iOS 14.5
Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch
- The ability to unlock iPhone X and later with Apple Watch Series 3 and later when trying to use Face ID while wearing a face mask
AirTag and Find My
- AirTag support to track and find important items like keys, wallets, backpack and more, privately and securely in the Find My app
- Precise Search uses visual, audible, and haptic feedback to direct you to a nearby AirTag using the ultra-wideband U1 chip on iPhone 11 and iPhone 12 models.
- AirTag can be located by playing a sound through the built-in speaker الصوت
- Hundreds of Millions of Devices Find My Can Help You Find Your AirTag, Even When It's Not Nearby
- Lost Mode notifies you when your AirTag is found, and you can enter a phone number where you can be contacted
expressive
- Support separate skin tones for everyone in all variations of couple kissing emoji and couple with heart emoji
- New face emoji, heart emoji, woman with beard emoji
siri
- Siri now includes more diverse voice options
- Incoming calls can be announced with Siri, including from the caller, when you're wearing compatible AirPods or Beats headphones, and you can answer hands-free
- Group FaceTime calls are supported by asking Siri to FaceTime a list of contacts or the name of a group of messages
- Emergency contacts can be called by asking Siri
Privacy
- App tracking transparency allows you to control which apps are allowed to track your activity across other companies’ apps and sites for ads or share it with data brokers
Apple Music
- Share your favorite lyrics using Messages, Facebook and Instagram Stories, and subscribers can play the snippet in Messages without leaving the conversation
- City charts show what's popular in over 100 cities around the world
Podcasts
- Podcasts pages have been redesigned to make it easier to start listening
- Option to save and download episodes, and automatically add them to your library for quick access
- Settings for download behavior and notifications can be customized on a show-by-show basis
- Leaderboards and trending categories in search help you discover new offers
5G improvements
- Dual SIM support enables 5G calling on the line that uses cellular data on iPhone 12 models
- Smart Data Mode optimizations improve your experience on 5G networks to improve battery life and data usage on iPhone 12 models
- 5G international roaming is enabled on supported carriers on iPhone 12 models
News
- Redesigned News + tab enables Apple News + subscribers to quickly find, download and manage magazine and newspaper editions
- An all-new search experience that helps you find relevant topics, channels and stories
maps
- Accidents, hazards or speed checks along your route can be reported by telling Siri on your iPhone or on CarPlay
- An estimated time of arrival (ETA) can be shared when biking or walking, as well as driving, by asking Siri or tapping the route card at the bottom of the screen, then tapping Share ETA
reminder
- Ability to sort reminders by title, priority, due date or creation date
- Option to print your reminder lists
translate
- Subtitle playback speed can be adjusted by long pressing the play button
the games
- Xbox Series X Wireless Controller Support | S or Sony PS5 DualSense™ Wireless Controller
Fitness +
- The ability to stream audio and video content from Apple Fitness + workouts to AirPlay 2 enabled TVs and devices
Carplay
- ETA in Apple Maps can be easily shared while driving using Siri controls or a new keyboard in CarPlay
This release also fixes the following issues:
- Messages at the bottom of the chain may be hidden by the keyboard under certain circumstances
- Deleted messages may still appear in Spotlight search
- Messages may consistently fail to send texts in some threads
- Mail will not download new emails for some users until the device is restarted
- The call blocking and identification section may not appear in the phone settings
- iCloud tabs may not appear in Safari
- iCloud Keychain can be prevented from shutting down
- Reminders created via Siri may be inadvertently set for the early morning hours
- The battery status reporting system will recalibrate the maximum battery capacity and maximum performance capacity on iPhone 11 models to address inaccurate estimates of battery health reports for some users ( https://support.apple.com/HT212247 )
- Optimization to reduce the appearance of faint glow that may appear at lower brightness levels with black wallpapers on iPhone 12 models
- Forwarding AirPods audio to the wrong device for automatic switching
- AirPods auto switch notifications may be missing or duplicate
For information about the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this site: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222