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Seems odd that they'd have a Release Candidate of 14.2 if it's preloaded on the iPhone 12 Pro Max, right?
I'm again reminded of a scene from the Kentucky Fried Movie, "Expect the unexpected"...
From their releases page
iOS 14.2 Release Candidate (18B91)
October 30, 2020
This RC version can be used to test apps that you plan to submit to the App Store.
Note: The term "Release Candidate" (RC) replaces "GM seed" and indicates this version is near final.
Looks like it’s right here:
iOS 14.2 Release Candidate ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements
OS 14.2 Release Candidate Release Date ― October 30, 2020 Build Number ― 18B91 Darwin Kernel Version ― 20.1.0: Thu Oct 22 12:48:29 PDT 2020; root:xnu-7195.42.1~1 Apple's release notes for the update are included below: There are also separate release notes for iPadOS 14 with iPad-specific...
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The "big deal" part can depend on how things are presented.
Well, I don’t think many others, or I said never on a Friday. There’s a difference between not unlikely and never.
Also, considering certain people were adamant that there wouldn’t be a GM for 14.2 or that it was coming this soon....
You repeatedly bashed me for saying there would be one, and that we would have it in the next 2 weeks, at least have some humility.
Not odd at all. What it probably means is that the GM build on the 12 Pro Max & Mini will get a day one update, to fix the update notification bug.
Clearly this RC was the GM brought forward from next week with the added measure of being the emergency fix for the update bug.
Guess this means 14.3 has to be released this year also.
We already knew that. Apple Fitness+ and some other things are stated as being by end of year, which means there has to be 14.3 by end of year.
Why does Fitness+ require a 14.3? AppleOne was pushed today without need of an update. It is entirely possible it is baked into 14.2.
From what we have seen, there's changes needed to the Fitness app. Look at Apple News going to Apple News+, that relied on an iOS update.
Plus there are some other things that are stated coming late 2020, that are not in iOS 14.2, such as:
* Camera support for scanning an App Clip code will be made available in an iOS 14 software update later this year.
* Privacy information on the App Store will be coming in an iOS 14 update later this year.
Plus, there’s a lot of indication that AirTags will be out before the end of the year and iOS 14.3 brings support for them.
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So, the RC is 8 builds after the last beta, so this does seem like B4 was originally the GM internally, but due to this bug (which seemed to be date triggered as it went away if you moved the date backwards), they fixed the bug, replacing their original GM, and released it to us, as a combo early GM/emergency fix.
I am still thinking we will see 14.2 on the 12 Pro Max and Mini, and that they will get this update show up OTA. We've had it before where a GM build turned out to have a bug, and the new phones got a OTA update on day one. I can't think which iOS/iPhone release it was.
Still, there's precedent out there.
I am still thinking we will see 14.2 on the 12 Pro Max and Mini, and that they will get this update show up OTA. We've had it before where a GM build turned out to have a bug, and the new phones got a OTA update on day one. I can't think which iOS/iPhone release it was.
Still, there's precedent out there.
So for all the negativity I saw today over this, hats off to Apple for delivering this to resolve the issue. This was a problem and they turned it around in under 24 hrs. Pretty agile response in my opinion!
I remember I posted a comment at one point about 14.1 being on the phones and there maybe being a point update for the 12 and 12 Pro, because they can prompt for an update right during setup, and you went on and on trying to disprove me. And here you are saying this same I said. Nice.
I’m not actually saying the same. I never said they can’t prompt for an update. What I am saying could happen won’t be a point update, it’ll still be 14.2.0.
I stand by public release being w/c 09/11/20, as today was just the GM brought forward a few days with a patch on it to fix the update notification bug (thus it being 8 builds higher than the last beta).
14.3 beta one is a good question. I think next week for that.
Are you familiar with the concept of “time”?Looks like it’s right here:
iOS 14.2 Release Candidate ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements
OS 14.2 Release Candidate Release Date ― October 30, 2020 Build Number ― 18B91 Darwin Kernel Version ― 20.1.0: Thu Oct 22 12:48:29 PDT 2020; root:xnu-7195.42.1~1 Apple's release notes for the update are included below: There are also separate release notes for iPadOS 14 with iPad-specific...
Apple clearly is playing you guys like a fiddle.
No idea why there is so much speculation about them calling it RC. They called software RC a lot of times in the past, it‘s nothing new. The note clearly states that they use the terminology RC as a drop-in replacement for GM seed.
It being considered „near final“ is exactly that, a build that‘s probably final if no last minute bugs pop up.
No idea why there is so much speculation about them calling it RC. They called software RC a lot of times in the past, it‘s nothing new. The note clearly states that they use the terminology RC as a drop-in replacement for GM seed.
It being considered „near final“ is exactly that, a build that‘s probably final if no last minute bugs pop up.