📱iOS 14.3 Release Candidate 2 📺
Build - 18C66 was released on 10 Dec, 2020 for:
• iPhone 12, 12 Pro/Max, 12 Mini, SE(2G), 11, 11 Pro/Max, XR, XS/Max, X, 8/8+, 7/7+, SE, 6s/6s+
• iPad 8G, 7G, 6G, 5G
• iPad mini 5, 4
• iPad Air 4, 3, 2
• iPad Pro 12.9(3G), 10.5, 9.7, 11, 12.9(2G), 12.9(1G)
• iPod Touch 7G.

Apple Fitness+:
• A new fitness experience powered by Apple Watch with studio-style workouts available on your iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV (Apple Watch Series 3 and later)
• New Fitness app on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV to browse Fitness+ workouts, trainers, and personalized recommendations
• Video workouts added each week in ten popular workout types: High Intensity Interval Training, Indoor Cycling, Yoga, Core, Strength, Dance, Rowing, Treadmill Walking, Treadmill Running, and Mindful Cooldown
• Playlists curated by Fitness+ trainers to complement your workout
• Fitness+ subscription available in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and United States.

AirPods Max:
• Support for AirPods Max, new over-ear headphones
• High fidelity audio for rich sound
• Adaptive EQ adapts sound in real time to the personal fit of ear cushions
• Active Noise Cancellation to block out environmental noise
• Transparency mode to hear the environment around you
• Spatial audio with dynamic head tracking for a theater-like listening experience.

Photos:
• Apple ProRAW photos can be captured on iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max
• Apple ProRAW photos can be edited in the Photos app
• Option to record video at 25 fps
• Mirror the front facing camera for still photos on iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X.

Privacy:
• New privacy information section on App Store pages that includes a developer-reported summary of the app’s privacy practices.

TV app:
• An all-new Apple TV+ tab makes it easy to discover and watch Apple Original shows and movies
• Enhanced search so you can browse by category such as genre, and see recent searches and suggestions as you type
• Top search results shown with the most relevant matches across movies, TV shows, cast, channels, and sports.

App Clips:
• Support for launching App Clips by scanning Apple-designed App Clip Codes via Camera or from Control Center.

Health:
• Ability to indicate pregnancy, lactation, or contraceptive use in Cycle Tracking in the Health app in order to better manage period and fertile window predictions.

Weather:
• Air quality data is now available in Weather, Maps, and Siri for locations in China mainland
• Air quality health recommendations are provided in Weather and Siri for the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, India, and Mexico at certain air quality levels
• Air quality data in Weather, Maps, and Siri reflects updated national scales for Germany and Mexico.

Safari:
• Ecosia search engine option in Safari.

This release also addresses the following issues:
• Some MMS messages may not be received
• Contact groups failed to display members when composing a message
• Some videos would not appear correctly when shared from the Photos app
• App folders may fail to open
• Spotlight search results, and opening apps from Spotlight may not work
• Bluetooth could be unavailable in Settings
• MagSafe Duo Charger could wirelessly charge your iPhone at less than the maximum power
• Wireless accessories and peripherals using the WAC protocol could fail to complete setup
• The keyboard would dismiss when adding a list in Reminders while using VoiceOver.

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Weekly Apple News day, 50

• 📱iOS 14.3 RC 2 Release Changes and Features! 5 m.
• 🍏 Fitness+ vs. Peloton digital. 6 m.
• Microsoft confirms Xbox cloud gaming is coming to iOS in spring 2021. 3 m.
• Classic Star Wars KOTOR 2 lands on iOS. 5 m.
• Apple officially announces AirPods Max. 7 m.

🗣Happy Sunday!

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📱iOS 14.4 Release Candidate 📺
Build - 18D52 was released on 21 Jan, 2021 for:
• iPhone 12, 12 Pro/Max, 12 Mini, SE(2G), 11, 11 Pro/Max, XR, XS/Max, X, 8/8+, 7/7+, SE, 6s/6s+
• iPad 8G, 7G, 6G, 5G
• iPad mini 5, 4
• iPad Air 4, 3, 2
• iPad Pro 12.9(3G), 10.5, 9.7, 11, 12.9(2G), 12.9(1G)
• iPod Touch 7G.

iOS 14.4 includes the following improvements for your iPhone:
• Smaller QR codes can be recognized by Camera
• Option to classify Bluetooth device type in Settings for correct identification of headphones for audio notifications
• Notifications for when the camera on your iPhone is unable to be verified as a new, genuine Apple camera in iPhone 12, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max.

This release also fixes the following issues:
• Image artifacts could appear in HDR photos taken with iPhone 12 Pro
• Fitness widget may not display updated Activity data
• Typing may be delayed and word suggestions may not appear in the keyboard
• The keyboard may not come up in the correct language in Messages
• Audio stories from the News app in CarPlay may not resume after being paused for spoken directions or Siri
• Enabling Switch Control in Accessibility may prevent phone calls from being answered from the Lock Screen.

For information on the security content of Apple software updates.

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Weekly Apple News day, 3

• 📱iOS 14.4 Release Candidate Release Changes and Features! 4 m.
• These are the best applications for sleep tracking with 🍏 Watch. 13 m.
• ‘Beeper’ app from Pebble founder brings your chat apps into one place. 4 m.
• Agenda 12.0 with Tables, Horizontal Rules and Agenda Invitations. 7 m.
• There's still no sign of privacy labels for most Google iOS apps. 4 m.

🗣Happy Sunday!

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📱iOS 14.5 RC 📺
Build - 18E199 was released on 20 Apr, 2021 for:
• iPhone 12, 12 Pro/Max, 12 Mini, SE(2G), 11, 11 Pro/Max, XR, XS/Max, X, 8/8+, 7/7+, SE, 6s/6s+
• iPad 8G, 7G, 6G, 5G
• iPad mini 5, 4
• iPad Air 4, 3, 2
• iPad Pro 12.9(3G), 10.5, 9.7, 11, 12.9(2G), 12.9(1G)
• iPod Touch 7G.

This release also fixes the following issues:
• Messages at the bottom of the thread may be hidden by the keyboard under certain circumstances
• Deleted messages may still appear in Spotlight search
• Messages may persistently fail to send texts in some threads
• Mail would not load new emails for some users until restarting the device
• Call blocking and identification section may not appear in Phone settings (not fixed in RC)
• iCloud Tabs may not appear in Safari
• iCloud Keychain could be prevented from turning off
• Reminders created via Siri may be unintentionally set for early morning hours
• Battery health reporting system will recalibrate maximum battery capacity and peak performance capability on iPhone 11 models to address inaccurate estimates of battery health reporting for some users
• Optimization to reduce the appearance of a dim glow that may appear at reduced brightness levels with black backgrounds on iPhone 12 models
• AirPods audio routing to incorrect device for Automatic Switching
• AirPods Automatic Switching notifications might be missing or duplicated.

For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website.

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Weekly Apple News day, 16

• 📱iOS 14.6 Beta 1 Release Changes and Features! 2 m.
• 📱iOS 14.5 RC Release Changes and Features! 3 m.
• 📱iOS 14.5 Beta 8 Release Changes and Features! 2 m.
• 🍏 event recap with new iMac, AirTag, iPad Pro, Apple TV, and more. 13 m.
• Twitter for iOS launches 4K image support to everybody. 3 m.

🗣Happy Sunday!

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📱iOS 14.6 RC 📺
Build - 18F71 was released on 17 May, 2021 for:
• iPhone 12, 12 Pro/Max, 12 Mini, SE(2G), 11, 11 Pro/Max, XR, XS/Max, X, 8/8+, 7/7+, SE, 6s/6s+
• iPad 8G, 7G, 6G, 5G
• iPad mini 5, 4
• iPad Air 4, 3, 2
• iPad Pro 12.9(3G), 10.5, 9.7, 11, 12.9(2G), 12.9(1G)
• iPod Touch 7G.

iOS 14.6 includes support for Apple Card Family and Podcasts subscriptions. This release also includes bug fixes for your iPhone.

This update:
• Unlock with Apple Watch may not work after using Lock iPhone on Apple Watch
• Reminders may appear as blank lines
• Call blocking extensions may not appear in Settings
• Bluetooth devices could sometimes disconnect or send audio to a different device during an active call
• iPhone may experience reduced performance during startup.

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📱iOS 14.6 RC 2 📺
Build - 18F72 was released on 21 May, 2021 for:
• iPhone 12, 12 Pro/Max, 12 Mini, SE(2G), 11, 11 Pro/Max, XR, XS/Max, X, 8/8+, 7/7+, SE, 6s/6s+
• iPad 8G, 7G, 6G, 5G
• iPad mini 5, 4
• iPad Air 4, 3, 2
• iPad Pro 12.9(3G), 10.5, 9.7, 11, 12.9(2G), 12.9(1G)
• iPod Touch 7G.

iOS 14.6 includes support for Apple Card Family and Podcasts subscriptions. This release also includes bug fixes for your iPhone.

This release also fixes the following issues:
• Unlock with Apple Watch may not work after using Lock iPhone on Apple Watch
• Reminders may appear as blank lines
• Call blocking extensions may not appear in Settings
• Bluetooth devices could sometimes disconnect or send audio to a different device during an active call
• iPhone may experience reduced performance during startup.

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📱iOS 14.7 RC 📺
Build number - 18G68 was released on 13 Jul, 2021 for:
• iPhone 12, 12 Pro/Max, 12 Mini, SE(2G), 11, 11 Pro/Max, XR, XS/Max, X, 8/8+, 7/7+, SE, 6s/6s+
• iPad 8G, 7G, 6G, 5G
• iPad mini 5, 4
• iPad Air 4, 3, 2
• iPad Pro 12.9(3G), 10.5, 9.7, 11, 12.9(2G), 12.9(1G)
• iPod Touch 7G.

iOS 14.7 includes the following improvements and bug fixes for your ‌iPhone‌:
• MagSafe Battery Pack support for iPhone 12, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max
• 🍏 Card Family adds the option to combine credit limits and share one co-owned account with an existing Apple Card user
• Home app adds the ability to manage timers on HomePod
• Air quality information is now available in Weather and Maps for Canada, France, Italy, Netherlands, South Korea, and Spain
• Podcasts library allows you to choose to see all shows or only followed shows
• Share playlist menu option missing in Apple Music
• Dolby Atmos and Apple Music lossless audio playback may unexpectedly stop
• Battery service message that may have disappeared after reboot on some iPhone 11 models is restored
• Braille displays could show invalid information while composing Mail messages.

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📱iOS 15.1 RC 📺
Build number - 19B74 was released on 18 Oct, 2021 for:
• iPhone 13, 13 Pro/Max, 13 Mini, 12, 12 Pro/Max, 12 Mini, SE(2G), 11, 11 Pro/Max, XR, XS/Max, X, 8/8+, 7/7+, SE, 6s/6s+
• iPad 8G, 7G, 6G, 5G
• iPad mini 5, 4
• iPad Air 4, 3, 2
• iPad Pro 12.9(5G) 12.9(4G), 12.9(3G), 10.5, 9.7, 11, 12.9(2G), 12.9(1G)
• iPod Touch 7G.

iOS 15.1 adds SharePlay, an entirely new way to have shared experiences with family and friends in FaceTime. This release also adds the ability to capture ProRes video using iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max, as well as verifiable COVID-19 vaccination cards in Apple Wallet, and includes other features and bug fixes for your iPhone.

SharePlay:
• SharePlay is a new way to share synchronized experiences in FaceTime with content from the Apple TV app, Apple Music, Fitness+, and other supported App Store apps
• Shared controls give everyone the ability to pause, play, rewind or fast forward
• Smart volume automatically lowers the audio of a movie, TV show or song when your friends speak
• 🍏 TV supports the option to watch the shared video on your big screen while you continue the FaceTime call on iPhone
• Screen sharing lets everyone on a FaceTime call look at photos, browse the web, or help each other out

Camera:
• ProRes video capture using iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max
• Setting to turn off automatic camera switching when taking macro photos and videos on iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max

🍏 Wallet:
• COVID-19 vaccination card support allows you to add and present verifiable vaccination information from Apple Wallet

Translate:
• Mandarin Chinese (Taiwan) support in the Translate app and for system-wide translation

Home:
• New automation triggers based on the current reading of a HomeKit-enabled humidity, air quality, or light level sensor

Shortcuts:
• New pre-built actions let you overlay text on images or gifs, plus a new collection of games lets you pass the time with Siri

This release also fixes the following issues:
• Photos.app may incorrectly report storage is full when importing photos and videos
• Weather app may not show current temperature for My Location, and may display colors of animated backgrounds incorrectly
• Audio playing from an app may pause when locking the screen
• Wallet may unexpectedly quit when using VoiceOver with multiple passes
• Available Wi-Fi networks may not be detected
• Battery algorithms updated on iPhone 12 models to better estimate battery capacity over time.

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📱iOS 15.3 RC 📺
Build number - 19D49 was released on 20 Jan, 2022 for:
• iPhone 13, 13 Pro/Max, 13 Mini, 12, 12 Pro/Max, 12 Mini, SE(2G), 11, 11 Pro/Max, XR, XS/Max, X, 8/8+, 7/7+, SE, 6s/6s+
• iPad 8G, 7G, 6G, 5G
• iPad mini 5, 4
• iPad Air 4, 3, 2
• iPad Pro 12.9(5G) 12.9(4G), 12.9(3G), 10.5, 9.7, 11, 12.9(2G), 12.9(1G)
• iPod Touch 7G.

iOS 15.3 includes bug fixes and security updates for your iPhone and is recommended for all users.

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📱iOS 15.4 RC 📺
Build number - 19E241 was released on 8 Mar, 2022 for:
• iPhone 13, 13 Pro/Max, 13 Mini, 12, 12 Pro/Max, 12 Mini, SE(2G), 11, 11 Pro/Max, XR, XS/Max, X, 8/8+, 7/7+, SE, 6s/6s+
• iPad 8G, 7G, 6G, 5G
• iPad mini 5, 4
• iPad Air 4, 3, 2
• iPad Pro 12.9(5G) 12.9(4G), 12.9(3G), 10.5, 9.7, 11, 12.9(2G), 12.9(1G)
• iPod Touch 7G.

iOS 15.4 adds the ability to unlock with Face ID while wearing a mask on iPhone 12 and newer. This update also includes new emoji, a new voice option for Siri, and other features and bug fixes for your iPhone.

Face ID:
• Face ID while wearing a mask option on iPhone 12 and newer
• Apple Pay and password autofill in apps and Safari can be used with Face ID while wearing a mask.

Emoji:
• New emoji including faces, hand gestures, and household objects are now available in emoji keyboard
• Handshake emoji allows you to choose separate skin tones for each hand.

FaceTime:
• SharePlay sessions can be initiated directly from supported apps.

Siri:
• Siri can provide time and date information while offline on iPhone XS, iPhone XR, iPhone 11 or newer
• Siri now includes an additional voice, expanding the diversity of options.

Vaccine cards:
• EU Digital COVID Certificate support in Health enables you to download and store verifiable versions of COVID-19 vaccination, lab results, and recovery records
• COVID-19 vaccination cards in Apple Wallet now support the EU Digital COVID Certificate format.

This release also includes the following enhancements for your iPhone:
• Safari webpage translation adds support for Italian and Chinese (Traditional)
• Podcasts app adds episode filters for seasons, played, unplayed, saved, or downloaded episodes
• iCloud custom email domains can be managed from Settings
• News offers enhanced discovery of audio content in the Today feed and Audio tab
• Camera in keyboard can be used to add text to Notes and Reminders
• Shortcuts now supports adding, removing, or querying tags with Reminders
• Emergency SOS settings have changed to use Call with Hold for all users. Call with 5 Presses is still available as an option in Emergency SOS settings
• Close-up in Magnifier uses the ultra-wide camera on iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max to help you see small objects
• Saved passwords can now include your own notes in Settings.

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📱iOS 15.5 RC 📺
Build number - 19F77 was released on 12 May, 2022 for:
• iPhone 13, 13 Pro/Max, 13 Mini, 12, 12 Pro/Max, 12 Mini, SE(2G), 11, 11 Pro/Max, XR, XS/Max, X, 8/8+, 7/7+, SE, 6s/6s+
• iPad 8G, 7G, 6G, 5G
• iPad mini 5, 4
• iPad Air 4, 3, 2
• iPad Pro 12.9(5G) 12.9(4G), 12.9(3G), 10.5, 9.7, 11, 12.9(2G), 12.9(1G)
• iPod Touch 7G.

iOS 15.5 includes the following improvements and bug fixes:
• Wallet now enables Apple Cash customers to send and request money from their Apple Cash card
• 🍏 Podcasts includes a new setting to limit episodes stored on your iPhone and automatically delete older ones
• Fixes an issue where home automations, triggered by people arriving or leaving, may fail.

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