Apple launches iOS 14.5: Unlock iPhone while wearing a mask, App Tracking Transparency security and many new upgrades
- Tram Ho
After a nearly 3-month trial period, Apple has officially released iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5 updates for all users. You can update your iPhone and iPad now, by going to Settings> General and selecting Software Update.
The iOS 14.5 update has a lot of new features. Which is a feature that many users have come to expect, while companies like Facebook fear. That is the App Tracking Transparency security feature, which allows to control the collection of user data by third parties.
App Tracking Transparency requires apps to ask for user permission, before being allowed to track personal information inside apps or websites. For example, when you open Facebook, you will see a dialog that says Facebook wants to track your activity through other apps and websites.
You can choose not to allow or allow Facebook to follow you. In the Privacy section under Settings, you can also see a list of apps that have requested permission to track you and change these if desired.
iOS 14.5 also allowed users to unlock the iPhone with Face ID even while wearing a mask, a very useful feature in the Covid-19 epidemic. To use this feature, however, you need an Apple Watch running watchOS 7.4.
To activate, go to Settings> Face ID and Passcode, select “Unlock with Apple Watch”. You can then unlock your iPhone while wearing your Apple Watch, without having to face ID face verification, just within 1m. When the iPhone is unlocked, the Apple Watch will also vibrate and show a notification to let users know. Besides, you can also lock the iPhone screen with Apple Watch.
In addition, iOS 14.5 also improves the virtual assistant application Siri. Users can choose from other voices besides the default female voice of Siri. Users can also command Siri to play music from third-party apps.
Apple also updated new emoji icons in iOS 14.5, updated the Podcast app, support for the newly released AirTags accessory, support for PS5 / Xbox Series X controllers, a new battery calibration tool for the iPhone, and a host of other things. other bug fixes.
Reference: 9to5mac
Source : Genk