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iOS 14.5 Releases

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  1. Melody Bot Apr 27, 2021
    Melody Bot

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    This article has been imported from chorus.fm for discussion. All of the forum rules still apply.

    iOS 14.5 has been released and MacStories has a good overview:

    Apple today released version 14.5 of iOS and iPadOS, a substantial update to the operating system for iPhone and iPad that debuted in September and introduced features such as Home Screen widgets, multi-column app layouts on iPad, compact UI, a redesigned Music app, and more.

    Version 14.5 is the biggest – or, at the very least, most interesting – update to iOS and iPadOS we’ve seen in the 14.0 release cycle to date. That’s not to say previous iterations of iOS and iPadOS 14 were low on new features and refinements – it’s quite the opposite, in fact. Perhaps the pandemic and Apple’s work-from-home setup played a role in the company spreading new iOS functionalities across multiple releases throughout 2020 and the first half of 2021, but, regardless of the underlying reason, iOS and iPadOS 14 have evolved considerably since their public launch six months ago.

    Watch unlock for the phone has been .

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  2. Brodobaggins34 Apr 28, 2021
    Brodobaggins34

    They fixed your brain when you were young.

    I admit... I walked to the grocery store and bought an iced coffee just so I could use the Watch unlock in action by unlocking my phone for the register worker to scan my card. It was awesome. Way more awesome than it had any right to be.
     
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  3. itsallabouttheg Apr 30, 2021
    itsallabouttheg

    Newbie

    I had to get an iPhone for work about a year ago, and it still blows my mind that iOS just got widgets. The watch unlock will be nice for grocery shopping, though.