Apple’s latest update for its cellular operating software has been proven to be one of the most consequential software releases and making news in memory recently from iPhone makers, with iOS 14.5 producing everything starting from introducing a strict new privacy regime that can be enjoyed by users this. Release firing fire across the arc against Facebook – and, specifically, against its business model involving users tracking throughout the web.
Among other things iOS 14.5 which is brought is the arrival of transparency tracking applications, new Apple settings that can be turned on by iPhone users if they don’t want applications like Facebook to track their activities in various applications. Not surprisingly, the initial indication is that most iPhone users rotate this setting when given a choice, according to analytical companies tracking this activity. Meanwhile, the release of new software also brings users many other new features, including the ability to unlock your iPhone with apple watch, new Siri sound, airtag support, and more. However, there are other important updates to share about iOS 14.5.1 which iPhone users will definitely notice.
Earlier this month, Apple released iOS 14.5.1, and while the update point it seems about fixing the application of transparency tracking applications, Apple also uses releases to patch two days zero that might have been actively exploited. Apple revealed on the support page IOS 14.5.1 discussed two vulnerabilities that affect WebKit, which is a browser machine that moves safari and creates web content in other first party applications. Not long after Apple rushed this update to fix these problems, rather than becoming clear that updates may also have brought some new problems, too.
Some users have reported large disposal in iPhone battery life and general performance since installing iOS 14.5.1. In fact, the Geekbench battery test conducted by Iapplebytes revealed that the iPhone 11 running iOS 14.5.1 manages around 5.5 hours of battery life, down from 6 hours for iPhone 11 running iOS 14.5.
It puts you between stones and a difficult place, because while iOS 14.5.1 includes the improvement of security for current exploited vulnerabilities, you seem to have to pay it in the form of dragging on performance.
Fortunately, iOS 14.6 will bring improvements to this performance problem. The upcoming OS release is in the beta now and at the time this writing does not produce the same obstacle in the battery life and performance. It must be present immediately – in fact, Apple has made the first iOS 14.7 and iPados 14.7 Developer Betas is available on Wednesday afternoon. As written by my colleague Jacob Siegal wrote in a separate post today, this could suggest that iOS 14.6 is almost ready for public consumption too – so if you are not a beta tester, beware of important updates in the future.