Apple Publicly Released watchOS 6.1 And macOS Catalina 10.15.1

Apple today publicly released macOS Catalina 10.15.1 and watchOS 6.1. Users can now update to the macOS 10.15.1 via the Software Update feature located in System Preferences, and watchOS 6.1 over-the-air by going to the Settings app on your Apple Watch, and then General > Software Update.


macOS Catalina 10.15.1 introduced support for AMD Navi RDNA eGPU architecture and made some changes to the Photos app, for example, the ability to view file names in the All Photos view in Photos. There is a few additions included in the Home app, such as HomeKit Secure Video, which enables you to privately capture, store, and view encrypted video from your security cameras, the HomeKit enabled routers that taking over your home internet, and more.

It also includes the new Siri privacy settings, where a new splash screen will prompt you if you want to help improve Siri by allowing Apple to process and evaluate your audio clips. In addition, macOS 10.15.1 introduced the new emoji that are also available in iOS 13.2, as well as the support for AirPods Pro.

When it comes to watchOS 6.1, Apple did not add any exciting new features, aside from introducing the support for AirPods Pro and brings watchOS 6 to Apple Watch Series 1 and Series 2 models.

Here is the release note for the macOS Catalina 10.5.1:
The macOS Catalina 10.15.1 update includes updated and additional emoji, support for AirPods Pro, HomeKit Secure Video, HomeKit enabled routers, and new Siri privacy settings, as well as bug fixes and improvements.

Emoji
- Over 70 new or updated emoji, including animals, food, activities, new accessibility emoji, gender neutral emoji, and skin tones selection for couple emoji

AirPods
- Introduces support for AirPods Pro

Home app
- HomeKit Secure Video enables you to privately capture, store, and view encrypted video from your security cameras and features people, animal, and vehicle detection- HomeKit enabled routers let you control how your HomeKit accessories communicate over the internet or in your home
- Adds support for AirPlay 2-enabled speakers in scenes and automations

Siri
-Privacy settings to control whether or not to help improve Siri and Dictation by allowing Apple to store audio of your Siri and Dictation interactions- Option to delete your Siri and Dictation history from Siri Settings

This update also includes the following bug fixes and improvements:
- Restores the ability to view file names in the All Photos view in Photos- Restores the ability to filter by favorites, photos, videos, edited, and keywords in Days view in Photos
- Fixes an issue where Messages would only send a single notification when the option to repeat alerts was enabled
- Resolves an issue that caused Contacts to launch to the previously opened contact instead of the contact list
- Adds a two-finger swipe gesture for back navigation in Apple News
- Resolves issues that may occur in the Music app when displaying playlists inside folders and newly added songs in the Songs list
- Improves reliability of migrating iTunes library databases into the Music, Podcasts, and TV apps
- Fixes an issue where downloaded titles were not visible in the Downloads folder in the TV app
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