Apple releases an update to iOS 14. Already.
AppleApple’s iOS 14 has been updated after just eight days. Eight days!
The new update is pretty small – just 170MB for me, so just five minutes to download, and is very much focused on bug fixes.
Well, you can tell that from the new numbering – iOS 14.0.1 is about as close as you can get to iOS 14 without bumping into it. Here’s all you need to know.
At the end of this post there’s Apple’s complete changelog of what’s new.
How to get it
It’s now available to download on compatible iPhones, with iPadOS 14.0.1 for suitable iPads. Compatibility for the phones starts with the iPhone 6s, including iPhone SE first and current editions, plus the seventh-generation iPod touch. For iPads, you’re good if you have any iPad Pro, iPad Air 2, and third-generation plus the new fourth-gen iPad Air coming in October, iPad mini 4 or newer and iPad from fifth generation onwards.
When you’re ready to update to the latest version, just go to the Settings app on the device and then choose General, then Software Update. Once you’ve clicked on Download and Install, it’ll do its business and you’ll be golden again before you know it.
What’s in the update?
There have been relatively few issues with iOS 14, at least compared to last year’s iOS 13 release. This is the very first iOS which lets you choose your own default browser and mail settings. If you’ve seen an issue where the default browser and mail settings reset after restarting your iPhone, this update is here to fix it. It also sorts an issue that prevented camera previews from displaying on, specifically, iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. If your iPhone wouldn’t connect to wi-fi networks, which is certainly annoying, this update aims to fix that.
Some users have said that they’d found problems sending emails with particular email providers and that should be sorted out by this update.
Finally, if you’ve spotted that images wouldn’t appear in the News widget, you shouldn’t have that problem any more.
Previous iOS 14 updates
The first version of iOS 14 was released on September 16, 2020.
The Home Screen added Widgets – smart app icons with changing information – on the home screen, revealed an App Gallery to help sort where your apps sit and added Compact Designs. These mean that Siri just sits at the bottom of the screen instead of taking it over completely while calls coming in will be announced just at the top of the screen.
App Clips are something completely new. If you need something an app delivers but really don’t have time to download the whole app, register, set up an account, verify your credentials and so on, then App Clips can help. They’ll work well with something like a parking app, say, when you’re next to the meter and short on time. Instead, you’ll scan the QR code, or tap the NFC tag, on the meter. App Clips downloads just the bit of the app you need and since you log in through Apple, all those things like payment details are sorted, too. This could be amazing as more apps come on stream.
The Messages app is now more capable, so you can now pin conversations you want to find easily at the top of the list, new Memoji options and better layouts for replies.
Maps has been improved, as on the Apple Watch, by the addition of cycle routes, routing for electric vehicles, edited guides to find new restaurants and more.
Translate is designed to make it easy to translate conversations in real time across 11 modes. You can even do this offline, which should save data costs when you’re traveling.
The Weather app can show you how much it’s going to rain in the next hour as well as advising on severe weather events.
New Accessibility features include Back Tap which lets you configure shortcuts when you tap on the back of the iPhone in a particular way.
AirPods Pro get in on the action, too, thanks to extra features which appear on the earbuds when your iPhone has moved to iOS 14. These include Spatial Audio so you can have a surround-sound effect as you watch a movie, say, and seamless device switching. More details here.
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Apple full changelog follows.
This update includes bug fixes for your iPhone.
- Fixes an issue that could cause default browser and mail settings to reset after restarting your iPhone
- Addresses an issue that could prevent camera previews from displaying on iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus
- Fixes an issue that could prevent your iPhone from connecting to Wi-Fi networks
- Resolves an issue that could prevent sending email with some mail providers
- Addresses an issue that could prevent images from appearing in the News widget
For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website: support.apple.com/kb/HT201222
The Link LonkSeptember 25, 2020 at 03:00AM
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