

Apple is not blocking the practice, merely requiring informed consent just as it does for, say, location access. Most users are unaware that many apps even do this. Simply put, your iPhone will now require applications to ask for permission (through a standard iOS prompt) whenever they want to track your activities outside the app, such as across other apps or websites. This version of iOS will lay the groundwork for Apple’s long-advertisedĪpp Tracking Transparency feature. You now have Voice 1, Voice 2, Voice 3, and Voice 4. Prior to iOS 14.5 beta 6, the options for American English were Male and Female. You can change your Siri voice at any time by going to Settings > Siri & Search > Siri Voice. Apple has created two new American English voices as well, for a total of four. Instead, users will be prompted to select one of Siri’s voices during setup. (Or use an iPad updated to iPadOS 14.5.) New Siri voicesĪs part of its ongoing commitment to diversity, Apple will no longer default Siri to the usual female voice. Where was this feature in the summer of 2020? Support for AirTagĪirTag tracking devices, you need to update your iPhone or iPod Touch to iOS 14.5. You’ll feel a quick double-tap on the watch haptics and see a message on your iPhone screen that says “Unlocking with Apple Watch.” It all happens quickly and seamlessly. Then, when Face ID sees you’re wearing a mask, it will unlock with your Apple Watch.

You’ll have to be wearing your Apple Watch which must be unlocked and protected with a passcode.

The rest of us will dream of better phones and better lives while waiting in the drive-thu for our 99-cent tacos and wistfully remembering the days when phones cost less than a thousand FREAKING dollars.To use this feature, go to Settings > Face ID & Passcode and enable the Unlock with Apple Watch toggle. While the rest of us are driving around on tires past their tread limits with a cracked iPhone 6 plugged into our cigarette lighters, please, I beg of you, update Slacker for better X support and crash fixes so you can fully enjoy your upscale Apple experience. Look at you over here with your shiny, gorgeous iPhone X. It is a description of the current update to my Slacker app which currently says at the Apple app store: LOL, I found the comment hilarious don’t you? OK, you have forced my hand, this is what a real X phone jibe looks like. Oh, and thanks for confirming you are sensitive to comments about your X phone. Did you ask Siri yet and follow the described steps? When I asked Siri, I saw that after a change is made to reboot the phone. Just unlock any orientation and be done with it. Why do this since the orientation changes as I turn the phone.
