Oliver Haslam

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Oliver Haslam is a freelance writer from Sheffield, England. Twitter: @oliverjhaslam.

iPad Pro can update accessories’ firmware via Smart Connector

By Oliver Haslam • 6:29 pm, January 27, 2016

Logitech's Create case turns iPad Pro into workhorse. — Logitech's Create iPad Pro keyboard receives its first firmware update in a most unusual manner.
*Photo: Leander Kahney/Cult of Mac*

A Twitter user has shared surprising details of the first firmware update for Logitech’s Create iPad Pro keyboard, which he was prompted to install after grabbing the iOS 9.3 beta 2 seed.

The Logitech update appears to fix a nagging keyboard lag experienced by some users, but that’s not even the coolest part: It looks like the iOS beta pushed the firmware update to the Logitech Create through the iPad Pro’s Smart Connector.

iOS 9.3 beta 2 brings new goodies

By Oliver Haslam • 1:51 pm, January 25, 2016

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iOS 9.3 beta 2, now available for download. Image: Oliver Haslam - Cult of Mac — iOS 9.3 beta 2, now available for download.
*Image: Oliver Haslam/Cult of Mac*

Apple just seeded the latest build of iOS 9.3 to developers, with beta 2 now available to download via an over-the-air update on devices with either a current iOS 9.3 beta build installed or Apple’s developer profile configured.

The download, the third beta release of iOS 9.3 following beta 1 and the subsequent beta 1.1, doesn’t yet appear to be available via Apple’s online developer portal.