Ngemuva kwamasonto ambalwa kukhulunywa nge-API entsha i-Apple neGoogle abathuthukisa ngayo ukulwa nokutheleleka kweCoronavirus, I-Apple yethule iBeta yesithathu ye-iOS 13.5 ebandakanya okokuqala lolu hlelo olusha lokwazisa lokuchayeka ku-COVID-19.
I-Apple isivele ithatha izinyathelo zokuqala ukuhlanganisa uhlelo lokulandelela oxhumana nabo abangavela nabantu abane-COVID-19 futhi i-API isivele ifakiwe okokuqala kule Beta yesithathu ye-iOS 13.5. Yinguqulo engasebenzi kepha izosiza abathuthukisi balezo zinhlelo zokusebenza abazosebenzisa le API ukuqala ukuyihlola nokusiza ukuyithuthukisa. Khumbula lokho iziphathimandla zezempilo zomphakathi kuphela ezizokwazi ukufinyelela kulokhu kusebenza, futhi iqinisekisa njalo ubumfihlo bayo yonke idatha, engabandakanyi i-geolocation yomsebenzisi.
Ngaphezu kwalokhu kusebenza okusha, okwamanje okungasebenzi, i-Apple ithuthukise ukubonwa kobuso nokuvula uhlelo lwe-iPhone ngokugqoka imaski. I-Face ID ayikwazi ukukubona ngesifihla-buso, ayikuvumeli nokuthi ungeze ubuso bakho ugqoke le ndlela yokuvikela, futhi kuyabheda "ukukopela" uhlelo ngezindlela ezisakazeka ku-inthanethi ngoba konke esikufezayo ukunciphisa ukuphepha kohlelo, into engekho encomekayo. Manje, ukwenza ngcono ukuqashelwa, nini I-Face ID ithola ukuthi sigqoke imaski ngqo, isinikeza ithuba lokusebenzisa ukuvula ikhodi, ngaphandle kokulinda ukuthi uhlelo luhluleke.
Ngaphezu kwalezi zindaba ku-iOS 13.5 Beta 3, I-Apple yethule ama-Betas afanele we-watchOS, i-tvOS ne-macOS, kungekho zindaba zokuthi njengamanje kufanele ukubuyekezwa. Okwamanje asazi ukuthi izinguqulo zokugcina zalezi zibuyekezo zizokhishwa nini, okwamanje ezitholakalela onjiniyela kuphela.