Mike Peterson
Apple seeded iOS 14.2 beta 1 — the first iOS 14 point release — to registered developers on Thursday. Here's everything that's new.
It isn't clear why Apple has jumped to the iOS 14.2 build. The company may release iOS 14.1 separately as a bug-fixing update, or it could simply skip that point release entirely.
Most of the beta's changes appear to be focused on the iOS Control Center. For example, there's a new music recognition Shazam icon that users can add to Control Center.
The Magnifier in Control Center also has a new "people detection" option that lets users measure the distance between themselves and another person.
Additionally, there are some aesthetic and design changes to the Control Center's media player, including larger artwork and a refined interface.
Lastly, the Apple Watch app icon has been given a minor revision with slightly different colors and a new band watch icon similar to the Solo Loop.
This is the first beta version of the upcoming iOS 14.2 update, and Apple will likely release a public testing variant soon. Apple officially released iOS 14 to the general public on Wednesday.
As always, this is a non-exhaustive list of the changes we've spotted so far. See any others not on our list? Let us know on Twitter @Andrew_OSU and we'll add them.
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17 Comments
The line of “blank app” spots in Control Center is bothersome, to me anyway. By watching your video here and seeing you have nothing in what seems to now be a spot for Home and Home’s accessories, I wish the blank section wasn’t there if one doesn’t have anything to fill these spots. I removed a few things from my Control Center so I wouldn’t have to scroll down...first world problem, I know. <sigh>
Incidentally, I found out why Audio Unit Extensions are screwed up for iOS GarageBand:
https://twitter.com/j_liljedahl/status/1306946578641543168?s=21
The solo loop was introduced for the express purpose of cleaning up that icon. I’m not even mad.
Did the Memoji watch face get whacked in this beta? I installed it with the release of version 7 on my Series 4 but it's not showing up as an available face after updating my phone to the 14.2 beta and my watch to the 7.1 beta.