Apple iOS hit with Indian bug

CALIFORNIA – US tech giant Apple has faced a new bug in iOS 11.2.5, which effects iPhone messaging applications like iMessage, Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp.

The new bug itself involves sending an Indian language (Telugu) character to devices and crashes the messaging applications,

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Once the symbol is received the only way to recover access to iMessage is if another person sends you a message and you delete the other thread, containing the troublesome symbol.

Apple has confirmed the issue is fixed in the beta version of iOS 11.3 and said it's working on a wider fix to push out for the current version of iOS, according to The Verge.

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This is not the only issue to Apple's iOS 11 recently chaiOS bug has been found which could freeze an iPhone with a single link.