On two consecutive days Apple has released a few important patches. iOS 14.8.1 comes just a month after releasing iOS 14.8 for those who didn’t want to update their iPhones to iOS 15.
Apple advises users to update to iOS 15.1 and iPadOS 15.1 or iOS 14.8.1 and iPadOS 14.8.1 which can be done through the automatic update function or iTunes.