio of your interactions with Siri and Dictation.
- Option to delete your Siri and Dictation usage history in Siri settings.
This update also includes the following improvements and bug fixes:
- Restoration of the ability to view file names in Photos "All Photos" view.
- Restoration of the ability to filter by favorites, photos, videos, edited items and keywords in the Days of Photos view.
- Fixed an issue that caused Messages to only send a single notification even if the option to repeat notifications was enabled.
- Fixed an issue where opening Contacts would display the last contact that was opened instead of the contact list.
- Fixes for Music app issues when displaying playlists within folders and newly added songs in the Songs list.
- Improved reliability of iTunes library database migration to Music, Podcasts, and TV apps.
- Fixed an issue that caused downloaded titles to not be visible in the Downloads folder of the TV app.
A good handful of news that we can say are really important. Now it's time to update so let's get to it.