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Apple stops signing iOS 16.5.1 after iOS 16.6 rollout, but users still expect a crucial bug fix

August 1, 2023

Via: BGR

With iOS 16.6 now available, Apple stopped signing iOS 16.5.1. With that, you can no longer downgrade to older iOS 16 build versions. But if you are experiencing any bugs or unreliability, iOS 15.7.8 is still available for devices that are compatible with iOS 15.

While it’s typical for Apple to stop signing older iOS builds around a week after releasing a new software update, this time, iPhone users who updated their devices to iOS 16.6 discovered a Screen Time issue.

According to The Wall Street Journal, after updating to iOS 16.6, parents couldn’t set restrictions on their kids’ devices. That said, imagine if you added a one-hour period of social media usage. After that period, a message wouldn’t appear locking all those social media apps on your kids’ devices, meaning they could keep using Instagram, for example.

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