iOS 8.1.2 update : all you should know

Earlier this month, Apple rolled out an iOS 8.1.2 update to its iOS 8 powered iPads including the iPad Air, iPad mini, iPad 2, and others. Today, we want to take a look at what you need to know about the iPad iOS 8.1.2 update, a small but important update that’s currently available to those that own the iPad mini 3, iPad Air 2, iPad Air, iPad mini 2, iPad 4, iPad 3, iPad 2, or iPad mini.

In September, Apple took the stage to announce the iOS 8.0 release date for iPhone and iPad. The company pegged it for mid-September, just ahead of the iPhone 6 release and right on cue, the company delivered to iPhone and iPad users of all shapes in sizes.

For some iPad users, iOS 8 was the first major update to land for their device. Devices like the iPad Air and the iPad mini 2 arrived with iOS 7 stock making iOS 8 their first major upgrade. For many others, iOS 8 was one of many. For instance, iOS 8 represents the fourth major update for the iPad 2, the second-gen iPad that arrived back in 2011.

iOS 8 brought a ton of new features to the iPad including Continuity and others. As we soon found out, it also delivered iOS 8 problems to owners of every single iPad variant.

For the past three months, Apple’s been working to correct these iOS 8 problems through a series of iOS 8 updates. First there was iOS 8.0.1. Then, a day later, Apple pushed out iOS 8.0.2. Shortly after that, Apple released a massive bug fix update in the form of iOS 8.1. The company wasn’t finished. Days later, it released iOS 8.1.1 and it was soon followed by the most recent iOS 8 update, iOS 8.1.2. iOS 8.1.2, like iOS 8.1.1, is a small bug fix update for iPad users.

Apple’s iOS 8 track record has some people nervous about making the move to iOS 8.1.2. It doesn’t help that there are iPad users complaining about perceived iOS 8.1.2 problems. With all of that in mind, we want to take a final, detailed look at the iPad iOS 8.1.2 update as we head into the holidays and into the new year.