Yesterday was keynote day and as a good post-presentation hangover day, we begin to know more new arrivals and hidden advertisements under press releases and landings from Apple. Although we expected a pseudo-official presentation of iOS 14.5 in the keynote, Tim Cook's team only highlighted the significant advancement of iOS and iPadOS 14 at the software level, in addition to the power of macOS Big Sur on the Mac. However, iOS 14.5 is one of the biggest updates to date that includes very important news for the user. In a press release Apple has announced the release of iOS 14.5 next week.
iOS 14.5: the biggest update to iOS 14 to date
The betas of this update have been with us for several months. Over the last few weeks, the number of betas for developers has increased with the aim of polishing all the news and being able to launch the most refined version possible. Just yesterday the Release Candidate version which is the almost definitive version of iOS 14.5 unless serious errors are found. The publication of this update for developers gives us a glimpse that Apple wants to release iOS 14.5 as soon as possible.
In fact, we know that Apple plans to release iOS 14.5 next week thanks to some clarifications in the press releases of the products presented yesterday:
Listeners will be able to access the improved search tab with top categories and lists, new show and episode pages with the Smart Play button, and saved episodes on iOS 14.5, iPadOS 14.5, and macOS 11.3. Saved episodes are also available on watchOS 7.4 and tvOS 14.5. These software updates will be available next week.
In this case, the press release corresponds to the news integrated into the Apple Podcasts ecosystem with the new design and new subscription functionalities. These features will only be available with new updates for all Apple systems. In addition to this novelty, the update will bring other very interesting ones that we break down below:
- Support for initializing AirTags
- Unlocking iPhone using Apple Watch
- Arrival of App Tracking Transparency, Apple's privacy firewall for the user
- New emojis
- Ability to change Siri's voice
- Modify the default playback service