*** The Official iOS 14 Thread ***

[Broken Hope]

26th is the deadline for apps to support the new app tracking stuff so any time after then.

 

[uvarvu]

iOS/iPadOS 14.6 and watchOS 7.5 went up on public beta. Features aren’t known yet.

 

[Philtor]

iOS 14.5 is available now

 

[Feek]

Finally! Downloading now.

 

[Richy888]

Finally! Downloading now.

Coming from Samsung last year I’m not really used to these timely updates

 

[Squink]

No apps asking if I want to allow use of advertising id after the update. Am I missing something?

 

[Broken Hope]

No apps asking if I want to allow use of advertising id after the update. Am I missing something?

It's disabled by default as far as I know and also apps have to be updated for it, which after today they require it.

Check under privacy and tracking.

 

[Squink]

It's disabled by default as far as I know and also apps have to be updated for it, which after today they require it.

Check under privacy and tracking.

It is disabled like you said - does that mean by default apps are prevented from tracking you or that a user has to toggle the option first in order to see the ‘deny tracking’ option when they subsequently open an app?

 

[Spleen Sauce]

It is disabled like you said - does that mean by default apps are prevented from tracking you or that a user has to toggle the option first in order to see the ‘deny tracking’ option when they subsequently open an app?

If it's disabled then Apps can't even request the device identifier, so they're prevented from tracking.

 

[beachBOYken]

It's disabled by default as far as I know and also apps have to be updated for it, which after today they require it.

Check under privacy and tracking.

It's not disabled, I guess as you say apps require an update or something or future apps you install will ask permission to track.

I checked under tracking and its enabled, "apps must request permission to track"


Also I can't find any report incidents in apple maps, is this only certain regions?

 

[ChrisD.]

Looks like the update has bricked my work iPhone XR.

 

[b0rn2sk8]

The new face mask unlock seems to work fine.

 

[ChrisD.]

Looks like the update has bricked my work iPhone XR.

I had to use the DFU method and iTunes to restore it.

 

[Squink]

Once again, Apple have released a software update for the Apple Watch that is too large to install on my series 3, even though the watch has nothing extra installed on it. The same thing happened with the last major watch update and I had to go through the rigmarole of backing it up, wiping it and reinstalling from scratch, which took several hours. All because Apple underspecced the ram on the Series 3 in the first place.

 

[Raymond Lin]

Take that Book of Face!

 

[RockLobster]

Take that Book of Face!

Facebook isn’t listed as an app which tracks on my phone? So why are they kicking off.

 

[Squink]

Facebook isn’t listed as an app which tracks on my phone? So why are they kicking off.

Facebook are exceptionally greedy for data and they are definitely tracking pretty much everything about you that it’s possible for them to harvest.

 

[Broken Hope]

Also I can't find any report incidents in apple maps, is this only certain regions?

Maps users in the US and China can now safely and easily report an accident, hazard, or speed check along their route by telling Siri on iPhone or CarPlay.

 

[beachBOYken]

Ah I hope it comes here.

 

[englishpremier]

Just upgraded to 14.5 immediately I noticed that my display is about 20-30% lower in brightness despite the brightness being turned up full. Turning True Tone off or on makes no difference. The brightness bar does nothing from about 40-100%.

iPhone mini 12.