Apple updates provide additional support for YouTube, Facebook, Skype apps

With recent updates for iOS apps for YouTube, Facebook and Skype, Apple has moved to provide additional support to work with Apple's new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, Tech Times reported.

While most iOS apps earlier received updates to ensure compatibility with the latest iOS 8 mobile operating system, these new updates provide compatibility to the new iPhones.

Version 2.13 of the YouTube app is an update providing complete support for both the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus.

The latest version of the YouTube app also comes with a bug fix for the app's status bar overlapping the UI and issues with the orientation of the keyboard.

Before this latest update, there was much frustration among users over keyboards that were displayed in landscape orientation while the user was trying to input search terms in the app's portrait orientation.

Additionally, the update also makes it easier to scrub through videos as the app was more responsive. Users also gain the option to be able to see all the saved playlists when a video was added to them.

The YouTube app download has a size of 20.4MB.

Meanwhile, Apple unveiled its new line of products on Thursday, which included a thinner iPad offering customers the ability to unlock the device and purchase items with their fingerprints, Bloomberg reported.

The iPad Air 2 has a 6.1 millimeters thick screen - thinner than a pencil and around 20 per cent more slender than the first generation iPad Air.

The new device, priced $499 for a 16-GB wireless model, features a faster processor, better cameras and fingerprint reading feature Touch ID.

The iPhone maker also showcased its new iPad Mini 3 with Touch ID, starting $399 for a 16-GB wireless device.

Orders opened for the iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 star yesterday. Both devices would start shipping next week.

According to analysts, the new features would be enough for Apple to hold onto its position as a market leader in tablets.

Around 37 per cent of US households owned an Apple tablet in the first quarter, as against 16 per cent with an Amazon tablet and 14 per cent with a Samsung tablet, research and consulting firm Parks Associates said.

Around 10,000 US households were involved in the survey.

The iPad Air 2's faster processor and Touch ID could also be enough to convince owners of older iPads to buy new tablets, which had been a major challenge for Apple, as also makers of other tablets, as not much other than the weight and size of the devices had changed since their introduction.