Release appearance

iOS 15.4.1 Public

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Recorded context

About this appearance

iOS 15.4.1 reached the public release channel on March 31, 2022. iOS 15.4.1 was a corrective update for battery drain and accessibility-device behavior, with an urgent media-decoder security fix. This article records the public appearance only and does not attribute cumulative notes to an earlier beta.

Date
Mar 31, 2022
Availability
available
Revision
No

Release notes

What changed

Original editorial synthesis. Linked references appear with the claims they support and in the source ledger.

Public release

Apple’s dated release record places iOS 15.4.1 on March 31, 2022. This article records that public appearance only and does not assign the cumulative version notes to any preceding beta.[1][2]

What changed

The release addressed battery depletion after iOS 15.4, Braille-device responsiveness, and Made for iPhone hearing-device connectivity.[1][2]

Source ledger

References

Sources are linked to the claims they support. Publication and access dates are shown when available.

  1. About the security content of iOS 15.4.1 and iPadOS 15.4.1

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-10-31T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 15.4.1 and iPadOS 15.4.1 — Released March 31, 2022

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  2. About iOS 15 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-05-28T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 15.4.1

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  3. About the security content of iOS 15.4.1 and iPadOS 15.4.1

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-10-31T00:00:00.000Z · AppleAVD — CVE-2022-22675

Release changes

Changed in this release

Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.

bugFix · fixed

Braille and hearing-device reliability

documentedconfirmed

The update improved reliability for affected accessibility peripherals.

  1. [1] About iOS 15 Updates · iOS 15.4.1

bugFix · fixed

Post-update battery drain

documentedconfirmed

iOS 15.4.1 corrected the documented battery-drain regression.

  1. [1] About iOS 15 Updates · iOS 15.4.1