Apple comments on iOS 8 unicode crash bug, fix in the works

Earlier today, we posted about the iOS bug that caused the Messages app to crash, potentially rebooting your iPhone.

Rene Ritchie, reporting for iMore:

The bug occurs when your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch (which runs a variant of iOS 8) receives a message containing the specific string of Unicode characters. Because the specific string can’t be rendered, the app crashes or the system restarts.

Rene posted this response from Apple:

We are aware of an iMessage issue caused by a specific series of unicode characters and we will make a fix available in a software update.

Interesting that the bug impacts the Apple Watch, too.