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Foreign users recently discovered that when typing “Jerusalem” on an iPhone, the Palestinian flag Emoji symbol popped up in the input method, which caused a lot of controversy and discussion. Apple officials also urgently clarified that this error will be corrected in the subsequent iOS 17 update. .
iOS 17.4.1 Enters Jerusalem’s Jumping Palestinian Flag Controversy
After Apple released the iOS 17.4.1 update, some netizens discovered on the social platform Just started, this phenomenon did not occur in the old version of iOS before.
The current war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic organization Hamas has also caused many users to suspect that Apple has an anti-Israel stance, including British TV host Larry (Rachel Riley) issued an article condemning Apple. This issue will once again trigger the debate on whether Israel or Palestine has the right to claim Jerusalem as the capital, and requires Apple to come forward and explain.
Apple declares Palestinian flag emoji a system bug
foreign media CNN We also further confirmed to Apple that Apple’s external spokesperson also stated that the Palestinian flag emoji suggestion will appear when typing Jerusalem on the iPhone keyboard. This is a system error and is not a deliberate behavior. The repair method is currently being studied and will be included in the next iOS 17 update. Fix this issue.
Update: Apple has fixed the Palestinian flag emoji bug in iOS 17.5 Beta 2.
Foreign media believe that this may be an error caused by machine learning technology. Apple mainly uses text analysis of millions of users to judge and recommend emojis. This is why after the iOS 17.4.1 system update, it also caused machine learning adjustments to jump out of this error. An oolong incident occurred.
The history of the Jerusalem area is also quite complicated. Israel occupied East Jerusalem and other areas in 1967 and later annexed it as part of Jerusalem to unify the city as its capital; although most of the international community recognizes East Jerusalem as Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory. , but Israel regards Jerusalem as its undivided capital.
It was not until 2017 that the administration of former US President Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, reversing decades of US foreign policy.
Some users have also discovered ghost touch issues on Apple Watch S9 and Apple Watch Ultra. Now they are also appearing on older Apple Watch models. Even if there is no finger touch, it will cause clutter on the Apple Watch screen. Apple also shared the latest memo with authorized repair centers, which reminds Apple Watch S7, S8 and Ultra 1 generations to also experience ghost problems. If users encounter such problems, they can tell them to wait for subsequent watchOS new system updates to correct them.
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