πŸ“±iOS 14 Beta 1 πŸ“Ί
Build - 18A5301v was released on 22 Jun, 2020 for:
β€’ iPhone SE(2G), 11, 11 Pro/Max, XR, XS/Max, X, 8/8+, 7/7+, SE, 6s/6s+
β€’ iPad 7G, 6G, 5G
β€’ iPad mini 5, 4
β€’ iPad Air 3, 2
β€’ iPad Pro 12.9(3G), 10.5, 9.7, 11, 12.9(2G), 12.9(1G)
β€’ iPod Touch 7G.

New Features & Changes:
β€’ You can now search for Emojis within the Emoji keyboard
β€’ In Siri settings you can choose to (1) Always show speech, (2) Always show Siri captions, to provide visual feedback
β€’ In Phone settings you can choose between full-screen and banner-style incoming calls
β€’ When apps access the mic or camera, a colored dot appears to the right of the notch. Swiping down the control center provides an explanation of what app recently accessed the camera or mic
β€’ Settings / FaceTime has a new "Eye Contact" option. "Establish natural eye contact while on FaceTime"
β€’ Drag one widget onto another of the same size and they turn into a stack
β€’ Settings / Camera has a new "Mirror front camera" option (I assume so that the photo matches what's on the screen)
β€’ Revamped Siri voice in Turkish, now with option for male voice.

New Issues:
β€’ Favourites don't show on Phone or Facetime when long-pressing the app icon. Messages doesn't show the most recent. I remember the same happening during the first few iOS 13 betas as well
β€’ Favourites widget is missing - hope it comes back
β€’ It's in the release notes but ... Homekit control of my Hue lights takes a few restarts to get it to work
β€’ Multiple users are reporting excessive storage (30-60GB) being used by 'System' and 'Other' under Settings>General>iPhone Storage after doing an in-place upgrade from iOS 13
β€’ You cannot select multiple emails by 'swiping' them while under 'Edit' mode in Mail.app
β€’ Currently not possible to place an app inside a folder when the folder is at the right hand side of a line. The folder jumps beyond the app
β€’ App icons sometimes disappear (Fix: drag them back from the App Library)
β€’ Opening email from a banner displays a blank page
β€’ The ability to add/remove custom Widgets in this beta is removed
β€’ Adding widgets to home screen or to an existing smart stack can cause all folders to be removed leaving all apps unorganised across multiple screens.

Resolved Issues:
β€’ When Settings / Sounds "Change with buttons" is on, ending a FaceTime speakerphone call would change the ringer volume to match the media playback volume. This is fixed! This bugged me all through iOS 13 although no-one else seemed to care or notice
β€’ First new emails that come in after turning the phone on now notify properly. For me in iOS 13, the first lot of new emails never played the alert sound
β€’ Swiping left to clear a mail notification no longer clears all the other new mails too.

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πŸ“‹Menu navigation: iOS & iPadOS 14

β€’ iOS 14: beta 1, beta 2, beta 3, beta 4, beta 5, beta 6, beta 7, beta 8, GM, Final release
β€’ iOS 14.0.1
β€’ iOS 14.1
β€’ iOS 14.2: beta 1, beta 2, beta 3, beta 4, Final release
β€’ iOS 14.2.1
β€’ iOS 14.3: beta 1, beta 2, beta 3, RC2, Final release
β€’ iOS 14.4: beta 1, beta 2, RC, Final release
β€’ iOS 14.4.1, iOS 14.4.2
β€’ iOS 14.5: beta 1, beta 2, beta 3, beta 4, beta 5, beta 6, beta 7, beta 8, RC, Final release
β€’ iOS 14.5.1
β€’ iOS 14.6: beta 1, beta 2, beta 3, RC, RC 2, Final release
β€’ iOS 14.7: beta 1, beta 2, beta 3, beta 4, beta 5, RC, Final release
β€’ iOS 14.7.1
β€’ iOS 14.8.

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iSpeed TestπŸ“±
iOS 13.5.1 vs. iOS 14 Beta 1
iPhone SE, iPhone 6s, iPhone 7, iPhone 8, iPhone XR
πŸ—£ iOS 14 Beta 1 runs surprisingly smooth. So far regarding compatibility of apps on my personal device I have yet to find an app that does not work, even banking apps, which normally fail with a new release works. Also the UI does see to be very close to that of iOS 13.5.1, not many hickups and lags. Some are there but still if you ask me very impressive for a beta 1. Benchmark… well SE and 6S where more or less on par. 7, 8 and XR was struggling on multicore performance. I ran the test off camera on these devices again, and it did repeat so do not think it was a glitch. But this is hopefully something that will be worked out as the betas keep coming from now until final release end September.
Β© iapplebytes

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πŸ“±iOS 13.6 Beta 3 πŸ“Ί
Build - 17G5059c was released on 30 Jun, 2020 for:
β€’ iPhone SE(2G), 11, 11 Pro/Max, XR, XS/Max, X, 8/8+, 7/7+, SE, 6s/6s+
β€’ iPad 6G, 5G
β€’ iPad mini 5, 4
β€’ iPad Air 3, 2
β€’ iPad Pro 12.9(3G), 10.5, 9.7, 11, 12.9(2G), 12.9(1G)
β€’ iPod Touch 7G.

This update:
β€’ More bug fixes and improvements...

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πŸ“±iOS 14 Beta 2 πŸ“Ί
Build - 18A5319i was released on 7 Jul, 2020 for:
β€’ iPhone SE(2G), 11, 11 Pro/Max, XR, XS/Max, X, 8/8+, 7/7+, SE, 6s/6s+
β€’ iPad 7G, 6G, 5G
β€’ iPad mini 5, 4
β€’ iPad Air 3, 2
β€’ iPad Pro 12.9(3G), 10.5, 9.7, 11, 12.9(2G), 12.9(1G)
β€’ iPod Touch 7G.

New Features & Changes:
β€’ Calendar now abbreviates day of the week (i.e. TUE, instead of Tuesday)
β€’ On iPadOS, Hidden, Recently Deleted & Imports are now under a new Category called ”Utilitiesβ€œ
β€’ Siri suggestions widget now shows the number of notifications on each app
β€’ Pre-iOS 14 Widgets are now the same width as stock Apple iOS 14 widgets
β€’ β€œSilenced call” now appears below a missed call notification if the user is blocking unknown callers. It previously said β€œmissed call”
β€’ Now in CarPlay it shows a red dot when using the microphone (at least on a phone call)
β€’ Charging 'lightning bolt' indicator is more prominent
β€’ Time options in Podcast app now in descending length order with longer times on top and shorter times on bottom
β€’ Volume limit feature has been removed.

New Issues:
β€’ Weather app data not updating/refreshing
β€’ Weather widget (& others?) temporarily appearing black.

Remaining Issues:
β€’ Cannot select multiple emails by 'swiping' them while under 'Edit' mode in Mail.app
β€’ Excessive storage (30-60+GB) being used by 'System' and 'Other' under General > iPhone Storage
β€’ Favorites widget is missing (could be by design)
β€’ Refreshing App Store updates after updating apps causes the refresh to hang
β€’ iTunes Store Genius page layout broken.

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πŸ“±iOS 13.6 Beta 4 πŸ“Ί
Build - 17G68 was released on 9 Jul, 2020 for:
β€’ iPhone SE(2G), 11, 11 Pro/Max, XR, XS/Max, X, 8/8+, 7/7+, SE, 6s/6s+
β€’ iPad 6G, 5G
β€’ iPad mini 5, 4
β€’ iPad Air 3, 2
β€’ iPad Pro 12.9(3G), 10.5, 9.7, 11, 12.9(2G), 12.9(1G)
β€’ iPod Touch 7G.

This update:
β€’ More bug fixes and improvements...

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πŸ“±iOS 13.6 πŸ“Ί
Build - 17G68 was released on 15 Jul, 2020 for:
β€’ iPhone SE(2G), 11, 11 Pro/Max, XR, XS/Max, X, 8/8+, 7/7+, SE, 6s/6s+
β€’ iPad 6G, 5G
β€’ iPad mini 5, 4
β€’ iPad Air 3, 2
β€’ iPad Pro 12.9(3G), 10.5, 9.7, 11, 12.9(2G), 12.9(1G)
β€’ iPod Touch 7G.

iOS 13.6 adds support for digital car keys, introduces audio stories in Apple News+ (US only), and contains a new symptoms category in the Health app. This release also includes bug fixes and improvements.

Digital car keys:
β€’ Unlock, lock, and start your compatible car with your iPhone
β€’ Securely remove digital keys from a lost device via iCloud
β€’ Share digital keys easily with iMessage
β€’ Driver-specific profiles so you can configure shared keys for full-access or restricted driving
β€’ Power reserve lets you unlock and start your car for up to five hours after iPhone runs out of battery.

Apple News (US only):
β€’ Audio stories are professionally narrated versions of some of the best reads from Apple News+, selected and produced by the Apple News editors as part of your Apple News+ subscription
β€’ Apple News Today is a new, free audio briefing on the day’s top stories from the Apple News editors, also available in the Podcasts.app
β€’ A new Audio tab makes it easy to find Apple News Today and Apple News+ audio stories
β€’ CarPlay allows you to listen to Apple News Today and Apple News+ audio stories while on the road
β€’ Local news in your Today feed provides extensive coverage of San Francisco, the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Houston, and New York City
β€’ More stories available from local news providers with a subscription to Apple News+
β€’ Your daily newsletter from Apple News can now be personalized with stories that reflect your interests.

Health:
β€’ New category for symptoms in the Health app, including symptoms logged from Cycle Tracking and ECG
β€’ Ability to log new symptoms, like fever, chills, sore throat or coughing, and share them with third-party apps.

This update also includes bug fixes and other improvements:
β€’ Adds a new setting to choose if updates automatically download to your device when on Wi-Fi
β€’ Addresses an issue that could cause apps to become unresponsive when syncing data from iCloud Drive
β€’ Fixes an issue that could cause data roaming to appear to be disabled on eSIM even though it remained active
β€’ Fixes an issue thats causes some phone calls from Saskatchewan to appear as originating from the United States
β€’ Addresses an issue that could interrupt audio when making phone calls over Wi-Fi Calling
β€’ Fixes an issues that prevented some iPhone 6S and iPhone SE devices from registering for Wi-Fi Calling
β€’ Resolves an issue that could cause the software keyboard to appear unexpectedly when connected to certain third-party hardware keyboards
β€’ Fixes an issue that could cause Japanese hardware keyboards to be incorrectly mapped as a U.S. keyboard
β€’ Addresses stability issues when accessing Control Center when Assistive Touch was enabled
β€’ Provides a mechanism for administrators to specify domains to exclude from traffic carried by always-on VPN connections.

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πŸ“±iOS 14 Beta 3 πŸ“Ί
Build - 18A5332f was released on 22 Jul, 2020 for:
β€’ iPhone SE(2G), 11, 11 Pro/Max, XR, XS/Max, X, 8/8+, 7/7+, SE, 6s/6s+
β€’ iPad 7G, 6G, 5G
β€’ iPad mini 5, 4
β€’ iPad Air 3, 2
β€’ iPad Pro 12.9(3G), 10.5, 9.7, 11, 12.9(2G), 12.9(1G)
β€’ iPod Touch 7G.

New Features & Changes:
β€’ Clock widget added; Option for a single clock/Time Zone widget, or a quad clock/Time Zone Widget
β€’ New Music icon
β€’ Automations can now be triggered upon closing an app
β€’ It is now somewhat possible to delete a widget without triggering jiggle mode
β€’ Music now remembers the last played song and play position on timeline.

New Issues:
β€’ Weather widget is blank after updating, and does not appear in the add widgets pane. Temporary workaround: Delete the widget, then open the Weather app. This should add the widget to the pane again
β€’ Messages: text input field disappears and therefore keyboard cannot be invoked if you switch between conversations. Close and open app again to bring back Input Field. Issue will return immediately after switching conversation however - iPhone XS Max
β€’ Clock widget not updating/time incorrect
β€’ Weather widget still not updating
β€’ It is not possible to type anything in slide over app using virtual keyboard if Settings app is the full screen app
β€’ Share sheet shows blank photos for suggested contacts from apps like Whatsapp and Facebook Messenger
β€’ Shortcuts app unable to create QR codes
β€’ Shortcuts app fails to activate Airplay 2 (e.g. Sonos) devices when activated in Siri
β€’ Shortcuts app unable to turn WiFi off. (β€žCould not run set Wi-Fi - there was a problem communicating with the appβ€œ)

Remaining Issues:
β€’ Favorites widget is missing (could be by design)
β€’ Refreshing App Store updates after updating apps causes the refresh to hang
β€’ iTunes Store Genius page layout broken
β€’ YouTube app may occasionally start video playback with no video and a black screen. Multiple retries May fix it temporarily.

Resolved Issues:
β€’ "Other" storage taking up more or all of the free storage on the device seems to be fixed on both iPhone 11 Pro and an iPad Pro 11"
β€’ Weather.app & widget data not updating/refreshing
β€’ Weather widget temporarily appearing black
β€’ Cannot select multiple emails by 'swiping' them while under 'Edit' mode in Mail.app.

Temporarily Removed:
β€’ 3D Touch has been temporarily disabled.

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πŸ“±iOS 14 Beta 4 πŸ“Ί
Build - 18A5342e was released on 4 Aug, 2020 for:
β€’ iPhone SE(2G), 11, 11 Pro/Max, XR, XS/Max, X, 8/8+, 7/7+, SE, 6s/6s+
β€’ iPad 7G, 6G, 5G
β€’ iPad mini 5, 4
β€’ iPad Air 3, 2
β€’ iPad Pro 12.9(3G), 10.5, 9.7, 11, 12.9(2G), 12.9(1G)
β€’ iPod Touch 7G.

New Features & Changes:
β€’ Apple TV widget now available in this build
β€’ Exposure Notifications dedicated menu in Settings (also functionality re-enabled)
β€’ New 2x2 widget for shortcuts.

New Issues:
β€’ After upgrading, playlists synced to iPadOS devices are gone. Playlists synced to iOS devices are still present. This only happens to non-Apple music subscriber
β€’ β€œShow Apple Music” toggle no longer works for non-Apple Music subscriber on iOS devices. Still works on iPadOS devices
β€’ Attachments from files.app not working with iMessage
β€’ YouTube app on iPad loses a lot of feeds and recommendations except Breaking news and Mix. Youtube on Safari often throws error during playback or attempt to start Playing a video. Reinstalling YouTube app does not fix the Youtube app problem
β€’ Instagram app crashes frequently
β€’ Keyboard disappears more often than previous betas
β€’ Receiving phone call with AirPods Pro connected is not possible. Specifically, receiver cant hear caller’s voice and vice versa.

Remaining Issues:
β€’ Clock widget not updating/time incorrect compared to clock app icon
β€’ Share sheet shows blank photos for suggested contacts from apps like Whatsapp and Facebook Messenger
β€’ Shortcuts app unable to create QR codes
β€’ Shortcuts app fails to activate Airplay 2 (e.g. Sonos) devices when activated in Siri
β€’ Favourites widget is missing (could be by design)
β€’ Refreshing App Store updates after updating apps causes the refresh to hang
β€’ iTunes Store Genius page layout broken.
β€’ Shortcuts app unable to turn WiFi off. (β€žCould not run set Wi-Fi - there was a problem communicating with the appβ€œ)

Resolved Issues:
β€’ 3D Touch Restored
β€’ Weather widget updates to match Weather.app.

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πŸ“±iOS 13.6.1 πŸ“Ί
Build - 17G80 was released on 12 Aug, 2020 for:
β€’ iPhone SE(2G), 11, 11 Pro/Max, XR, XS/Max, X, 8/8+, 7/7+, SE, 6s/6s+
β€’ iPad 6G, 5G
β€’ iPad mini 5, 4
β€’ iPad Air 3, 2
β€’ iPad Pro 12.9(3G), 10.5, 9.7, 11, 12.9(2G), 12.9(1G)
β€’ iPod Touch 7G.

iOS 13.6.1 includes bug fixes for your iPhone:
β€’ Addresses an issue where unneeded system data files might not be automatically deleted when available storage is low
β€’ Fixes a thermal management issue that caused some displays to exhibit a green tint
β€’ Fixes an issue where Exposure Notifications could be disabled for some users.

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πŸ“±iOS 14 Beta 5 πŸ“Ί
Build - 18A5351d was released on 18 Aug, 2020 for:
β€’ iPhone SE(2G), 11, 11 Pro/Max, XR, XS/Max, X, 8/8+, 7/7+, SE, 6s/6s+
β€’ iPad 7G, 6G, 5G
β€’ iPad mini 5, 4
β€’ iPad Air 3, 2
β€’ iPad Pro 12.9(3G), 10.5, 9.7, 11, 12.9(2G), 12.9(1G)
β€’ iPod Touch 7G.

New Features & Changes:
β€’ Exposure notifications Availability Alerts setting available.

New Issues:
β€’ Stocks app missing charts on the home page (working for some, however)
β€’ Significant Locations doesn't show any locations but locations are there on MacOS beta (tested on 11Pro)
β€’ Dynamic Wallpaper is not dynamic on Lock Screen only
β€’ On iPad only, trying to select System Services under location settings freezes the Settings App. Works fine on iPhones.

Remaining Issues:
β€’ Clock widget not updating/time incorrect compared to clock app icon (whilst much better than B4, clocks still go out of sync after a while)
β€’ Shortcuts app unable to create QR codes
β€’ Shortcuts app fails to activate Airplay 2 (e.g. Sonos) devices when activated in Siri
β€’ Shortcuts app unable to turn WiFi off ("Could not run set Wi-Fi - there was a problem communicating with the app")
β€’ Refreshing App Store updates after updating apps causes the refresh to hang
β€’ iTunes Store Genius page layout broken
β€’ Calendar events removed from widgets after 15 minutes even if duration is longer
β€’ Trying to edit memories in Photos app crashes the app.

Resolved Issues:
β€’ Camera works again with AirPods Pro connected
β€’ Home widget in Control Centre is now an appropriate size
β€’ Share sheet shows blank photos for suggested contacts from apps like Whatsapp and Facebook Messenger
β€’ NFC Tag automations/shortcuts now run correctly
Artwork now properly displayed with embedded TIF and PNG files, sort of.

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