One week after Apple’s spring new product launch, Apple started to push the latest Apple iOS 14.5/iPadOS 14.5 official version this morning, the version number is 18E199, which is the same as last week’s iOS 14.5 RC preview version. Unanimous .
According to Apple, iOS 14.5 includes the option to unlock the iPhone through Apple Watch when wearing a mask. It adds support for AirTag, supports separate selection of different skin colors for couple emojis, and App tracking transparency allows you to control which apps are available in other companies’ apps And tracking your activity in the website.
The following is the update:
Unlock iPhone via Apple Watch
- When trying to use Face ID while wearing a mask, you can unlock iPhone X and later models through Apple Watch Series 3 and later models
AirTag and “Find”
- Support to track and find your important items such as keys, wallets and backpacks in a private and safe way in the “Find” App through AirTag
- “Precision Find” uses the ultra-wideband technology provided by the U1 chip on the iPhone 11 and iPhone 12 models to direct you to the nearby AirTag using visual, auditory and tactile feedback
- Can be positioned by playing sound through AirTag’s built-in speaker
- “Find” network can help you find AirTag through hundreds of millions of devices, even if it is not nearby
- “Lost Mode” can notify you when AirTag is found, you can also enter a contact phone number
Emoticons
- Supports individual selection of skin color for each person in all kissing couple emoji and love couple emoji
- Added facial emojis, love emojis, and female emojis with long beards
Siri
- When wearing AirPods or compatible Beats earphones, you can use Siri to announce calls and callers, and you can also answer them without hands.
- Support for Siri to make a FaceTime call to a group of contacts or “message” group names to initiate a FaceTime group chat
- Allow Siri to call emergency contacts
privacy
- App tracking transparency allows you to control which apps can track your activities in other companies’ apps and websites to provide advertisements or share with data agencies
Apple Music
- Share your favorite lyrics via “message”, Facebook and Instagram snapshots, and subscribers can play the clips in “message” without leaving the conversation
- City rankings show popular music in major cities
podcast
- The “Program Page” of “Podcasts” has been redesigned to make it easier for you to start listening
- The option to store and download episodes can automatically add episodes to the “library” for quick access
- Download behavior and notification settings can be customized for each program
- Popular categories in “Leaderboards” and “Search” can help you discover new shows
5G improvements
- Smart data mode improvements deeply optimize the use of 5G networks on iPhone 12 models, bringing better battery life and data usage experience
- 5G international roaming can be used on iPhone 12 models through supported operators
map
- Report accidents, dangerous road conditions or road constructions along the way through Siri on the iPhone or CarPlay
- The time of arrival (ETA) can be shared not only while driving, but also while cycling or walking: let Siri share it for you, or tap the route card at the bottom of the screen, and then tap “Share Arrival Time”
Reminder
- Reminders can be sorted by “Title”, “Priority”, “Due Date” or “Created Date”
- Added option to print reminder list
translation
- Long press the play button to adjust the playback speed of the translation
play games
- Support Xbox Series X|S wireless controller or Sony PS5 DualSense wireless controller
CarPlay
- When driving, you can use the new Siri or keyboard control in CarPlay to easily share the arrival time in Apple’s “Map”
This update also fixes the following issues:
- In some cases, the information at the bottom of the dialogue may be obscured by the keyboard
- Deleted information may still appear in the “spotlight” search
- “Message” may have been unable to send text in some conversations
- Some users can load new emails in “Mail” only after restarting the device
- Incoming call blocking and identification may not be displayed in the “Phone” settings
- iCloud tabs may not appear in the Safari browser
- iCloud Keychain may not turn off
- Reminders created through Siri may accidentally be set to the early morning hours
- The battery health report system will recalibrate the maximum battery capacity and peak performance capacity of iPhone 11 models to solve the problem of inaccurate battery health report estimates encountered by some users (https://support.apple.com/HT212247)
- Optimized to reduce the low light that may appear when the black background is displayed in low brightness on the iPhone 12 model
- AirPods’ “Auto Switch” sends audio to the wrong device
- AirPods “Auto Switch” notification may not be displayed or displayed repeatedly
To learn about the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222
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