iOS 14 Release Speculation

[StumpyBloke]

Actually it’s very poor from Apple because ability to unlock your phone while wearing a mask is a year too late

Ridiculous statement

 

[Kford]

Yes. Apple was supposed to predict that we would be wearing masks, engineer, execute and deploy a fairly difficult hardware solution…before masks were even mandated.

Ok

Funny but obviously not before the pandemic stated but few months after like April 2020

 

[Pro_the_legend]

Funny but obviously not before the pandemic stated but few months after like April 2020

You do realize that multiple places around the world were (some places still are) on a lockdown for an extended period of time and that Apple's engineers are humans, right? lol

 

[macintoshmac]

I hope for a new beta or RC if they want to call it, today. Then on 20th the release. We have been releasing betas as release versions for a long many years now.

 

[LeMo]

Actually it’s very poor from Apple because ability to unlock your phone while wearing a mask is a year too late

I agree because we're just about to stop wearing masks and will never wear masks again.

 

[gwhizkids]

Funny but obviously not before the pandemic stated but few months after like April 2020

C'mon. Get real. Apple shut down on March 13, for what was assumed at the time to be a few weeks or a month at most. For the most part no one was wearing masks in the US until early summer 2020.

Let's not indulge in fairy tales about complex development tasks. As I understand it, having the watch unlock the phone was not a trivial exercise.

 

[Jxdawg]

I agree because we're just about to stop wearing masks and will never wear masks again.

I don’t think we can say that for certain yet. I sure hope we’re close, but there are a lot of steps to go before we can just take off the masks.

 

[christian.terra]

beta 8 incoming.... RC end of week?

 

[aesc80]

10 AM crossed and nothing. We went Beta 7 at when ... 1 pm PDT? Seems like there's still time for today.

 

[chillip]

beta 8 incoming.... RC end of week?

Sure is!

 

[nortonandreev]

I agree because we're just about to stop wearing masks and will never wear masks again.

It's not going to happen, unfortunately. Not anytime soon.

 

[Mikepeer]

Beta 8 is ….

 

[halloele]

When we will get RC? How was it in the last years? After release the last beta how many days need Apple to release RC or public release? Anyone know?

 

[nortonandreev]

Beta 8 is just one build newer than beta 7.

 

[Maloney~888]

Downloading now

 

[iOS Geek]

Update just hit for me. iOS 14.5 Public Beta 8. 146.2MB

 

[rdinterman]

RC on event day. Must be some Secret Squirrel stuff in it. 😳

 

[christian.terra]

Actually it’s very poor from Apple because ability to unlock your phone while wearing a mask is a year too late

While we still have plenty of time until masks are not mandated, many people will continue to wear them. Also, this feature will be used by those who wear masks at work or even when wearing things like a scarf in the winter. Of course it would have been nice to have earlier but I’m sure it wasn’t easy to implement, especially when device security is involved.

 

[Pro_the_legend]

Or beta 8 next wednesday...

You called it, although it was a day early

I'm fine with that, as long as they call it "B8A".

Ah man, they really missed a golden opportunity with this one

 

[asu1996]

Update just hit for me. iOS 14.5 Public Beta 8. 146.2MB

developer or public beta? I am on public and I don't see it yet.

 

[aesc80]

Tally ho .... Beta 8 is out rn

EDIT: Oddly, no tvOS Beta 8. Either they're late on the upload or tvOS 14.5 might be fully cooked.

 

[Pro_the_legend]

developer or public beta? I am on public and I don't see it yet.

Dev. PB will be out in a few hours

 

[bricktop_at]

Nothing for the Watch today?

 

[nortonandreev]

Tally ho .... Beta 8 is out rn

EDIT: Oddly, no tvOS Beta 8. Either they're late on the upload or tvOS 14.5 might be fully cooked.

No new watchOS beta either.

 

[asu1996]

Dev. PB will be out in a few hours

that's what I thought. thanks