Forget iOS 14.5 — Apple's already released iOS 14.6 beta

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Apple'south been hard at work on iOS 14.5, an update that delivers a wide array of new features to iPhones, with that update slated to drib adjacent week in advance of the AirTag central finders launch. But that's non the only iOS update Apple tree has up its sleeve.

This past week, Apple released iOS 14.6 to developers, then followed upwards a twenty-four hour period later with a public beta of the iOS 14.vi that anyone tin download — provided they've signed upwards for the iOS beta program with Apple tree.

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Information technology's unclear exactly what new features iOS 14.6 brings to the tabular array, just one alter is immediate correct away. If you're already testing an iOS beta, y'all can proceed to work with that release candidate or jump to the newer beta that's available.

That's a pretty big deal. It allows iPhone users testing out the beta to make up one's mind whether to install a new version instead of having an updates show upwards automatically. The move will probable encourage more people to try out Apple's public betas, since they can stick with a version that works for them instead of downloading a new update that could bring testify-stopping bugs.

If you're already in the iOS beta plan to examination iOS fourteen.5, yous can see the furnishings of this new approach. Launch the Settings App, tap General, and select Software Update. At the top of the screen, you lot'll see your current iOS 14.5 beta condition. Beneath that, at the bottom of the screen, a new line shows yous where to access the iOS 14.vi beta.

To sign upward for Apple'southward beta program, get to beta software spider web folio using the device on which you want to install whatsoever beta software. You lot can sign upward using your Apple ID and follow the instructions to get the latest iOS beta.

iOS 14.5 adds support for AirTag among other features similar letting you unlock your phone with your Apple Scout. You'll as well go new Siri voice options and changes to the Maps, Podcasts, News and Reminders apps.

As noteworthy as those additions are for a mid-release wheel update, the principal upshot comes later on this year when iOS 15 debuts. That's the side by side major release for Apple's iPhone software, and nosotros're expecting to see a preview at the Worldwide Developers Conference in June.

Brittany Vincent has been roofing video games and tech for over 13 years for publications including Tom'south Guide, MTV, Rolling Stone, CNN, Popular Science, Playboy, IGN, GamesRadar, Polygon, Kotaku, Maxim, and more than. She'southward also appeared as a panelist at video game conventions like PAX East and PAX West and has coordinated social media for companies similar CNET. When she'southward not writing or gaming, she's looking for the next smashing visual novel in the vein of Saya no Uta. You can follow her on Twitter @MolotovCupcake.