Apple releases iOS 15.5 with enhancements to Apple Cash and Podcasts app

Apple on Monday released iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5 to the public following the release of the RC build last week. The update doesn’t bring significant changes, but it does improve the Apple Cash and Podcasts app.

iOS 15.5 new features

Apple says that iOS 15.5 makes enhancements to Apple Cash, with support for more easily requesting and sending money from the Apple Cash card in the Wallet app. There’s also a new feature in Apple Podcasts to help preserve your iPhone’s storage space and some bug fixes for HomeKit. 

Here are the full release notes for iOS 15.5 according to Apple: 

iOS 15.5 includes the following improvements and bug fixes:

• Wallet now enables Apple Cash customers to send and request money from their Apple Cash card
• Apple Podcasts includes a new setting to limit episodes stored on your iPhone and automatically delete older ones
• Fixes an issue where home automations, triggered by people arriving or leaving, may fail

Here are some other changes in iOS 15.5 we’ve spotted so far, not mentioned in Apple’s release notes: 

• iOS 15.5 beta 1 changes and features: Wallet updates & handy new HomePod feature [Video]
• iOS 15.5 includes support for apps with external purchases
• iOS 15.5 hints at Bancomat and Bancontact on Apple Pay
• Apple to rebrand iTunes Pass in Wallet app with iOS 15.5
• iOS 15.5 beta blocks ‘Sensitive Locations’ for Memories in Photos app

You can update your devices by going to the Settings app, then General > Software Update. Check out Apple’s website for more details about the security patches included with iOS 15.5.

It’s unclear whether this update will be the last before the first iOS 16 beta, which should arrive shortly after WWDC 2022 in June.