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iOS 8.4 Public

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The public iOS 8.4 release launched Apple Music and its redesigned player, expanded iBooks and audiobooks, repaired visible system defects, and delivered a large security update.

Date
Jun 30, 2015
Availability
available
Revision
No

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  1. Introducing Apple Music — All The Ways You Love Music. All in One Place.

    Apple Newsroom · Apple · 2015-06-08T00:00:00.000Z · Apple Music Connect

  2. Introducing Apple Music — All The Ways You Love Music. All in One Place.

    Apple Newsroom · Apple · 2015-06-08T00:00:00.000Z · Apple Music Radio

  3. Introducing Apple Music — All The Ways You Love Music. All in One Place.

    Apple Newsroom · Apple · 2015-06-08T00:00:00.000Z · Apple Music worldwide debut

  4. Introducing Apple Music — All The Ways You Love Music. All in One Place.

    Apple Newsroom · Apple · 2015-06-08T00:00:00.000Z · Apple Music

  5. About the security content of iOS 8.4

    Apple Support · Apple · 2024-03-14T00:00:00.000Z · coreTLS — CVE-2015-4000

  6. About iOS 8 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-08T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 8.4 — Apple Music

  7. About iOS 8 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-08T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 8.4 — Connect

  8. About iOS 8 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-08T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 8.4 — iBooks improvements and fixes

  9. About iOS 8 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-08T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 8.4 — My Music and redesigned music player

  10. About iOS 8 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-08T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 8.4 — other improvements and bug fixes

  11. About iOS 8 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-08T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 8.4 — Radio

  12. About the security content of iOS 8.4

    Apple Support · Apple · 2024-03-14T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 8.4 security content

  13. About iOS 8 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-08T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 8.4

  14. About the security content of iOS 8.4

    Apple Support · Apple · 2024-03-14T00:00:00.000Z · Mail — CVE-2015-3710

Release changes

Changed in this release

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

enhancement · changed

iBooks audiobooks and library improvements

documentedconfirmed

Users could browse, download, and play audiobooks inside iBooks, use a dedicated Now Playing view, manage series and preorders, and benefit from documented layout, font, theme, purchase, and iCloud fixes.

  1. [1] About iOS 8 Updates · iOS 8.4 — iBooks improvements and fixes

security · fixed

Logjam TLS downgrade protection

documentedconfirmed

Apple addressed CVE-2015-4000, known as Logjam, by increasing the default minimum ephemeral Diffie-Hellman key size from 512 to 768 bits.

  1. [1] About the security content of iOS 8.4 · coreTLS — CVE-2015-4000

bugFix · fixed

Unicode, GPS accessory, and Watch app fixes

documentedconfirmed

Apple corrected three itemized system defects involving a specific Unicode sequence, location information from GPS accessories, and removed Apple Watch apps returning unexpectedly.

  1. [1] About iOS 8 Updates · iOS 8.4 — other improvements and bug fixes

feature · changed

Redesigned Music player and library

documentedconfirmed

My Music brought purchases, Apple Music additions, and playlists together, while the redesigned player added Recently Added, MiniPlayer, and Up Next.

  1. [1] About iOS 8 Updates · iOS 8.4 — My Music and redesigned music player

security · fixed

Mail HTML content replacement restriction

documentedconfirmed

Apple addressed CVE-2015-3710 by limiting HTML email behavior that could refresh a viewed message with content from an arbitrary webpage.

  1. [1] About the security content of iOS 8.4 · Mail — CVE-2015-3710