January 28, 2013 - 22:36 AMT
Apple releases iOS 6.1 with extra LTE support

After five beta test versions, Apple released iOS 6.1, the first major update to iOS 6 since it was made public in September, CNET reports.

The software, which went out as an over the air update, and download through iTunes, brings a few new minor features, along with bug fixes.

Chief among the new features is 4G LTE support for more carriers, along with a feature that lets users purchase movie tickets from inside Siri using Fandango. Apple also returned the option for iTunes Match subscribers to download individual songs from iCloud, something that was quietly removed in a previous software release.

On the privacy side, the update also adds an option to reset Apple's advertising identifier option, the "non-permanent, non-personal, device identifier" feature added as part of iOS 6.